Nichole Smith recently joined Clarkston State Bank’s Commercial Lending team as assistant vice president and commercial lending officer
Smith, who will work at the Waterford Branch, has 15 years of banking experience, including eight years with The Private Bank of Bloomfield Hills, most recently as a Private Banking Officer.
Prior to that, she was a senior credit analyst for five years.
Her experience also includes client manager for Crestmark Bank and underwriter for Flagstar Bank.
Smith received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Baker College, with an emphasis on Human Resource Management.
She also received advanced experience from Omega Credit Training and the Perry School of Lending.
She lives in White Lake with her husband and two children.
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Clarkston State Bank named J. Grant Smith to the post of president and chief executive officer, and chief executive officer of Clarkston Financial Corporation.
Dawn M. Horner was also named executive vice president of Retail Banking.
Smith was previously president and chief operating officer of Clarkston Financial Corporation.
He joined CSB in 2001 from New Century Bancorp, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer.