West Coast Bank Names Kelley Mears Vice President-Relationship Manager of the Government Guaranteed Lending Group
10 November 2006 - 9:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Bend, Oregon Banker Will Serve the Central and Southern Oregon
Market BEND, Ore., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast
Bank (NASDAQ: WCBO) has named Kelley Mears Vice President and
Relationship Manager of the Government Guaranteed Lending Group.
Mears expertise includes numerous loan programs such as USDA, OCEDD
and Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 real estate loans. She
will assist business owners in the purchase of businesses or
business assets through a wide variety of SBA loan programs and
will serve the Central and Southern Oregon markets from her Bend,
Oregon office. Xandra T. McKeown, Executive Vice President of
Commercial Banking, said, "West Coast Bank is committed to
providing the lending solutions made possible by the many SBA
programs. We are very pleased to have someone with Kelley's
expertise join our team." Mears most recently worked as Vice
President of Business Development of Wells Fargo SBA lending and
previously at Oregon Business Development Corporation. She is a
member of the Certified Development Company Board of Directors and
is on the finance committee for Central Oregon Intergovernmental
Council. West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100
Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company
with $2.4 billion in assets, operating 59 offices in Oregon and
Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and
expertise of larger banks with the local decision-making, market
knowledge and customer service of a community bank. For more
information, visit the Company web site at http://www.wcb.com/ .
DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Xandra T. McKeown,
Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking, of West Coast
Bancorp, +1-503-598-3251 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/
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