Crestmark promoted 18 individuals across its divisions.

Joseph Civitella was promoted to vice president, account executive in Crestmark’s Trade Services Division, from assistant vice president, account executive. Civitella joined Crestmark in May of 2016 from Sterling National Bank’s Factoring & Trade Finance Division, where he was vice president.

Jenna Comaty, Bank Secrecy Act specialist in the Risk Management Division, was named an officer of the company. Comaty joined Crestmark Bank in 2010 as a debtor analyst.

Ryan Coughlin was promoted to assistant vice president, business intelligence analyst from financial analyst officer. Coughlin joined Crestmark in July 2010 as a debtor analyst.

Brandi N. Davie was promoted to assistant vice president, assistant manager, data services, from team leader in data services. Davie joined Crestmark as a payment analyst in 2013. Before coming to Crestmark, Davie held positions with the University of Michigan Chemical Biology department and with the Michigan Student Assembly Airbus.

Jennifer Dugan was promoted to assistant vice president, junior account executive in the Transportation Division from junior account executive for the division. Dugan joined Crestmark in 2012 as an invoice analyst.

Janeé Dyer was promoted to assistant vice president, operations in the Southeast Region, from senior client analyst, team leader for the region. Dyer joined Crestmark in 2003 as a debtor analyst in operations for the East Region. She came to Crestmark from Del Monte in Dallas, where she worked in accounts receivable.

Carolyn Foote was promoted to operations officer, senior client analyst, team leader for the Transportation Division, from senior client analyst, team leader for the division. Foote, who works in asset-based lending, has more than 13 years of experience in transportation finance. She came to Crestmark in 2011 from Comdata.

Jayne Hannington was promoted to contract negotiator, officer, from contract administrator at Crestmark Equipment Finance. Hannington came to Crestmark with the company’s 2014 acquisition of TIP Capital where she had worked since 2013. Previously, Hannington’s career included paralegal positions at Tower International, Energy Conversion Devices, and Collins & Aikman.

Zach McDonald was promoted to assistant vice president, sales analyst from sales analyst, officer. McDonald joined Crestmark in 2012 as a field examiner. McDonald came to Crestmark from The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

David Menoian was promoted to assistant vice president, sales analyst team leader for the Government Guaranteed Loan Division, from sales analyst officer for the SBA Division. Menoian joined Crestmark in 2013 as a field examiner.

Laura Nardi was promoted to vice president, assistant controller, from vice president, senior accountant – financial reporting. Prior to joining Crestmark in 2015, Nardi worked for Ally Financial as a senior accountant.

Kelly Neubecker was promoted to assistant vice president, senior contract negotiator, from contract negotiator for Crestmark Equipment Finance. Neubecker came to Crestmark with the company’s 2014 acquisition of TIP Capital.

Bill Nowak was promoted to help desk manager, IT officer from help desk administrator, IT officer. He joined Crestmark in 2012.

Patty Oakes was promoted to vice president, account executive for the Midwest Region from assistant vice president, account executive. Oakes joined Crestmark in April 2007 as a client analyst. She came to Crestmark from J.P. Morgan Chase where she worked for nearly 20 years.

Katrina Richardson was promoted to assistant vice president, senior client analyst, team leader in the Transportation Division from client analyst supervisor. Richardson joined Crestmark in 2011.

Ana Rodriguez was promoted to assistant manager, operations officer for the Transportation Division from assistant manager. Rodriguez joined Crestmark in February 2013 as a payment analyst.

Ronald Simons was promoted to assistant vice president, senior accountant for Crestmark Equipment Finance from senior accountant, a position he held since joining CEF in 2014. Previously, Simons was a senior accountant at Edwards, Ellis, Stanley, Armstrong, Bowren, Krizan & Company.

Kathy Swartz was promoted to assistant vice president, executive assistant, from executive administrative assistant, officer. Swartz joined Crestmark in 1996, just after the company was founded, and started out as administrator of Crestmark’s certificates of deposit.