United Community Bank Recognizes Greenville Team for Excellence in Second Quarter
August 17, 2015
BLAIRSVILLE, GA – United Community Bank is recognizing 15 top performing individuals and bank teams who exhibited sales and service excellence during the second quarter. The recognition is part of the bank’s quarterly Sales and Service Champion program.
“We are pleased to recognize and honor these employees for going the extra mile day after day,” said Jimmy Tallent, Chief Executive Officer of United Community Bank. “I am eternally grateful to be part of a company that is always committed to doing that little bit of extra. I thank you so much for what you do and what you stand for.”
The following individuals are being recognized as the top producers for the second quarter:
• Jay Burkett, Top Financial Advisor. Burkett is based in Cleveland, Ga. but also works throughout the North Georgia region in Gainesville, Murrayville and Oakwood.
• Lisa Pittman, Top Mortgage Producer. Pittman is based in Newland, N.C.
• Lisa Shelnutt, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives. Shelnutt serves the Greenville area.
• Gene Gibson, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives. Gibson is based in Savannah, Ga.
• Steve Stevens, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives. He is based in Lawrenceville, Ga. and serves customers in the Atlanta area. (not pictured)
During the second quarter, United Community Bank encouraged customers to consider and utilize mortgage services at the Bank. Four teams were recognized for their success in these efforts: Adairsville, Ga., Greenville, S.C., Gilmer County, Ga. and North Carolina.
Public Relations Update
-Upstate Business Journal and GSA Business
Among the bank’s 104 offices throughout the southeast, the top six bank teams recognized during the second quarter include offices in Savannah (White Bluff), Savannah (Bull Street), Oakwood and Canton (Bridgemill), Ga, Lenoir City, Tenn. and Greenville, South Carolina.
Top performing individuals and bank teams were honored July 23 at a Sales and Service Award luncheon. Top performing individuals received a framed certificate and lapel pin. The winning bank teams will receive a catered group lunch, framed certificate and traveling trophy for display in the office.
Additionally, the Bank selected one Champion from the group to receive a $500 donation toward the charity of their choice to be awarded within their community. This quarter’s winner was the Adairsville team, represented by Scott Tucker. The Adairsville team selected Bartow County Boys and Girls Club as the recipient of the donation.
About United Community Bank
(UCBI) is a bank holding company based in Blairsville, Georgia, with $8.2 billion in assets. The company’s banking subsidiary, United Community Bank, is one of the Southeast’s largest full-service banks, operating 114 offices in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The bank specializes in personalized community banking services for individuals, small businesses and corporations. United Community Bank offers a full range of consumer and commercial banking services including mortgage, advisory, treasury management and other products. In 2014 and 2015, United Community Bank was ranked first in customer satisfaction in the southeast by J.D. Power and in 2015 was ranked fourteenth on the Forbes list of America’s Best Banks. Additional information about the company and the bank’s full range of products and services can be found at www.ucbi.com.
