Suzanne Cox - Ironman

This past weekend, Suzanne Cox, CPA in our Tampa office completed an Ironman in Idaho... with a smile the whole time! Way to go Suzanne!

Glenn's Baby Shower - FWB Office

Blast from the Past - JJ Fresh

Biggest Loser Results (Week 9)

The following are the top 5 males and females for most percentage weight loss since we started...

Top 5 males:
Sheldon - 9%
Glenn - 6%
Barry N - 4.1%
James - 3.2%
Jason - 2.3 %

Top 5 females:
Bonnie F - 9.9%
Trevia - 7.6%
Kelly B - 7%
Teri - 4.3%
Robin L - 3.5%

New Employee - Kendra Branch

Kendra Branch is with us from Landrum. She is working as an Administrative Assistant/Claims Adjudicator. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Georgia State University.

Kendra can be reached at ext. 1088.

New Employee - Heather Starratt

On Monday, June 8th, Heather Starratt, joined our Retirement and Medical Plans Department as a Retirement Plan Consultant. Heather comes to us from O’Sullivan, Creel, where she worked for the past seven years, most recently as a Supervisor in their Benefits Division. Heather is a graduate of UWF, where she received her BSBA in Accounting. She is also a Qualified 401(k) Administrator (QKA).

Heather is sitting in the office next to Cathy Gianotto and can be reached at extension 1101.

CPA Designations - Cope & Hatton

Angelika Cope

Laura Hatton

Congrats girls on your new CPA designations!

Florida Banking Association (FBA) Conference

Lee and Alex in front of the Saltmarsh booth.

Bill, Lee, Alex and Tod Jones (attorney with Shutts and Bowen, Orlando, FL)

New Shareholder - Alex Hager

The Firm announced in May a new addition to the Financial Institution Advisory Group. Starting June 8, 2009 Alex Hager will be joining Saltmarsh as a Shareholder. Alex has been the Acting Commissioner for the Florida Financial Services Commission for the State of Florida and served as Deputy Commissioner from 2003-2008. In this role he is responsible for oversight of Banking, Securities, and Finance businesses in the State of Florida., which includes all financial institutions (domestic banks, credit unions, international banks and trust companies). Alex has over 35 years experience in the regulatory and financial services industries.

Upon joining Saltmarsh, Alex will provide consulting services to our community bank clients related to regulatory issues, compliance, strategic planning, etc. We believe that Alex’s addition will provide significant benefits to our current and future financial institution clients. Alex will be working out of his home in Tallahassee.

Alex will be joining our Firm as a Shareholder on Monday and will be here in Pensacola going through orientation. Please welcome him to the Firm and get to know him. He will be leaving Pensacola after a couple of days of orientation, heading to the Florida Bankers Conference with Bill and Nathan.

Biggest Loser Results (Week 7)

The following are the top 5 males and females for most percentage weight loss since we started...

Top 5 males:

Sheldon - 8.2%

Glenn - 4.2%

Barry N - 4.1%

Jason - 3.8%

James - 3.2%

Top 5 females:

Bonnie F - 7.6%

Kelly B - 5.8%

Trevia - 5.4%
Robin L - 3.5%

Angelika - 3.5%

Only 4 more weeks to go... keep up the good work!

New Employee - Mike Ross

On June 1st, Michael (Mike) Ross joined the Pensacola office as a Senior in our Financial Institutions Audit Department. Mike is came to us from The Sterling Companies in Destin, where he has been the Controller for the past four years. Prior to working in Destin, Mike was in Montgomery, AL where he worked for over four years at Wilson, Price, Barranco, Billingsley & Blankenship as a Senior Accountant, performing both audit and tax services. Mike has both a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Accounting from Troy University and is an Alabama CPA.

Welcome to the firm!

2009 Saltmarsh LeaP Graduate

Emily Leidner graduated from the Leadership Pensacola Class of 2009 this past Thursday night. Pictured above is a photo of her and Melissa Chapman of Covenant Hospice with their graduation tiles. Saltmarsh has been supporting the program since Ron Jackson went through in 1988.

To learn more about their class project go to http://www.choosepensacola.com/