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Unified’s Wheeling Team
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Unified Bank is building a new Banking Center on National Road in Wheeling, WV, but the Bank is not new to Wheeling or the surrounding areas. Founded in 1902 in Martins Ferry, OH, Unified has long served as a banking leader for business and consumer customers on both sides of the river. With Wheeling being only a mile and a half from Martins Ferry, it was natural that Unified would serve the Wheeling community as well as its hometown of Martins Ferry. With Unified’s continued business and consumer growth on the West Virginia side of the river, Unified leadership decided it was time to erect a brick-and-mortar location in Wheeling to serve the community better.
Unified President, Chairman, and CEO Scott Everson said, “We have long had a Wheeling Team in place, and we are excited to have our Team come together in our new Wheeling banking center.” “Our mission is to create better lives and futures for the people and communities that we proudly serve,” Everson added.
Unified’s Wheeling Team comprises West Virginia natives Zack Blair, Shelly Carenbauer, Logan Wojcik, and Joe Neidhardt. They have all worked extensively in the Wheeling Area and are part of the Unified Team serving Wheeling, Ohio County, and surrounding communities. Though the Team currently has offices in Moundsville, Martins Ferry, and St. Clairsville, they form the core of the new Unified Bank lending and cash management team soon to be working out of Unified’s new Wheeling office, now under construction on National Road.
Zack Blair has over 20 years of experience as a commercial lender and serves as Unified Bank’s Senior Commercial Banking Executive. He is a 3rd generation banker following in his grandfather’s and father’s footsteps, servicing the financial needs of businesses in the Ohio Valley. Zack takes pride in working one-on-one with business leaders and owners to structure their loans correctly. He offers financial products and solutions to enhance the profitability of his business clients. Zack volunteers his time and knowledge to many nonprofit organizations where he is a Board Member of WVU Medicine Reynolds Hospital, Board Member/Treasurer for the Regional Economic Development Corporation (REDP), Board Member of BELOMAR, and a member of the Regional Development Funding Corporation/SBA Loan Committee out of Pittsburgh, PA. He also served as a Board Member and Past President of the Marshall County Chamber of Commerce.
Commercial Banking Executive Shelly Carenbauer has worked in banking and finance for over 17 years. She has developed positive relationships with a growing corporate client base and is a trusted advisor to government and not-for-profit entities. She is Chair of the Board of Governors for West Virginia Northern Community College and a member of the Board of Directors of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. She has served on the Executive Board of the YWCA of Wheeling and is a member of the Wheeling Rotary Club.
Though Logan Wojcik is probably best recognized for his professional singing talent, he is also a full-time Mortgage Loan Originator for Unified Bank. Quickly becoming known as the one to call for home loans, Logan is heralded as the hardest-working mortgage loan originator in the Wheeling-St Clairsville markets. While many have enjoyed his singing, Logan’s fan base in the mortgage arena has quickly surpassed his acclaim as a singer. The next time you see Logan performing at a community event or concert, remember that he is the guy to call when you are in the market to purchase or refinance a home.
Joe Neidhardt is a Treasury Management Officer at Unified Bank. Joe offers Unified’s Cash and Treasury Management services to businesses large and small in Wheeling and the surrounding areas, providing them with products and programs that help businesses manage their cash flow and make their banking operations more efficient and convenient. With the ever-increasing risk of check fraud, Unified’s Positive Pay is one of Joe’s number one asked-for products. Joe recently graduated from the Wheeling Chamber’s acclaimed “Leadership Wheeling” program and is eager to work with all of Wheeling’s leaders.
Unified Bank is a full-service FDIC-insured, state-chartered commercial bank and is the sole bank charter of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP), a publicly traded bank holding company, which was recently ranked 49 on American Banker’s Top 100 Publicly Traded Community Banks in the nation based on superior performance. With a focus on strongly supporting the communities in which it operates and expanding its footprint, Unified has steadily grown its asset base toward the billion-dollar level through new banking center construction and merger and acquisition. Unified currently operates 17 banking centers in the Ohio counties of Belmont, Jefferson, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Fairfield, and Athens, including a full-service banking center in Moundsville, WV. A new Unified banking center is also under construction in Wheeling, WV.