Oak Valley Community Bank promoted Peter Brown to vice president, credit administrator.

Brown joined the Bank in 2008 and has more than 15 years of commercial banking experience. In his new role, he will be responsible for commercial loan growth through credit quality within the Commercial and Small Business loan portfolios. He will also oversee underwriting standards, credit department staff training and be responsible for overall asset quality. For the past eight years, Brown has served as vice president, commercial loan officer at Oak Valley Community Bank.

“Peter’s transition to our credit team has been seamless,” said Mike Rodrigues, executive vice president, chief credit officer. “He brings exceptional knowledge and expertise in credit administration along with an ability to further develop our credit team to meet the demands of our growing institution.”

Oak Valley Bancorp operates Oak Valley Community Bank and Eastern Sierra Community Bank, which offer a variety of loan and deposit products to individuals and small businesses.