Florida Banking August 2022

KEITH COSTELLO Keith Costello is the president, CEO and cofounder of Locality Bank, a new digital-first community bank, which opened on January 12, 2022. It is the first new bank opened in South Florida since 2009. Costello served as the president and CEO of First GREEN Bank, a community bank headquartered in Orlando, from 2016 until its sale in 2018. He was also president, CEO, and an organizing director of Broward Bank of Commerce, a new bank chartered in Florida on January 12, 2009. He has held senior roles at Bank of Florida, City National Bank and Nations Bank throughout a 30-year banking career spent entirely in South Florida. Costello lives in Fort Lauderdale with his fiancé Denice Hayes. He is a U.S. Army veteran and father of four.

DREW SAITO Drew Saito is cofounder and chief lending officer of Locality Bank. Saito is a Fort Lauderdale native with more than 20 years of experience in commercial banking and financial services. His focus has been in commercial banking, real estate lending and treasury management. Saito has been very active in the community serving on committees and boards for local government, as well as area nonprofits. He is a former adjunct faculty member at the Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University. Saito attended the graduate school of banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earned his MBA from Nova Southeastern University, and Finance & International Business degrees from Florida State University.

COREY LEBLANC Corey LeBlanc is a catalyst for CX advancement in the banking industry and a steadfast advocate in the mission to transform small business banking. He previously served six years in the U.S. Air Force and 14 years as CTO and Chief Digital & Innovation Officer at Origin Bank. His career has focused on aligning technology and banking services. LeBlanc and his wife, Cassie, and their two children are excited to make Florida home.

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