The Board of Directors for Community First Banking Company, has announced the following promotions and appointments. Ronda Barry and Marilyn Eldringhoff were both promoted to Senior Loan Administrators. Barry has 38 years of banking experience with the last 18 spent at Community First in consumer loan processing. Eldringhoff has 48 years of bank experience and the last 18 have also been spent at Community First in real estate loan processing. Ruth Li-Whittington, has been named Vice President of IT and Compliance for Community First. She joined the bank in 2015, after working for Heights Finance Corporation, a consumer finance company in West Plains, for 4 years. Li-Whittington has an associate's degree in Criminal Justice from Drury University and graduated from the ABA and MBA Schools of Compliance. She currently serves as Treasurer for United Way of the Ozarks and volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for the 37th Judicial District. Chrys Fisher, Advisory Dire
West Plains, Mo. - The Board of Directors, for Community First Banking Company, has announced that after 25 years, Newt Brill has retired as an active Board Director and been named Director Emeritus. Brill began his service as a Bank Director in 1966 with First National Bank. In the summer of 1997, he and several other influential business people saw the need for a locally owned community bank that cared about their employees, customers, and communities. He was instrumental in the organization of Community First. His leadership and guidance have been invaluable to the board and the bank. Traci Wiley has joined the board as a Full Director. Wiley has served as an Advisory Director since 2020. She is the owner of Wiley Insurance Agency LLC and is a lifelong resident of West Plains. Wiley has served the insurance needs of the community and all of Missouri and Arkansas for over 29 years. Besides currently serving as a Community First Bank Director, she was appointed in 2019, by Governor Pa