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Delena Brockmann with Piedmont Athens Regional and Cristi Donahue with Oconee State Bank

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Delena Brockmann with Piedmont Athens Regional and Cristi Donahue with Oconee State Bank
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Delena Brockmann and Cristi Donahue

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Delena Brockmann/Piedmont Athens Regional

Piedmont Healthcare delivers healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals and inspired by the communities they serve. Piedmont is a not-for-profit, community health system comprised of 11 hospitals, 3,000 physicians and nearly 22,000 employees.

Since the beginning, Piedmont has been a pioneer in patient care, fulfilling the health care needs of Atlanta residents and the surrounding communities. Today – more than 110 years since it was founded – Piedmont is known as a leading hospital system in cancer care, treatment of heart disease and organ transplantation. For more information, visit piedmont.org.

The new Oconee Health Campus of Piedmont Athens Regional is a state-of-the-art, one-stop health shop designed with your convenience in mind, and is located at 1305 Jennings Mill Road in Watkinsville, GA.

The Oconee Health Campus offers the following services:

  • Well and Sick Visits
  • Annual Exams, Sports Physicals, Vaccinations and Immunizations
  • Urgent Care
  • Lab Services
  • Imaging Services
  • Retail Pharmacy

Cristi Donahue/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

Leigh Futch & Michelle Versfeld with The Georgia Way and Kristi Greer with Oconee State Bank

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Leigh Futch & Michelle Versfeld with The Georgia Way and Kristi Greer with Oconee State Bank
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Leigh Futch, Michelle Versfeld, Kristi Greer

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Leigh Futch & Michelle Versfeld/The Georgia Way

The Career Development program at The Georgia Way is a tiered system that takes their student-athletes through several layers of preparedness. The desired result is that when they are ready to move into life after athletics, the individual student-athletes will:

  • Have selected a major that relates to their career interests and plans
  • Know what jobs and careers best suit their interests and skills
  • Be aware of job and career opportunities in their fields of interest
  • Have made connections and developed relationships in those fields
  • Have a resume that includes experience in the forms of job shadowing and internships

Kristi Greer/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

Wanda Stitt-Gohdes with the Oconee Area Resource Council (OARC) and Coleman Benko with Oconee State Bank

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Wanda Stitt-Gohdes with the Oconee Area Resource Council (OARC) and Coleman Benko with Oconee State Bank
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Coleman Benko and Wanda Stitt-Gohdes

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Wanda Stitt-Gohdes/Oconee Area Resource Council

The Oconee Area Resource Council is part of the Georgia Family Connection Partnership, a Georgia statewide initiative of 159 community collaborative partnerships committed to making measurable improvements for children and families in Georgia.

Controlled at the community level, Family Connection is present in every county in Georgia. It is the largest statewide network of communities in the nation that have made a commitment to improve results for children and families. In Oconee County, the OARC collaborates with local, state and national organizations to research the needs of their community and work together to address those needs.

The OARC pursues that goal by addressing the root causes of problems, building on their strengths, pooling resources, engaging an extraordinary diverse group of community members, and committing to a long-term process of planning, implementation, and evaluation.

Using a family-centered approach, schools, health and human service agencies, business, the faith community, law enforcement, nonprofit organizations, civic clubs, and others work together with families, focusing on academics, physical and mental health, nurturing parenting, economic success, and community service.

Coleman Benko/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

Philip Bernardi with Oconee State Bank

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Philip Bernardi

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Philip Bernardi/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

Travis Butler with Butler Properties and Josh Collins with Oconee State Bank

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Travis Butler with Butler Properties and Josh Collins with Oconee State Bank
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Josh Collins and Travis Butler

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Travis Butler/Butler Properties & Development

Butler Properties & Development is a full service commercial real estate development and management firm specializing in national retail client services to include turn-key build-to-suits, ground leases, joint ventures, and fee developments. The company has also been successful in numerous multi-family, office, and industrial projects.

The firm also has a successful track record in complicated real estate financial transactions to include arbitrage, asset re-positioning, loan acquisitions, bond debt, tax-free exchanges, and defeasance.

