Altabank’s JR Vera Joins Suazo Center Board of Directors

Salt Lake City, UT, April 10, 2023 -- The Suazo Business Center is proud to announce JR Vera, Senior Vice President and Northern Region Manager at Altabank? as one of the newest members of the Center’s Board of Directors.?Vera is a long time commercial banking professional who has worked with businesses of all sizes.?

“The Center is very excited to welcome JR to our Board of Directors. We currently have a very strong, active, and engaged Board, and having JR join us will only make us stronger,” says Silvia Castro, president and CEO of the Suazo Business Center.?“Altabank’s statewide footprint lines up nicely with our own, which means we can introduce community banking to the minority business leaders we serve in each of our locations.”

In addition to Vera joining the Center’s Board, Altabank has made a commitment to support the Suazo Center as it establishes its presence in Utah County.?Utah County is one of the State’s fastest growing counties and 19% of its residents identify as a minority, making it an ideal place for the Suaso Center to offer its services.

About the Suazo Business Center:

Suazo Business Center is a business resource committed to the development and empowerment of the Latino/Hispanic and other underserved communities. They provide assistance to help existing and potential minority entrepreneurs succeed and build wealth. The Suazo Business Center has been serving the community since 2002 and have assisted in the education, growth, and development of well over 10,000 clients and small businesses. They have created over 6,000 new small businesses and have helped generate over billions of dollars in revenues as an investment into Utah’s local economies. For more information, please call 801-521-1709 or visit https://www.suazoenter.org.

About Altabank

Altabank, Division of Glacier Bank, is the largest community bank in Utah.?Founded in 1905, Altabank provides loans, deposit and cash management services to businesses and individuals from Preston, ID to St. George, UT.?Altabank is owned by Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: GBCI) a publicly traded regional bank holding company headquartered in Kalispell, MT.?GBCI operates divisions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Arizona, and Nevada.

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