Florida Banking June/July 2025

PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS

Howell holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Florida A&M University and a paralegal certification from St. Petersburg College. The bank promoted Jim Koenen to Assistant Vice President. Koenen joined the bank in 2024 as a residential loan officer at its Winkler Branch in Fort Myers. He also serves the bank’s Fort Myers Gateway Branch. Koenen earned a bachelor of science degree in business and marketing from Saint Cloud State University – Herberger Business School. The bank promoted Rachel Kaduk to Assistant Vice President. Kaduk was hired in 2020 as an interim loan operations specialist and quickly transitioned to a permanent position as a residential loan coordinator. In 2024, she was promoted to residential loan officer. Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands Welcomes Countryman Koenen Kaduk

Those receiving job promotions include Amber Deslatte, Financial Data Processor II; Dani Jones, Payment Operations Support Specialist; Grace Lachney, Staff Accountant II; Holly Livingston, ALM Specialist II; Courtney Mabile, Netlink Exchange Operations Specialist II; Susie McDaniel, Loan Operations Specialist II; Ross Michel, ALM Analyst II; Justin Pitre, Loan Operations Specialist III; and Loron Teig, Loan Operations Specialist II. U.S. Century Bank Promotes Jimenez

U.S. Century Bank promotes Angel Jimenez, Business Banking Lender, to Senior Vice President. As an SVP/Business Banking Lender for U.S. Century Bank at its Doral headquarters, Jimenez develops new business and manages a portfolio of

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clients. He provides financial expertise with a focus on client experience, credit and risk management. Jimenez studied finance, international business and management at Florida International University. Tarapani Joins Tampa Bay Trust Company

Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands welcomed Beth Countryman as Vice President and Senior Cash Management Officer. An established professional with more than three decades of Lee County banking

The Tampa Bay Trust Company welcomed Jenna Tarapani, CPA, as Director of Innovation. Tarapani had been with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Tampa, since 2009, where she served most recently as audit senior manager. She received her bachelor of science

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experience, Countryman will effectively streamline cash management services such as ACH origination, wire transfers and Positive Pay, a fraud-prevention tool. She will serve customers at all locations across Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva. Lindenberg, Hemrick Join Naples Trust Company

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in accounting at Auburn University and her master of accounting at University of South Florida, Tampa. Tarapani’s office is in the Trust Company’s Boy Scout Boulevard location. Sanibel Captiva Community Bank Announces New Hires, Promotions Nate Entwistle joined Sanibel Captiva Community Bank as a teller at the bank’s Periwinkle Office on Sanibel. He is responsible for assisting customers with personal and business banking transactions. Aeden Howell joined the bank as a loan servicing Entwistle

Peggy S. Lindenberg, Vice President and Trust Officer, joined The Naples Trust Company with more than 25 years of account management and fiduciary trust experience. Lindenberg is a graduate of the Cannon Financial

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Institution’s Trust Investment School and graduated with honors from the FBA’s Florida Trust and Wealth Management School. She is located at the Trust Company’s Goodlette-Frank Road office.

Additionally, Naples Trust hired Tracy LoPresto Hemrick as Vice President, Digital & Brand Manager. Hemrick is responsible for strategy, oversight and execution of digital advertising development and placement. She obtained her bachelor of science in

assistant at the Bridge Branch in Fort Myers. She will support the loan servicing department with responsibilities such as processing loan payments, maintaining loan records and assisting customers with loan-related

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inquiries.

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