Josh Collins/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

Steve Filmer with Oconee State Bank

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Steve Filmer

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right

Steve Filmer/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

Matt Hyatt with Rocket IT

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Matt Hyatt and Mike Sammond

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Matt Hyatt/Rocket IT

Rocket IT is the IT department for other organizations. Think of them as the company that does both the strategy and support to help people thrive. Their approach focuses on increasing efficiency, decreasing risk, and increasing revenue, which has been recognized with the Gwinnett Chamber’s Overall Impact Regional Business Award, garnered Rocket IT a place on the Inc 5000, and resulted in a 23-year track record of helping people thrive.

Neil Stevens with Oconee State Bank and Larry Campbell with Corners Outreach

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Neil Stevens with Oconee State Bank and Larry Campbell with Corners Outreach
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Oconee State Bank

On this CEO Exclusive, we talk with Neil Stevens with Oconee State Bank and his long time client Larry Campbell with Corners Outreach on what’s happening in banking right now and trends in the financial market.

Neil Stevens is the new President and CEO of Oconee State Bank. He has 28 years of broad based banking experience. Over the years his main focus has been to lead financial institutions to obtain a high return on equity and return on assets by placing a high emphasis on building a remarkable culture within the organization.  He believes that by hiring remarkable people and putting them in a remarkable culture it will yield remarkable results.

Neil began his career as a management trainee in 1989 with the Citizens and Southern (C&S) National Bank (later known as NationsBank and Bank of America). More recently, he spent ten years with KeyWorth Bank as the President and Chief Operating Officer and was a founding member and organizer of KeyWorth. He helped build a remarkable culture as KeyWorth grew to approximately $450 million in assets. He helped negotiate a profitable merger with Renasant Bank in March of 2016. Prior to KeyWorth, he spent nine years with IronStone Bank serving as the Area President for the Georgia Market. This included running 21 retail branches, the mortgage operation, private banking, business banking, residential construction and commercial banking.

He has served on the board for Emory Johns Creek Hospital, is a past board member and chair of the Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce and the Johns Creek Economic Development Corporation, is a board member at the Perimeter Church Board of Elders, and has served as a board member and leader at Summit Counseling Center, Corners Outreach Ministry, Georgia Bankers Association, Supporting Amateur Athletics, and The Atlanta Athletic Club.

Stevens is a graduate of Mercer University and holds an executive banking certificate from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Connect with Neil on LinkedIn and follow Oconee State Bank on Twitter and Facebook.

While Larry Campbell grew up in poverty, he was always told he could do anything or be anything and that education would allow that to occur. Larry was able to have a successful business career due to his education and belief in working hard. He started Corners Outreach on that same belief.

Corners Outreach daily focus is on seven metrics, in addition to living out the Corners Outreach mission of being a catalyst for 100% of students to graduate high school and improve career opportunities for underemployed parents. Connect with Larry on LinkedIn, and follow Corners Outreach on Twitter and Facebook.

Russ Tanner with PrimeLending and Sara Dunn with Oconee State Bank

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Russ Tanner with PrimeLending and Sara Dunn with Oconee State Bank
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Sara Dunn and Russ Tanner

“Beyond the Cupola” allows invited customers, community, and team members of Oconee State Bank to have an opportunity to share their stories of success and inspiration, and/or how the Remarkable culture of Oconee State Bank has inspired them to mark lives in their own right.

Russ Tanner/PrimeLending

Whether you’re a first time home buyer or you’re well-versed in the process, buying or refinancing a home can be an exciting and rewarding experience with PrimeLending. They take the time to listen and they’ll work with you to find a home loan that fits your needs.

 

Sara Dunn/Oconee State Bank

In the early 1900s, there were banks in all the small towns of Oconee County… Bishop, Bogart, Eastville, Farmington and Watkinsville. When the Depression came along in 1929, all the banks went broke and Oconee County was without a bank for the next 30 years. Farmers and small merchants had to travel to Athens for their banking needs.

In 1958, a group of community leaders recognized the need for a bank in Oconee County and started a process of getting the necessary approval for a state chartered community bank. In 1959, the FDIC approved a community bank and Oconee State Bank opened its doors for business on February 1, 1960 with 3 employees and a small corner office on Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

Today, Oconee State Bank has 3 full-service financial centers located in Oconee County, GA as well as a website which serves as an “Internet Branch.” The vision of the founders continues today. Oconee State Bank is proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, value-added products, and a deep sense of responsibility to the communities they serve.

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