United Community Bank Announces Sales and Service Champions for Second Quarter

July 29, 2014

BLAIRSVILLE, GA – United Community Bank is recognizing 10 top performing individuals and bank teams who exhibited exceptional sales and service excellence during the second quarter. The recognition is part of the bank’s quarterly Sales and Service Champion program.

“These awards simply confirm what our customers have been telling us all along – United Community Bank provides exceptional customer service,” said Bill Gilbert, Director of Banking for United Community Bank. “Our employees are the reason we are consistently recognized for award-winning service. It is nice to turn around and honor them for making us the ‘Bank the SERVICE Built.’”

The following individuals are being recognized as the top producers for the second quarter:

• Jay Burkett, Top Financial Advisor (Cleveland, Ga.)
• Shad Hill, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives (Clarkesville, Ga.)
• Jana Scroggins, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives (Greenville, S.C.)
• Carolyn Swanner, Top Mortgage Producer (Hendersonville, N.C.)

Among the bank’s 102 offices throughout the southeast, the top six bank teams recognized during the second quarter are all based in Georgia. These banks include offices in Commerce, Cornelia, Marietta and Newnan, as well as two branches in Savannah (Bull Street and Victory Drive).

Top performing individuals and bank teams were recognized today at a Sales and Service Award luncheon on July 22. Top performers will receive a framed certificate and lapel pin, and the winning bank teams will also receive a complementary lunch, framed certificate and traveling trophy for display in the office.

 

About United Community Bank

United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) is a registered bank holding company based in Blairsville, Ga., with $7.4 billion in assets. The company’s banking subsidiary, United Community Bank, is one of the Southeast region’s largest full-service banks, operating 102 offices in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The bank specializes in providing personalized community banking services to individuals, small businesses and corporations. Services include a full range of consumer and commercial banking products, including mortgage, advisory and treasury management. United Community Bank is consistently recognized for its outstanding customer service by respected national research firms. Additional information about the company and the bank’s full line of products and services can be found at ucbi.com.