MIDWEST
Franklin Bank of Southfield, Mich., a division of First Place Bank of Warren, Ohio, has hired Stephanie Claborn as a vice president and commercial loan officer.
Ms. Claborn was a senior vice president and commercial lending officer at Citizens Bank in Flint.
First Place Bank has $3 billion of assets.
WEST
Sunwest Bank, the $310 million-asset Tustin, Calif., subsidiary of Western Acquisitions LLC of Washington, has hired Irma Castaneda as a vice president and branch sales manager for its flagship Tustin branch.Ms. Castaneda was a branch manager at PFF Bank and Trust of Pomona. Before that she had been a vice president and branch manager for City National Bank in Beverly Hills.
Friendly Hills Bank of Whittier, Calif., has promoted Elizabeth Buckingham to chief operating officer.
Ms. Buckingham has more than 20 years of banking experience. She was an executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Friendly Hills.
She joined the bank in September of last year as a senior vice president and marketing officer.
Friendly Hills has $42 million of assets.
Hanmi Financial Corp. of Los Angeles, the parent company of Hanmi Bank, has hired Brian E. Cho as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer.
Before joining the $4 billion-asset holding company, Mr. Cho was an executive vice president and the chief financial officer for Wilshire Bancorp Inc. in Los Angeles.
SOUTHWEST
Encore Bank of Houston, the sole subsidiary of Encore Bancshares Inc., has hired Michael Greenhoe as a senior vice president for commercial lending and Karen Mixon as a vice president and branch manager.Mr. Greenhoe will be based in Fort Myers, Tex. He has 25 years of banking and financial services experience. Most recently he was vice president of commercial lending for Florida Community Bank in Immokalee.
Ms. Mixon will be based in The Woodlands, Tex. She has 15 years of financial services experience. Most recently she was an assistant vice president and branch manager at Amegy Bank, a Houston subsidiary of Zions Bancorp.
Encore Bank has $1.4 billion of assets.
SOUTHEAST
Capital Bank Corp., the Raleigh holding company for Capital Bank, has hired Michael Moore as its chief financial officer.He will succeed A. Christine Baker, who plans to retire from the $1.5 billion-asset company at yearend.
Mr. Moore has 27 years of banking experience. He was a senior vice president in funds management at Sky Financial Group Inc., which Huntington Bancshares of Columbus, Ohio, bought in July.
Federal Trust Corp. of Sanford, Fla., has hired Mark E. McRae as an executive vice president and a senior loan officer for its Federal Trust Bank. He will report to Dennis T. Ward, the chief executive officer and president of the parent company.
Mr. McRae has 17 years of commercial banking experience. He was a commercial middle-market sales manager in central Florida for Regions Bank of Birmingham, Ala.
Federal Trust Bank has $723 million of assets.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Highlands State Bank of Vernon, N.J., has hired Christina Barger as a mortgage officer.Ms. Barger was a loan officer at Marquis Mortgage Association in Newton. Before that she had been a loan processor and an analyst at Sussex Bank in Franklin.
Highlands State has $40 million of assets.
