September 06, 2022
First Community Bank has announced that Debra Taylor has been promoted to senior vice president, commercial lender. A longtime banker, Taylor joined First Community Bank in 2013 and she has been in the banking industry since 1987. In her lending role, Taylor is responsible for producing a variety of commercial loans as well as generating and managing a portfolio of business relationships.
“We are very proud of Debra for her well-deserved promotion,” said Allen Williams, executive vice president, market president for the Jonesboro region of First Community Bank. “She capitalizes on exceptional service and has always had an unwavering dedication to helping our customers achieve their financial goals.”
Taylor is a graduate of the Barret School of Banking in Memphis, Tennessee, and she successfully completed Leadership Jonesboro. She is very active in her community and has previously served with the following civic groups/efforts: the Arkansas Early Learning Center policy council; the Jump$tart Coalition committee (a financial literacy program); the University Rotary Club (Jonesboro, Arkansas); United Way of Northeast Arkansas; and she is also a member of the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce. She was instrumental in getting a new program started to assist IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grant clients by offering financial education services. She has also conducted financial education courses for the Jonesboro Public Housing Authority, Crowley’s Ridge Development Council, and for local youth savings programs such as Bunny Money for pre-k children and Ready Set Graduate for local high school seniors. She wrote grants for the Special Needs Assistance Program (SNAP) and for the Homebuyer Equity Leverage Partnership (HELP) and received funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB) for each. Taylor has been actively involved in helping small businesses achieve FHLB funding by providing grant assistance to more than 25 start-up and existing businesses for approximately $541,000.
“I am grateful for my recent promotion and really enjoy being able to help our customers obtain financing,” Taylor said, “First Community Bank’s commitment to serving the financial needs of our local communities and beyond is a true testament to our motto, ‘Where community comes first.’”
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