Business Leaders Join First Citizens’ Advisory Board in Orangeburg
May 31, 2009
ORANGEBURG, SC – May 28, 2009 – First Citizens recently selected business leaders to serve on its Orangeburg Advisory Board. Advisory Board members are selected to represent a cross-section of the community and provide guidance to First Citizens management on a wide range of issues, including business development, strategic initiatives and economic trends. The Orangeburg Advisory Board is composed of the following senior leaders from the public and private sectors:
Emory Ayers Jr. – Retired, Community Resource Bank
Russell Allen Blanchard III – Owner, Eastern Lumber
John Bozard – President, J.T. Bozard, Inc.; Partner, Bozard Farms; Partner, Dothan Trees, LLC
Anna Dantzler – Retired, Community Resource Bank
Henrietta Guthrie – Vice President of Business Affairs, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
Samuel Reid Jr. – Real Estate Attorney and Partner, Horger, Barnwell & Reid, LLP
Joe Smith – Retired, Still-Water Tools
Charles Thompson Jr. – CEP, Grove Park Pharmacy
James Richard Williamson Jr. – President and OB/GYN, Williamson & Gillespie, P.A.
“It is a privilege for us to have such experienced and influential leaders on our board, said Mike Wolfe, executive vice president and division executive for Orangeburg/Sumter. “Their guidance and recommendations will positively influence our banking strategies in the Orangeburg market.”
About First Citizens
First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc., is the parent company of First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., The Exchange Bank of South Carolina, Inc., and Merchants and Farmers Bank of Comer, Ga. First Citizens Bank offers services in commercial and retail banking through its 183 offices in South Carolina and Georgia. As of March 31, 2009, First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc. had total consolidated assets of $7.23 billion. For more information, visit the First Citizens web site at www.firstcitizensonline.com.
