Jeff Gusinow Hired as Senior Lending Consultant for Summit Bank

EUGENE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jenny Bennett, Market President at Summit Bank (OTC Pink: SBKO), today announced the promotion of Jeff Gusinow as a Senior Lending Consultant. Jeff has been a Eugene/Springfield-based banker since 1988. He spent 24 banking years with Siuslaw Bank, an Oregon-based community bank specializing in the professional services market. He retired from a four-year career as a Relationship Banking Officer and Manager with Oregon Pacific Bank a little over four years ago and is well-known by the Eugene/Springfield community.

Jeff Gusinow graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science. Gusinow also graduated with honors from the Graduate School of Banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is heavily involved in the community as the Chairperson of the Eugene Loan Advisory Committee and Chairman of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society annual fundraiser, where he has personally raised over $250,000 to help fight blood cancer.

“He’s decided to come back to work for Summit Bank because he’s missing community banking and wants to help Summit grow,” says Jenny Bennett, Eugene & Springfield Market President. “He believes in the culture and viability of local community business banks and will focus specifically on developing our professional services market,” exclaimed Bennett.

About Summit Bank

Summit Bank Group Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Summit Bank, is a leading independent community bank providing outstanding service to professionals and businesses within various industries including manufacturing, healthcare, public entities, and nonprofits. With offices in Eugene, Central Oregon, and downtown Portland, Summit Bank specializes in high-touch personal banking and local decision-making. Summit Bank Group Inc. is quoted on the NASDAQ Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board as SBKO. In 2021, Summit Bank was named the Top Small Business Administration (SBA) Community Bank Lender in the State of Oregon, and in 2022, has been named to Oregon Business Magazine’s Top 100 Best Places to Work.