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Home > About Lake City > Investor Relations > Officers & Directors

Officers & Directors

LAKELAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ - LKFN)
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Executive Management
   Michael L. Kubacki
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Kubacki presently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank. He first joined Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank during 1998 as President and became Chief Executive Officer of both in January 1999. Prior to 1998, Mr. Kubacki served as Executive Vice President of the Northern Trust Bank of California, NA. He is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.

   David M. Findlay
President and Chief Financial Officer

David M. Findlay became President of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank and joined their respective board of directors in September 2010. He joined the companies in 2000 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his arrival, at Lake City Bank, Mr. Findlay served as the Chief Financial Officer of Quality Dining, Inc., a publicly traded company with its headquarters in South Bend, Indiana. Prior to that, he served in various capacities with The Northern Trust Company in Chicago.

   Kevin L. Deardorff
Executive Vice President

Kevin L. Deardorff presently serves as an Executive Vice President of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank, positions he has held since 2001. He has served as an officer of Lake City Bank since 1993.

   Eric H. Ottinger
Executive Vice President

Eric H. Ottinger, Executive Vice President, is Commercial Banking Department Manager of Lake City Bank. Previously, Mr. Ottinger managed the bank’s Commercial Banking East Region and Wealth Advisory Group. Lake City Bank is a $3 billion bank headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana with banking offices throughout northern Indiana.


Mr. Ottinger joined the company in 1999 after 7 years with Fort Wayne National Bank (successor National City Bank/PNC), serving in its Fort Wayne office as a Credit Analyst, Private Banker and Commercial Lender. Originally from Muncie, Indiana, Mr. Ottinger is a 1988 graduate of Muncie Central High School. Mr. Ottinger received his B.S. degree in Business/Entrepreneurship from Ball State University in 1992, and an M.B.A. from Indiana University (IPFW campus) in 1999.


   Michael E. Gavin
Executive Vice President
 
Board of Directors
   Blake W. Augsburger
   Brian J. Smith
   Bradley J. Toothaker
   Michael L. Kubacki
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Kubacki presently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank. He first joined Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank during 1998 as President and became Chief Executive Officer of both in January 1999. Prior to 1998, Mr. Kubacki served as Executive Vice President of the Northern Trust Bank of California, NA. He is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.

   Daniel Fraley Evans Jr.
   David M. Findlay

David M. Findlay became President of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank and joined their respective board of directors in September 2010. He joined the companies in 2000 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his arrival, at Lake City Bank, Mr. Findlay served as the Chief Financial Officer of Quality Dining, Inc., a publicly traded company with its headquarters in South Bend, Indiana. Prior to that, he served in various capacities with The Northern Trust Company in Chicago.

   Robert E. Bartels Jr.

Mr. Bartels, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Martin's Supermarkets, Inc., a regional supermarket chain headquartered in South Bend, Indiana. He is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.


   Thomas Andrew Hiatt

Tom Hiatt is the founding managing partner of Centerfield Capital Partners, one of the largest institutionally backed providers of private growth capital based in Indiana. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Lakeland Financial Corporation and Lake City Bank. Tom has worked in private equity since 1986, and has served as a director of a number of private and publicly held companies in health care, manufacturing, information technology and business services. He currently serves on the boards of Aero Systems Engineering, Inc. and Alpha Imaging, Inc. He is past chair and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Small Business Investors Alliance. He is also serves as Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He is the founder and co-chair of Grameen Indianapolis, a non-profit which provides microloans to individuals living below the poverty line in central Indiana. He graduated magna cum laude from Wabash College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds a Master of Science in management from the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as Editor of the Sloan Management Review.

   Charles E. Niemier

Mr. Niemier is Senior Vice President - international operations of Biomet, Inc., which is a manufacturer of medical and orthopedic devices. He also serves as a trustee of Valparaiso University. He is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.

   Emily E. Pichon

Ms. Pichon is a director of the Cole Foundation, a private charitable foundation focused on northeast Indiana education, economic development and conservation. She is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.

   Steven D. Ross

Mr. Ross is President of Bertsch Services, which is a regional food service and vending company based in Warsaw, Indiana. He is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.

   Ronald D. Truex
   M. Scott Welch
Lead Director

Mr. Welch is the Chief Executive Officer of Welch Packaging Group,Inc., which is primarily engaged in producing industrial and point of purchase packaging. He is a Director of Lakeland Financial and Lake City Bank.

 
 

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