BizBRIEFS Commerce Bank Names Lewis President & CEO By David B. Pittman Commerce Bank of Arizona has named John S. Lewis president and CEO, responsible for managing the bank’s statewide operations. Lewis, an executive with more than 30 years of senior level business banking experience, will work from offices in Scottsdale and Tucson. Prior to joining Commerce Bank, Lewis served as president and CEO of Sunrise Bank of Arizona and chairman and CEO of First Interstate Bank of Arizona. Former Commerce Bank president and CEO Randall J. Yenerich has moved to the position of president and CEO of the bank’s holding company, CBOA Financial. “CBOA Financial is pleased that John Lewis will lead Commerce Bank of Arizona’s continued statewide expansion plans,” said Yenerich. “John has a proven track record of community bank leadership focused on local customer relationships, which is the hallmark of our organization.” Lewis said he is looking forward to leading the bank. “Our team of banking professionals have decades of local banking experience, and our goal is to ensure that our customers experience the benefits of our expertise and communityfocused banking decisions,” he said. Founded in 2002 by Yenerich and a group of local investors, Commerce Bank of Arizona offers business and consumer banking services, including commercial, real estate and mortgage loan products. The bank has offices in Scottsdale, Mesa, Tucson, Green Valley and Tubac, with about $267 million in assets. Biz
Bowles Joins Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty By David B. Pittman
Charlie Bowles, longtime leader in the Southern Arizona real estate and homebuilding industries, is now associate broker manager at the Tucson office of Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty, which specializes in the sale of fine homes and real estate throughout Arizona. Bowles previously was VP of marketing and sales for Diamond Ventures, where he worked for 13 years. From 1988 to 1999, he was VP of marketing and sales at Estes Homebuilding Co. Bowles also has been president and broker for Cottonwood Homes at Cottonwood Properties and co-owner and vice president of Crain and Associates Management Co., where he managed and marketed 11 Arizona apartment communities. Gov. Jan Brewer appointed Bowles to the Arizona Real Estate Advisory Board, where he serves as chairman. He was 2011 chairman of the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association Board of Trustees. From 2007 to 2011, he was chairman of the board of Tu Nidito, a nonprofit agency dedicated to providing care to children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or other loved one.
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