Angela Patterson
Anthony Lastoria
Courtney Jett
Kevin J. Smith
Dayton-based SimplyBank has added four new members to the executive and senior management teams.
Kevin J. Smith has been named chief lending officer and will be overseeing all lending teams and
programs. Mr. Smith brings more than 21 years in banking and financial services to SimplyBank.
Immediately prior to joining the SimplyBank team, Mr. Smith served as market senior vice president in Chattanooga at FNB Bank. Prior to FNB Bank, Mr. Smith served as group vice president and Eastern Tennessee commercial team lead at SunTrust.
Mr. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree from Boone, North Carolina-based Appalachian State University. He currently serves the greater-Chattanooga community in a variety of ways, including as treasurer at the Glass House Collective and as a board member at the Mountain Education Foundation. Mr. Smith is also a Leadership Chattanooga alumni.
“Today there are more banking options than ever before, but community banks are just as –perhaps even more so – essential to the vibrancy and success of the communities we serve," said Mr. Smith. ."Navigating the financial landscape during this year's pandemic validated just how well community banks differentiate themselves from the competition. We continue to hear from clients how grateful they are for their personal relationships with our bankers, our willingness to remain accessible and our ability to be nimble with decisions and go the extra mile to address their
customers’ needs.”
Anthony Lastoria has been named senior retail officer, managing the retail line of business and branch banking network.
Immediately prior to joining the team at SimplyBank in June 2020, Mr. Lastoria spent four years
with First Horizon Bank, most recently as vice president of retail banking in the Chattanooga market. He also spent time at FSG Bank as assistant vice president and Cleveland Retail Market Leader.
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Latoria received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lee University. He also holds an MBA with a concentration in organizational leadership from University of Phoenix, and is a member of Delta Mu Delta, International Honor Society in Business. Mr. Lastoria sits on the school board at United Christian Academy, a private school located in Cleveland. He is a member of the finance committee at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga and has served as a TN Achieves Mentor since 2015.
"If there is one thing I’ve learned this past year, it’s how important community banking is," said Mr. Lastoria. "Leading the way in local reinvestment, community banking is the foundation that helps small businesses operate while also helping families in our own backyards plan major life events and build financial security. We aren’t just helping customers; we’re helping our neighbors.”
Courtney Jett has been named senior treasury management officer, building and managing SimplyBank’s comprehensive suite of commercial treasury banking services. Ms. Jett has more than 15 years in the financial industry. Immediately prior to joining the team at SimplyBank in August 2020, Ms. Jett helped lead treasury services at FSG Bank in Chattanooga.
"I love the personal relationships we get to build in community banking, both with our customers and with one another inside the organization," said Ms. Jett. "I think if you love people and love creative problem solving, there aren’t many other places where you can really make peoples’ lives easier like you can at a community bank.”
Angela Patterson has been named community reinvestment act officer, managing all community reinvestment and development functions and provide CRA counsel, expertise and direction. Ms. Patterson brings decades of banking experience to SimplyBank. Immediately prior to joining
SimplyBank, she served as CRA officer in the greater-Chattanooga market for Nashville-based
FirstBank. She has nearly 10 years of experience specific to community development and reinvestment, having begun as CRA Analyst at Atlantic Capital Bank in 2011.
“Community banking provides the customer a truly local experience," said Ms. Patterson. "It provides the bank the opportunity to really know their customers and communities, and to
develop deeper relationships.”