S&T Bank promoted Steve Drahnak to chief commercial banking officer, Heidi Williams to senior vice president, community market executive and commercial real estate team manager for western Pennsylvania and Jonathan Kowalski to senior vice president, metro market executive and commercial and industrial team manager for western Pennsylvania.
Drahnak will continue to report to David Antolik, president of S&T Bank. Drahnak currently serves as the bank’s market president for western Pennsylvania. Drahnak will continue in that role and will assume responsibility for all aspects of commercial banking, including oversight of commercial and industrial, commercial real estate, business credit and treasury management. During his 30-year tenure at S&T Bank, Drahnak has served in various capacities in the credit, consumer and commercial banking lines of business. He serves as the chairman of board of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce.
“This promotion reflects S&T’s commitment to excellence,” Chris McComish, CEO of S&T Bank, said. “In his time with S&T, Steve has been integral in numerous growth and service initiatives and his strong leadership and deep expertise will prove invaluable in continuing the development of our employees and strengthening the banking experience for our customers.”
In her new role, Williams will be responsible for driving collaboration between all business lines and serving as the primary authority for consumer and commercial banking functions. She will lead the community market’s commercial real estate banking team, including commercial bankers, portfolio managers and loan documentation officers. Over the past 23 years at S&T Bank, Williams has held a variety of positions, including commercial banking relationship manager and commercial banking regional director of commercial real estate.
In his new role, Kowalski will be responsible for driving collaboration between all business lines and serving as the primary authority for consumer and commercial banking functions. He will lead the metro market’s commercial and industrial banking team, including commercial bankers, portfolio managers and loan documentation officers. Kowalski, a 17-year banking veteran, joined S&T Bank in 2015.
“I have complete confidence in Heidi and Jon as I transition into my expanded role. They have longstanding tenures with the company, know our business well and, most importantly, understand our customers and how to best serve them,” Drahnak said. “I look forward to what’s ahead for S&T and our customers with their leadership.”
