United Community Bank is pleased to announce the addition of five veteran bankers to its Metro Atlanta team. Increasingly focused on building a stronger presence within the market, these hires bring the total number of commercial team members hired by the bank in the Atlanta area to 13 in the past 12 months – a 50% increase the Atlanta market for the bank.
Craig Dowdy will lead the team as Commercial Lending Division Manager. Joining him are Song Keovongsak, Steve Rawl, Robert Quinilty and Brad Booker. Together, the group has more than 80 years of combined banking experience.
“The addition of these five bankers is a win for United Community Bank,” said Sharon Thompson, Central Atlanta President for the bank. “Craig and his team are the best of the best in this market and will be instrumental as we stretch further into the metro area.”
“Atlanta is very important to our company’s future, so our goal is to attract and retain the best bankers in the market,” added Doug Higgins, Atlanta Metro President for United Community Bank. “These additions to the team are proof of that we’re well on our way to meeting that goal.”
The other members of the team are:
- Brad Booker, Commercial Relationship Manager. Booker brings a decade of experience to the team including roles held as a Personal Banking Officer, Business Banking Relationship Manager and Branch Manager. He is a graduate of Darton State College.
- Song Keovongsak, Commercial Relationship Manager. Keovongsak brings nearly two decades of experience to United. He has worked in multiple banking roles including credit management, financial advisement and business banking. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Georgia.
- Robert Quinilty, Commercial Relationship Manager. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Quinilty has nearly 15 years of experience. He has worked in nearly all aspects of the business, from branch management to small business lending.
- Steve Rawl, Commercial Relationship Manager. Rawl has 28 years of experience split between retail and commercial banking. He was born and raised in Georgia and is a graduate of Georgia Southern University. Rawl’s experience includes business and commercial banking and branch management.
About United Community Banks, Inc.
United is a bank holding company headquartered in Blairsville, Georgia, with executive offices in Greenville, South Carolina. United is one of the largest full-service financial institutions in the Southeast, with $13.1 billion in assets, and 149 offices in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. It operates principally through United Community Bank, its bank subsidiary, which specializes in personalized community banking services for individuals, small businesses and companies. Services include a full range of consumer and commercial banking products, including mortgage, advisory, and treasury management. Respected national research firms consistently recognize United Community Bank for outstanding customer service. For six of the past seven years, J.D. Power has ranked United Community Bank first in customer satisfaction in the Southeast, and most recently, awarded United Community Bank the highest score in overall satisfaction in the Southeast for 2020. In 2019, Forbes magazine included United Community Bank in its inaugural list of the World’s Best Banks, and in 2020, recognized United Community Bank for the seventh consecutive year on its list of the 100 Best Banks in America. United Community Bank also received the 2019 Greenwich Excellence Award for overall satisfaction in Middle Market Banking in the South and Small Business Banking Excellence Awards for both overall satisfaction and cash management in the South. Additional information about United and United Community Bank can be found at www.ucbi.com.
