Florida Banking April 2022

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majored in business management and marketing. Wilson serves his community by donating his time and talents as a member of the UF Health Shands Hospital Children’s Miracle Network Leadership Council, sports coach for Leon County Parks and Recreation, and volunteering with Killearn Lakes Elementary School. TAMPA

Region. He also assumes responsibility for the wholesale banking structure, additional specialty lines of business, and portfolio managers. He currently oversees the bank’s Healthcare banking specialty line of business, led by Jeff Mastroleo. A resident of Tampa, Obeck joined the organization in 2008 as a regional president before advancing to senior regional president for the East Region (Florida, Alabama and Mississippi) and overseeing healthcare banking based in Nashville, Tenn. He previously served 11 years as a corporate banking executive at Barnett Bank, the largest commercial bank in Florida at the time.

Hancock Whitney Bank has named Eric Obeck as chief commercial banking officer. In this role, Obeck will continue to serve as senior regional president for the East

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Sanibel Captiva Community Bank Donates $50,000 to Valerie’s House Capital Campaign

S anibel Captiva Community Bank has made a $50,000 charitable donation to the Valerie’s House “Family is Forever” capital campaign. The donated funds will be used to help construct a new building on a one-acre parcel donated by the City of Fort Myers on Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard near Winkler Road. The 7,000-square-foot facility will serve as an expanded gathering place for grieving children in Southwest Florida to connect with one another and learn the tools to heal after the loss of a loved one. The building will also serve as the organization’s headquarters and will allow it to reach more families who need help. “Giving back to the community and organizations we serve is at the heart of what Sanibel Captiva Community Bank does,” said Kyle DeCicco, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank president and senior loan officer. “We couldn’t be prouder of the commitment our team members make to support so many local organizations they are passionate about like Valerie’s House.” Valerie’s House provides open-ended peer support groups and activities for children to heal after a significant loss in their life. Valerie’s House is not a formal counseling center. It is a community and a platform for individuals to come together, share and mentor each other through their grief. Valerie’s House was the first organization between Tampa and Miami focused on

supporting grieving children on an ongoing basis. “The relationship between Valerie’s House and Sanibel Captiva Community Bank goes back many years and is important to our children and families,” said Angela Melvin, Valerie’s House founder and CEO. “From volunteers, board members, help with family parties and special events to now the financial support of our dream home, we are stronger and better because of the caring people of Sanibel Captiva Community Bank who have come into our lives.”

(From Left) Angela Melvin, Valerie’s House founder and CEO; Kyle DeCicco, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank president and senior loan officer; Lana Hollier, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank senior vice president and director of deposit operations; and Mia P.

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