United Financial institution has introduced the promotions of John Rainwater and Thomas Kephart to the brand new place of Regional President.
“John and Thomas will present extra management and help to our rising firm,” stated Jim Edwards, United Financial institution CEO. “These promotions acknowledge and rejoice their excellent achievements and contributions. As regional presidents, they may also mentor and develop our youthful era of financial institution leaders.”
John Rainwater, as Regional President, will proceed to steer the Griffin banking division whereas offering oversight for the financial institution’s Jackson, Newnan, Thomaston and Zebulon markets as properly. He joined the financial institution in 1996 as a client and industrial lender and was later promoted into the division president function.
Rainwater is a graduate of Georgia Southern, the Graduate Faculty of Banking at LSU and the ABA Business Lending Faculty. He’s a present board member of Three Rivers Regional Fee, Southern Crescent Technical School, Griffin-Spalding United Method and WellStar Spalding’s Regional Board. He’s additionally an lively member of the Griffin Rotary Membership.
Thomas Kephart, as Regional President, will proceed to steer the Covington banking division whereas offering oversight for the financial institution’s Barnesville, Forsyth and Madison markets. He joined the financial institution in 2011 as division president for the Covington financial institution division.
Kephart earned a BBA in Finance from Georgia State College and an MBA in Finance from Mercer College. He’s additionally a graduate of the Graduate Faculty of Banking at LSU. Kephart has served in lots of neighborhood organizations all through his profession together with Management Newton County, Newton and Rockdale Chambers of Commerce, Georgia Wildlife Federation, Rotary Membership, Covington Household YMCA and the Arts Affiliation in Newton County.
United Financial institution is a carefully held Georgia neighborhood financial institution chartered in 1905, with $2.2 billion in belongings. Its eighteen financial institution places of work serve eleven counties within the southern crescent footprint beneath metro Atlanta, spanning from Newnan to Madison, and as far south as Thomaston and Forsyth. Go to accessunited.com to be taught extra.
