Diplomas have been awarded by the Utah Chapter of the American Institute of Banking to 12 Salt Lake area bankers.
Receiving general banking diplomas were Susan Petters and Ann Beardall, Zions First National Bank; Judy Turner, Deseret Bank; Mardene Nelson and Grace O'Connell, Valley Bank and Trust; Kathy Fitzgerald, Key Bank; Keith John, First Interstate Bank; and Edie Hutchison, First Security Bank of Utah.Steve Westenskow and Elaine Ferguson, Valley Bank & Trust, received the Foundations of Banking Diploma and the Consumer Credit Diploma, respectively.
Veda Morley, Zions First National Bank, received the Bank Operations Diploma, the Consumer Credit Diploma and the Customer Service Skills Certificate, and Dave Hunsaker, Zions First National Bank, received the General Banking and Commercial Lending diplomas.
Five other bankers from outside the Salt Lake area soon will receive their diplomas and certificates.
Claudia Terrell, First Security Bank of Utah, Delta, and Diane Church, Valley Bank & Trust, Delta, will get the Customer Service Skills Certificate; Trudie Terry and Donna Green, State Bank of Southern Utah, Cedar City, will get the Foundations of Banking Diploma; and Rick Robinson, Zions First National Bank, will get the General Banking and Commercial Lending certificates.
At the awards banquet it was announced that Terry Bailey, vice president of First Security Bank and chapter chairman, is being replaced as chairman by Mark Jones, vice president of Valley Bank & Trust.