WARREN, Pa., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Steven G. Fisher has been
promoted to Executive Vice President of Banking Services at Northwest Savings
Bank. (Nasdaq: NWSB)
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With his promotion, Mr. Fisher directs the activities of the Community
Banking Division in addition to the Operations, Information Systems, and
Business Services Divisions of the bank. With these business units combined
into one management system, a higher level of integrated customer service will
be possible.
Mr. Fisher joined the bank in 1983. He worked in the bank's Erie Region
for eleven years as a Branch Manager, Branch Coordinator, Operations Officer,
and Assistant Region Manager before his 1994 promotion to Assistant Vice
President, Operations Development Department Manager. He was promoted to Vice
President of the Operations Division in 2000 and, in 2002, was promoted to
Senior Vice President, Operations.
Mr. Fisher created the structure for the Operations Division and
originated the expansion of the bank's service and product delivery systems.
He assisted with the automation of the bank's retail offices, developed the
corporate Business Continuity Plan and established Northwest's Security
Department.
Mr. Fisher is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College, the Central
Atlantic Advanced School of Banking at Bucknell University, and the Graduate
School of Banking at Madison, Wisconsin. His professional affiliations are as
a member of the STAR Advisory Board, the CBS Fiserve Strategic Direction
Committee, and the Harland Encore Advisory Board, all of which involve working
directly with financial industry product and service vendors.
Mr. Fisher will continue to serve on Northwest's Operating,
Asset/Liability Management, Credit and Marketing, and Business Development
Committees. He chairs the Technology End User Subcommittee and remains a
member of the Compliance Committee and retains his responsibility for
administering the bank's Business Continuity Plan.
Mr. Fisher and his wife, Christine, live in Erie with their children
Rachael, Kresten, and Corey.
SOURCE Northwest Savings Bank
Contact: Pat Evans of Northwest Savings Bank, +1-814-728-7671