EUGENE, OR — January 16, 2026 – Summit Bank has again been recognized as a 2026 Best Place for Working Parents in Lane County, reaffirming the Bank’s continued commitment to supporting working families through policies and a workplace culture grounded in flexibility, care, and employee wellbeing.
The designation recognizes employers that implement research-backed practices that strengthen recruitment, retention, satisfaction, and productivity by supporting working parents and caregivers.
“Being named a Best Place for Working Parents in Lane County again is meaningful because it reflects the intentional choices, we make to support our colleagues and their families,” said Michaela Marcotte, Vice President and HR Director at Summit Bank. “We know flexibility and trust matters in the workplace. When people feel supported at work, they can bring their best to their teams, our clients, and the communities we serve.”
The Best Place for Working Parents recognition is awarded through a brief employer assessment that evaluates family-friendly practices across key policy areas, such as company-paid parental leave, flexible scheduling, and benefits that support families.
Summit Bank will continue investing in a workplace experience that helps employees balance career growth with family needs, because supporting working parents strengthens our culture and the communities where we live and work.
About the Best Place for Working Parents Designation
The Best Place for Working Parents program provides employers with a simple self-assessment designed to highlight research-backed policies that support working parents while improving business outcomes.
ABOUT SUMMIT BANK:
Summit Bank Group Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Summit Bank, maintains offices in Eugene, Bend, Redmond, Downtown Portland, and Westside Portland, specializing in providing high-level service to professionals and medium-sized businesses and their owners. The Bank was voted one of Oregon’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For” for the fifth consecutive year, according to Oregon Business Magazine. Summit Bank was honored as “Favorite Bank” in the Eugene Register-Guard’s annual Reader’s Choice Awards and “Best Bank” by Central Oregon’s Bend Bulletin for the past two years. Recently, Summit Bank was recognized by American Banker as one of the top 100 banks in the country, affirming its position among the elite national financial institutions. Additionally, Lane County recently named Summit Bank one of the best places for parents to work two years in a row. Summit Bank Group Inc. is quoted on the OTCID under the symbol SBKO.
For more information, Contact: Craig Wanichek, President & CEO, [email protected]