Guaranty
Bank is pleased to announce that Cynthia Olmstead and Jessica Meredith both
recently received promotions, while Cheryle Finley has joined the bank.
Olmstead,
who joined Guaranty Bank in August 2019 as a retail banking officer for the
bank’s McClelland Boulevard location in Joplin, will also serve as the retail
banking officer for the bank’s Joplin 32nd Street banking center.
Olmstead, who has more than a decade of retail banking experience, will manage
both locations.
Jessica
Meredith, who joined Guaranty Bank in September 2019 as a branch banking
representative, will help Olmstead run the 32nd Street location as
its new assistant retail banking manager. Meredith has nearly seven years of
banking experience, starting her career as a teller with Bank of Sullivan in
Lake of the Ozarks before promotions to private banker and corporate services
banker.
“Cynthia
has been an excellent addition to our retail banking team in Joplin and will
continue to be a great leader for both banking centers,” said Retail Banking
Group Manager Becky Purinton. “Plus, it’s always exciting to promote from
within. Jessica has shown tremendous customer service since joining Guaranty
Bank and has a bright future ahead of her.”
Additionally, Cheryle Finley recently joined Guaranty Bank as a
community banking representative. Finley has more than 35 years of banking
experience, most recently at Simmons Bank. She began her banking career as a
teller and has been a branch manager at Simmons, Commerce Bank and Bank of
America. She is also formerly an accounting clerk for MSW, Inc., a court clerk
for the Carthage Police Department, and has written a weekly food column for The
Joplin Globe for the past 19 years.
“Cheryle brings an extraordinary depth of experience and banking
knowledge to Guaranty Bank,” Purinton said. “She’s very involved in a number of
area civic organizations and her exceptional customer service skills will help
us continue to not just meet but exceed the needs of customers in and around
Carthage, Joplin and Neosho.”
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About Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc.
Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:GFED) has a
subsidiary corporation offering full banking services. The principal
subsidiary, Guaranty Bank, is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, and has
16 full-service branches in Christian, Greene, Jasper, and Newton counties plus
a Loan Production Office in Webster County. Guaranty Bank is a member of the
MoneyPass and TransFund ATM networks which provide its customers surcharge free
access to more than 32,000 ATMs nationwide. For more information visit the
Guaranty Bank website: www.gbankmo.com.
