GRB Welcomes Tim Jones to Executive Team as Chief Lending Officer

Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer Tim Jones

GRB Executive Vice President Dave Halladay to Take on New Position as Chief Credit Officer

Genesee Regional Bank (GRB) is pleased to announce that Tim Jones has joined the bank’s leadership team as Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer.  Executive Vice President Dave Halladay will take over the newly created role of Chief Credit Officer.

Jones, who has more than 25 years of commercial banking experience in the local Rochester market, will oversee the commercial relationship management team and lead GRB’s business development efforts.  Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in economics/finance from Ithaca College and completed his Master of Business Administration at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business.  He also completed the Senior Leadership Development Program at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.  Active in the community, Jones is a member of the Board of Directors and serves on the Audit and Finance Committees for Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women and is a member of the Board of Directors of Friends of Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center (CMAC).  He is also a former chairman of the Board of Directors of Bivona Child Advocacy Center, and continues to serve the organization as a member of its Stewardship Committee.

“We are pleased to welcome Tim Jones to the GRB team.  Tim is an exceptional banker who brings solid credit acumen and extensive sales management experience to GRB,” said Philip L Pecora, GRB’s President and CEO.  “In the last decade, GRB has grown five-fold in total assets, adding hundreds of new commercial client relationships and more than 80 employees.  With a focus on continued growth, we feel it was time to bring additional leadership resources to the bank.”