New M&F president selected
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James H. Sills 111, ihe secretary
of the Department of Technology
and Chief Information Officer for
the State of Delaware, has been
named president and CEO of
Durham-based Mechanics and
Farmers Bank.
Effective Sept. 1, Sills will suc
ceed Kim Saunders, the outgoing
president and CEO and James
Sansom, the interim president.
"The future of community
banking is in the technology arena,
and Jim has been driving innova
tion at the intersection of banking
and IT for more than 20 years,"
said M&F Board of Directors.
Chairman James A. Stewart. "Jim
has an impressive track record of
success in executive leadership
roles, and we are confident that his
enthusiasm and insight will enable
us to deliver even greater business
value to customers across North
Carolina and enhance shareholder
value."
In 2009, Sills was appointed by
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell to his
cabinet. In this role, he oversaw the
department's information technol
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James H. Sills III
ogy budget, implemented numer
ous enterprise technology projects
and led the department's
Technology Investment Council in
executing IT governance and con
solidation initiatives for the State
of Delaware.
Sills has served in multiple sen
ior leadership positions, including
ones at First Tuskegee Bank and
Memphis First Community Bank
(now Landmark Bank). He holds a
bachelor's degree from Morehouse
College, a master's degree in pub
lic administration from the
University of Pittsburgh and a
graduate degree in retail bank man
agement from the University of
Wisconsin. He is married to
Launice Sills, and they have three
adult daughters.
Sills has strong family ties to
North Carolina. His father was
born and raised in Wake County.
He has other family members from
the Henderson and Louisburg area.
Sills' grandmother graduated from
Shaw University.
"I am honored to be selected to
lead Mechanics & Farmers Bank.
Thisvinstitution has great history,
great customers and experienced
and dedicated associates," he said.
"We plan to continue to build on
the successes of the founders, cur
rent board of directors and associ
ates to take it to the next level. We
are committed to delivering new
products, services and technolo
gies to the communities we serve. I
look forward to this exciting
opportunity and working with our
existing and new customers."
Photos by Todd Luck
One of several
rooms at the
Warehouse
filled with an
assortment of
donated sup
plies.
Warehouse
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16 classrooms large
behind Diggs
Latham
Elementary
School.
Materials for
different sub
jects are kept in
separate rooms.
There is also a
craft room with
donated wares
from Jo Ann
Fabric and Craft
Store. Chandler
is constantly looking for
donations of supplies and
money from individuals
and companies to keep
the shelves?full. Office
supplies that companies
no longer need are often
donated. Items embossed
with the Wachovia Bank
logo were donated when
Wachovia became part of
Wells Fargo.
Though the
Warehouse now has its
first employee, part time
manager Becky Seay, it
still depends on commu
nity volunteers to keep it
afloat.
Teens in the Crosby
Scholars program have
been regular volunteers.
One of them. Jordan
Jarvis, applied for and
received a 7$500 Disney
Friends for Change Youth
Grant that was awarded to
the Warehouse.
Others, liice Chandler,
are longtime ^educational
advocates who have been
volunteering at schools
and with PTAs for years.
Aleta Bitting is the treas
urer and a past president
of the county PTA
Council. She's a regular
weekend volunteer at the
Warehouse and believes
the service is essential
because North Carolina
teachers are among the
lowest paid in the nation.
"Each year. it
becomes a little more dif
ficult with budget cuts
and things that are hap
pening." Bitting, a former
member of the North
Carolina PTA Board, said
of teachers' plight.
The Warehouse has
made the "shopping"
experience easier for
teachers and volunteers
with two new laptops and
a barcode scanner donat
ed by the BB&T
Lighthouse Project.
Forsyth Education
Association Co-President
Susan Tague helped get
5
the system working earli
er this week ahead-of the
fall quarter's opening day.
She said the first day,
during which only new
teachers are
allowed in to
get supplies,
are emotional.
"You see a
brand new
teacher who's
overwhelmed
with a new job
and all the
things she has
to do and all
the things she
wants to do," she said.
"And then comes in here
and is given the opportu
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nity to get a lot of the
items she's going to need
and she's not going to be
charged for it. And they
get emotional, which
makes me emotional.
The Warehouse will
be open from August 14
16. After that, it opens for
three hours on Tuesdays
and Thursdays and two
Saturdays a month
through May 2015.
There will be a school
supply drive for the
Warehouse at tonight's 6
p.m. outdoor concert at
Bethabara Park; at the
Winston-Salem Open on
Aug. 16 and Aug. 20; and
at the Aug. 22 Winston
Hilling
Salem Dash game at the
BB&T Ballpark at 7 p.m.
For more information
on donating, contact
Chandler at 336-659
6165 or email kchan
dler3@ msn .com.
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