Florida Banking February 2024

CONGRATULATING FBA'S DIANNE PAGEL ON HER RETIREMENT

“DIANNE IS A REMARKABLE

F BA Accounting Coordinator Dianne Pagel has served the association for 12 years; she retired on January 31. We are so grateful for her service to the FBA and our members and congratulate her as she moves into this next season of life. “Dianne is a remarkable person and I have genuinely loved working with her over the past 12 years,” said FBA Senior Vice President and CFO Lesley Jordan.“I will miss that smile and infectious personality and hope that she still remembers us when she collects that BIG lottery win! Many wishes to you in your retirement adventure!” Pagel is lauded by her FBA team for her professionalism, dedication, and character. She was also known for being an enthusiastic participant of all FBA holiday activities and dress-up days! “Dianne is a true professional. It was both a pleasure and an honor to work with Dianne at the FBA. She is a very dedicated and hard-working individual, but also one of the nicest people you could call a colleague. The FBA will miss both the person and the professional when she retires from the FBA,” said former FBA CEO Alex Sanchez. FBA Executive Vice President and COO Pam Ricco added, “I will truly miss Dianne; she is an incredibly capable and diligent worker and an absolutely delightful human being. One definition of ‘unicorn’ is, ‘something that is highly desired and difficult to obtain.’ It is no wonder Dianne loves unicorns,

because she is just that! Everyone needs a Dianne Pagel in their life. Thank you, Dianne, and God bless you now and forever.” Dianne, what have you loved most about your work at the FBA? “I think we have one of the best teams of any place I’ve worked. We work hard but have such a good time. It might sound silly, but I enjoy the times when we’re in the board room together stuffing envelopes or working on some other project, and we’ll swap funny stories. The next thing you know, the work is done! We really care about each other personally and professionally.” What is one of your favorite memories of your time at the FBA? “I participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in my early years at the FBA; the challenge raised money and awareness for ALS. This was a very personal issue for me because my older brother Tom passed away in 2013 from this horrible disease. I took the challenge in the parking lot of our FBA building, and then a few days later, former FBA CEO Alex Sanchez accepted the challenge as well. None of us go through anything alone. I have had some other health scares, and the way I was treated by my FBA team during those times was incredible. Even thinking about it now brings tears of joy to my eyes.”

PERSON AND I HAVE GENUINELY LOVED WORKING WITH

HER OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS.”

- LESLEY JORDAN, FBA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO HOW DO YOU PLAN TO SPEND YOUR TIME IN RETIREMENT? • Traveling to Colorado to visit a good friend, and then making a trip up north to see family • I plan to try my hand at a small vegetable garden • Visit the Grand Canyon WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN? • Crochet • A foreign language

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