Executive Changes

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Mid Penn Bancorp Inc. of Millersburg, Pa., said Alan W. Dakey has resigned as the president and chief executive officer and a director of the company and its Mid Penn Bank.

Mr. Dakey had been the president and CEO of the $540 million-asset Mid Penn Bancorp since 2000. He joined the company and its bank in 1994.

He is leaving to pursue other interests, Mid Penn Bancorp said.

Edwin D. Schlegel, its chairman, will be the interim president and CEO of the company and the interim chairman, president, and CEO of the bank. Before becoming the company's chairman this year, he had been the lead director since 2006. He had been a director since 1991.


Oxford Bank in Michigan has promoted Nathan E. Davidson to assistant vice president and chief risk management officer, a newly created position.Mr. Davidson has been an officer of the $408 million-asset unit of Oxford Bank Corp. since 2006 and an internal audit supervisor since 2005. Before that he had been an audit clerk since 2004. He joined Oxford Bank as a teller.


1st Reverse Financial Services LLC a Westmont, Ill., subsidiary of WSFS Financial Corp. in Wilmington, Del., has hired Robert Wallace as the director of retail reverse mortgage lending for the eastern United States.Mr. Wallace had been the retail manager for the Great Lakes region at Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corp. in California since 2004. Before that he had founded Midwest One Mortgage Service and Midwest Bank Group.


First Bancshares Inc. of Mountain Grove, Mo., has selected Thomas M. Sutherland to be the chief executive officer of the company and its First Home Savings Bank.Mr. Sutherland will remain the chairman of the $248 million-asset company and the bank. He has held those positions since 2005. He had been the interim CEO since Daniel P. Katzfey resigned last month.

Lannie Crawford has been promoted to president of the company and the bank. He had been the interim president since last month. Before that he had been a senior vice president since joining First Bancshares November of last year. Earlier he had been a senior vice president and regional manger for Sun Security Bank in Mountain Grove since 2003.


MIDDLE ATLANTICRepublic First Bancorp Inc. of Philadelphia has hired Donald Adams as a vice president and regional lender for Philadelphia at its Republic First Bank.

Mr. Adams had been a lending officer for the Philadelphia market at Sovereign Bank. Before that he had been the vice president of commercial lending for South Jersey and Delaware at Commerce Bank in Philadelphia.

Republic First Bancorp has $945 million of assets.


SOUTHEASTFirst Capital Bancorp Inc. of Glen Allen, Va., has hired John Presley as its managing director and chief executive officer.

Mr. Presley had overseen mergers and acquisitions and strategic initiatives at Fifth Third Bank of Cincinnati, where he. Before that he had been the chief financial officer of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. and its Marshall & Ilsley Bank.

First Capital Bancorp has $396 million of assets.


SOUTHWESTSolera National Bancorp of Lakewood, Colo., said Douglas Crichfield has succeeded the departing Paul M. Ferguson as the president and chief executive officer of the company and its Solera National Bank.

Mr. Crichfield will remain a director of both. He has been a director of the $48 million-asset bank since last year and of the company since 2006.

He is a principal and the owner of Crichfield Group, a consulting firm that focuses on bank advisory services.


WESTSunwest Bank of Tustin, Calif., has hired Brad Hoover as its executive vice president and chief credit officer.

Mr. Hoover held a similar position at Pacific Mercantile Bank. Before that he had been the senior vice president of credit administration at Eldorado Bank. He has also worked for Commerce Bank in Newport Beach, Calif., and Bank of America.

Sunwest Bank has $303 million of assets.

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