FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Craig Wanichek, President & Chief Executive Officer, [email protected]
Hillsboro, OR (June 3, 2024) – Summit Bank is excited to announce our lease renewal at 1915 NE Stucki Ave, Suite 155, Hillsboro, OR. The bank has signed a new five-year lease for its Westside office, with an option to extend the lease for an additional five years, covering nearly 3,000 square feet.
In the coming months, a night drop box will be added as part of our transition to a full-service branch office at 1915 NE Stucki Ave, Suite 155, Hillsboro, OR. This expansion indicates Summit Bank’s commitment to providing exceptional service and convenience to our growing client base in Washington County.
“We are happy to renew our lease and expand our Westside office,” said Dan Wahlin, Senior Vice President and Team Lead of the Westside Office. This move reflects our dedication to meeting the needs of our clients and the community. With the addition of full branch capabilities, we are poised to offer our clients even greater convenience and support.”
With the full service branch office expansion, the bank has hired Shashi Bali as Operations Supervisor. Shashi is a seasoned banking professional with over 15 years’ experience with a focus on customer service, risk management along with working as a research and remediation associate. “Shashi’s expertise ensures a seamless transition to a full service branch and an enhanced client experience,” said Wahlin.
About the Company
Summit Bank Group Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Summit Bank, maintains offices in Eugene, Bend, Redmond, and Portland and specializes in providing high-level service to professionals, non-profit organizations, and medium-sized businesses and their owners. The Bank was voted for the third year in a row as one of Oregon’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For,” according to Oregon Business Magazine. The Bank was voted in 2023 as “Favorite Bank” in the Eugene Register-Guard’s annual Reader’s Choice Awards and “Best Bank” by Central Oregon’s Bend Bulletin. Summit Bank Group Inc. is quoted on the OTCPK as SBKO.