Pub. 7 2019 Issue 2

Issue 2. 2019 29 State Bank of Southern Utah Cassie Chynoweth has joined State Bank of South- ern Utah as Branch Operations Manager in Trop- ic. She brings valuable leadership experience to the bank, having previously served as City Manager & Treasurer for the town of Tropic. Kami Brinkerhoff is the new Commercial Loan Officer at the Tropic branch of State Bank of Southern Utah. Kami brings prior lending expe- rience in consumer lending and has served as the Branch Operations Manager in Tropic. Brady Williams has joined State Bank of Southern Utah as Branch Operations Manager in Cedar City at the South Interchange branch. Brady brings management experience to State Bank and has several years of experience in banking. Michelle Tullis recently joined State Bank of Southern Utah as the Business Development Officer. Michelle brings 15 years of experience in the financial industry and in building business relationships in the community. Brett Bulow joined State Bank of Southern Utah as Branch Operations Manager at the St. George Boulevard branch. Brett brings prior banking experience as well as valuable leader- ship to his branch. Casey Dyreng joined State Bank of Southern Utah early in 2019 as a Commercial Lender in Gun- nison Valley. Casey brings several years of prior banking experience to State Bank and has been valuable in building relationships with the Gunni- son Valley community this year. Emily Sorensen joined State Bank of Southern Utah as Branch Operations Manager in our Gunnison Valley branch. Emily has been in banking for over 10 years and brings great experi- ence, insight, and leadership to State Bank’s Gunnison Valley branch team. U.S. Bank Cristie Richards has been named as Consumer and Business Banking Salt Lake City Market Leader at U.S Bank. Cristie will be working across Metro, In-Store & On-Site and Business Banking to maximize market share growth and customer centrality at a market level for Salt Lake City. Cristie has been in the financial services industry for 25+ years. She has held several leadership roles including Regional Di- rector with Fidelity Investments, EVP of Zions National Bank and various senior management positions at Westgate Corpo- ration in Japan. Cristie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Finance from Brigham Young University and is a Pacific Coast Banking School graduate. Cristie is originally from Arizona and moved to Salt Lake City in 1999. She has her Series 7 and 63 licenses, is Six Sigma certified and is a Gender Intelligence Ambassador. WEX Bank Tim Laukka joined WEX Bank as the President, CEO and board member in March 2019. Tim has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and has been engaged in the Utah bank- ing community for over 25 years. Tim is active in the community and has served on the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Utah and for The Road Home.  Bankers on the Move — continued on page 32