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About Us:
Biographies of Executive Management
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Michael
E. Kochenour has 36 years of experience
in banking. Mr. Kochenour is the Bank's Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to this he was the
Executive Vice President, Head of Investment Services
and Trust for Drovers Bank. Mr. Kochenour's previous 28
years were spent with National Central Bank and its successor
banks, Hamilton, CoreStates and First Union National Bank
(now Wachovia). His last position with First Union was
Senior Vice President, Consumer Banking Executive for
Pennsylvania and Delaware. In this role he had ultimate
senior leadership responsibility for all retail and small
business activity across 450 financial centers with deposits
totaling over $22 billion and loans totaling $3.5 billion.
Over the full 28 years, Mr. Kochenour served in numerous
Senior Management roles encompassing human resources;
retail, corporate and small business banking; merger integration;
and corporate level cost and quality improvement projects.
He also served in the role of Area Executive Officer for
CoreStates in York. Mr. Kochenour, a native Yorker, is
very active in the local community serving on the Executive
Board of the American Red Cross - York Chapter; the Advisory Board of the Byrnes Health Education
Center; and the Executive Board of the United Way of York
County (Chairman of the Board for 2005 and 2006); Leadership Cabinet for the York College Community Scholarship Program; and the Steering Committee for the Crispus Attucks Early Learning Center. He is
an active member of the Rotary Club of York and continues
to support numerous other community organizations.
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John D. Blecher,
CPA, serves as Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Technology.
Mr. Blecher has over 20 years of banking experience, with
expertise in the areas of accounting and funds management,
regulatory reporting, SEC compliance, taxation, shareholder
relations and budgeting. He most recently worked for Drovers
Bank where he was the Senior Vice President, Controller
and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Blecher also served as Corporate
Secretary and principal accounting officer for Drovers
Bancshares Corporation, the holding company of Drovers
Bank. While at Drovers, he chaired the Asset Liability,
Technology Planning and Capital Asset Committees. Mr.
Blecher serves on the Board of Directors and as Treasurer of DreamWrights
Youth and Family Theatre and is a member of the Economics
Club of York. He also serves as Secretary/Treasurer of Briarwood
Golf Club, a privately owned golf course.
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Eugene J. Draganosky, with 23 years in the banking industry, joined York Traditions Bank in April 2008 as Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Draganosky was previously with Sovereign Bank where he was the Regional President for York and Adams Counties, leading the sales and servicing of business, residential, commercial real estate, and branch banking activities. Prior to his employment at Sovereign, Mr. Draganosky was the Executive Vice President of the York Division of Commerce Bank and also held the positions of Senior Relationship Manager at Wachovia Bank and Commercial Team Leader at CoreStates Bank (now Wachovia). Mr. Draganosky is very active in the York community, serving as Chairman of Junior Achievement and the York County Chamber Board of Advisors. He also serves on the Board of the United Way of York County; Boy Scouts of America – York/Adams Council; York County Alliance for Learning; York County Economic Development Corporation; York County Industrial Development Authority; and York College Community Opportunity Scholarship Program. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of York, the Economics Club of York County, and supports many other community organizations in York County.
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Carolyn
Schaefer has 37 years of banking experience
and serves as the Managing Director of Personal Banking.
A York native, Mrs. Schaefer joined York Traditions Bank
in 2005 after spending her entire banking career at National
Central Bank and its successor banks, Hamilton, CoreStates,
and First Union National Bank (now Wachovia). Her last
position at Wachovia was Senior Vice President and Service
Director for Branch Banking across the Central Pennsylvania
Region. Additionally, she served as the Bank’s Area
Executive Officer for York County. She is also a Certified
Financial Planner; was named one of the “50 Best
Women in Business in Pennsylvania” in 2000; and
received the Athena Award from the York County Chamber
of Commerce in 2004. Mrs. Schaefer is very active in the
York community, serving on the Board of Better York; the
Board of the Boy Scouts of America – York/Adams
Council; the Board of the York Collegiate Council; the Board of the Heritage Trust; the Board of the YMCA; and the Advisory Board for the Women's Business Center Organization/J. D. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship. She is an active member
of the Rotary Club of York and continues to support many
community organizations across York County.
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Shawn
A. Stine has 30 years of commercial banking experience and serves as the Managing Director, Business Services. Previously, Mr. Stine was at Drovers Bank in York where he served as Executive Vice President and Senior Corporate Banking Officer. His management responsibilities included asset quality, sales and marketing leadership, cash management products and services, loan production offices and a settlement services company. Prior to joining Drovers, Mr. Stine was employed by CoreStates (now Wachovia). He currently serves on the Development Committee and as Co-Chair for the Healthy Kids Campaign for Memorial Hospital; is a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference Committee on Finance and Administration and its Stewardship Foundation Board and Investment Committee; and is an active member of the South Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Risk Management Association. He is also an active member of the Rotary Club of York and supports various other community organizations.
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