Patricia A. Husic, President and CEO of Centric Bank, Named Business Woman of the Year for 2016
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) August 22, 2016 -- Patricia A. Husic, President and CEO of Centric Bank, was named Business Woman of the Year by Business Women’s Forum (BWF) and Carlisle and West Shore Chamber’s of Commerce. Every year BWF honors one inspirational woman from the Central Pennsylvania region based on her business excellence, vision, mentoring, and outstanding and long-lasting community impact.
Husic was one of the founders of Centric Financial Corporation and Centric Bank and led the turnaround and growth of the financial institution to over $421 million in assets the end of the second quarter of 2016 and record profits and growth of the Bank in 2015. Centric has been named one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies for four years and is a two-time Best Places to Work. Centric Bank is recognized as the #1 SBA Lender in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, which compromises 40 counties of the 67 in the Commonwealth, and the champion of small business, the job creators in our communities.
Husic was the visionary, founder and implementer of the Women in Banking program for the Pennsylvania Bankers Association as the third female chair in the Association’s 122 year history. She continues to serve as Chair of the PBA’s Women in Banking initiative. In 2015, Husic was honored with a ranking on American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking in the US and previously was on the American Banker’s Women to Watch list for three years.
Husic currently serves on the board of Holy Spirit Health System as well as the Communications Council for the American Bankers Association.
The Business Woman of the Year award was announced at the Business Women’s Forum on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at the High Center, Messiah College, and was presented by a representative from CenturyLink, the award sponsor, following a keynote speaker. Business Women’s Forum is an annual conference geared toward women professionals, produced by the Greater Carlisle Area Chamber and the West Shore Chamber. Criteria for the award include being an innovator with a proven track record of success and demonstration of leadership, integrity, and strength of character. Nominees are women who have made a significant impact to those around them and someone who has made a contribution to her community and society as a whole through consistent community involvement, board or committee service.
About Centric Bank
A two-time Best Places to Work and Top 50 Fastest-Growing Companies for four years, Centric Bank is headquartered in south central Pennsylvania with assets of $421 million and remains the leader in organic loan growth in central Pennsylvania. A locally owned, locally loaned community bank, Centric Bank provides highly competitive and pro-growth core financial services to businesses, professionals, individuals, and families. Centric Bank’s specializes in niche markets, and its Flagship, Doctor Centric Bank, leads the market in our concierge approach to financing the medical community. With a Five-Star Bauer Financial Rating, Centric Bank is also the #1 Lender in the Pennsylvania Eastern District for SBA 7(a) loans, which comprises 40 out of the 67 counties in the Commonwealth, as of June 30, 2016 and a Top 10 Lender for SBA Loans in the Philadelphia Region.
Founded in February 2007, Pennsylvania-based Centric Bank has financial centers located in Harrisburg, Hershey, Mechanicsburg, and Camp Hill, and loan production offices in Suburban Philadelphia and Lancaster. To learn more about Centric Bank, call 717.657.7727 or visit their website at http://www.CentricBank.com. Connect with them on Twitter at @CentricBank and Facebook at Centric Bank.
Centric Financial Corporation is traded over the counter (OTC-Pink) - CFCX.
Jan Hastings, Centric Bank, http://www.centricbank.com, +1 717.909.8337, [email protected]
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