United Community Bank is honoring six individuals and nine United teams for their outstanding performance during the fourth quarter of 2015.
This recognition is part of the bank’s quarterly Sales and Service Champion program.
The following are being recognized as top performing individuals for fourth 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. Tara Longfellow, Top Mortgage Producer. Longfellow is based in Lawrenceville, Ga., but also serves much of the greater metro area including Marietta, Cumming and Canton. David Shelnutt, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives. Shelnutt is based in Greenville, S.C. Jay McCutcheon, Top Producer in Customer Derivatives. McCutcheon is located in Charleston, S.C.
“Here at United, we think it is important to recognize and honor those who have gone above and beyond in their field of work,” said Jimmy Tallent, Chief Executive Officer of United Community Bank. “I am proud to announce these individual and team awards and I am grateful to know we have such a hardworking group dedicated to community service.”
The bank also has chosen to begin recognizing top performing team members in support functions as part of this quarterly program.
For the fourth quarter, the Bank recognized Drew Williams, Director of Product Management, in Greenville, S.C., and Dana Hayes, Wire Transfer Supervisor, in Blairsville, Ga. for their dedication to their respective project implementation.
The bank’s top six performing teams throughout the southeast include offices in Marietta-Cherokee Street, Canton-Riverstone, Powder Springs-Lost Mountain, Douglasville, Rome-Mt. Berry, and Jasper, all in Georgia. In addition, the bank also recognized the Franklin and Dahlonega branches in Georgia as their Treasury Management Service Referral Champions for the duration of the Fourth Quarter. The Merchant Service Champion reward was awarded to the Blairsville branch. Top performing individuals and bank teams will be honored at a Sales and Service Award luncheon in Hiawassee, Ga. Top performing individuals will receive a framed certificate. As the top Campaign leaders, the Franklin, Blairsville and Dahlonega teams will receive a trophy. All other winning bank teams will receive a catered group lunch, framed certificate, lapel pin and traveling trophy for display in the office.
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About United Community Bank United Community Banks, Inc. (UCBI) is a bank holding company based in Blairsville, Georgia, with $9.6 billion in assets. The company's banking subsidiary, United Community Bank, is one of the Southeast's largest full-service banks, operating 134 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 again in 2016 was ranked among the top 100 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. ###
