Hoosier Banker 103 as well as the board of directors for the Center for Leadership Development. He is also a past board member of several organizations including the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership, Park Tudor School and Indianapolis Downtown Inc. NORTHWEST BANK / Warren, PA Louis J. Torchio has been promoted to president and CEO of both the bank and its holding company, Northwest Bancshares Inc. He joined the bank in 2018, most recently serving as senior executive vice president, retail lending and business banking. With more than 30 years of banking experience, he has held senior leadership and executive committee positions at several banks, including the former institutions of Charter One Bank, Bank One and Mellon Bank. Torchio has a bachelor’s degree from Fairmont State University and an MBA from Franklin University. William W. Harvey Jr., who served as interim president and CEO since the passing of Ronald J. Seiffert in May, has been named COO in addition to his responsibilities as CFO. Both Torchio and Harvey will serve on the board of directors for the bank and its holding company. Timothy B. Fannin, who served as interim chairman of the board since Seiffert’s passing, has been named Seiffert’s permanent successor as chairman. BANKERS ON THE MOVE BANKERS ON THE MOVE Bank marketers please email personnel news to: ,&$MRHMERE FERO Deadlines Jan/Feb '23 - Nov. 20 Mar/Apr '23 - Jan. 20 May/June ’23 - March 20 BUSEY BANK / Champaign, IL Leo “Skip” Watson Jr. has joined the bank as executive vice president, regional president of Indiana. He began his formal banking career in 1988 at Chase Bank in Indianapolis as a commercial banking officer, and has since worked at PNC Bank, NA, Spectrum Management Group and Wells Fargo. Most recently, Watson served as executive vice president with KeyBank, NA in Cleveland since 2014, leading commercial banking and wealth management divisions across Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, as well as leading the dealer finance business since 2020. Watson holds a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University and serves on the Advisory Council for Valparaiso’s College of Business, ALLIANCE BANK / Francesville Cathy Drake-Seymour has been named senior vice president, chief financial officer. She joined the bank in 2016 as accountant, after prior experience in accounting and engineering roles with other organizations, and later was promoted to controller. A graduate of Indiana University and the Barret School of Banking, DrakeSeymour volunteers with a food pantry and is active with ABATE of Indiana. A communications toolkit created by the Indiana Bankers Association helps member banks share good-news stories with media outlets. View the toolkit at: indiana.bank/communications-toolkit. HB Toolkit Helps ‘Tell the Story’ of Banking Tell the Story
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