Michael Hoff, President & CEO of Community First Banking Company has made the following announcements and promotions:
Stephanie Scheets joined Community First in January as Assistant Vice President of Finance. She also serves as Internal Auditor and BSA Officer. Stephanie is a graduate of the University of Missouri Columbia, the Graduate Schools of Banking in Boulder, CO and the Missouri Bankers School of Banking. She has over 26 years of bank experience.
MJ Stevens has been named Assistant Vice President of Accounting. She has been with the bank since 2011 and has held a variety of positions. She has over 13 years of bank experience and is a graduate of Bakersfield High School. She also holds an Associate’s degree from MSU-WP.
Ruth Li-Whittington, has been named Assistant Vice President of Compliance and IT. She is currently the Information Security Officer. She joined the bank in 2015, after working for Heights Finance Corporation, a consumer finance company in West Plains, for 4 years. Li-Whittington has an associate’s degree in Criminal Justice from Drury University.
Jon Waggoner joined the bank in July as Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of the Porter Wagoner location. Jon has 7 years of bank experience in New Accounts and Consumer Lending. He is a graduate of West Plains High School and has attended Missouri State University in West Plains.
“We are very pleased to have these individuals on the Community First team. They have a great work ethic, and have shown that they are dedicated to maintaining a true community bank in our area” said Michael Hoff, President and CEO.
Community First Banking Company is a full-service community bank with two locations in West Plains, one in Mountain Grove and one in Thayer. They have almost $232m in assets, 42 employees, and 50+ local investors. Community First has been named a 5-star rated bank by Bauer Financial a nationally recognized bank rating agency for the past 42 consecutive quarters.
