LEAD FLORIDA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GROUP

Monroe County Emergency Management Director Shannon Weiner was recently elected Florida Emergency Preparedness Association president.

Weiner will lead concerns, support initiatives, facilitate communications and share best practices throughout the emergency management community, helping professional emergency managers throughout the state protect the people of Florida. Weiner became a certified emergency manager in 2005 and has been a Florida Emergency Preparedness Association member since 2003. The position is a one-year term. Weiner joined Monroe County Emergency Management in 2016. She fulfilled the role of deputy incident commander during the county’s response to Hurricane Irma and became director two weeks before the county’s response to COVID-19 in 2020. She has 20 years of experience in public safety, with 16 years as a professional emergency manager.

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Established in 1955, First State Bank offers banking and lending services to fit the needs of our Keys customers. We started out with a single branch and a handful of employees. As the Keys community grew, so did the bank, steadily adding more services and branches. We’ve grown and changed in a lot of good ways. But our core values remain the same – we’re a proud, locally owned institution operated for the benefit of the people of Monroe County with a long history of serving, reaching out, and connecting in the Florida Keys.

We are continually expanding our line-up of products, services and delivery systems offered in our offices from Key Largo to Key West. Although the oldest bank headquartered in Monroe County, our technology, security, and customer service are state of the art, allowing customers to feel confident whether they bank in-person, online, or in their mobile app.

First State Bank gives you the best of both worlds - employees who know you and a local name you trust with digital services and modern technology you demand.

Upper Keys contacts are Regional Manager Laura Brown, Market Lending Leader Lori Bailey, and Assistant Branch Managers Candice Brown and Danya Herzberg. Key Largo locations: 97670 Overseas Highway and 101433 Overseas Highway, Tradewinds Plaza. 305-296-8535.