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People’s Bank Promotes Lindsey Trautman To Chief Financial Officer
People’s Bank of Commerce is proud to announce the promotion of Lindsey Trautman as its chief financial officer at its corporate branch located at 1528 Biddle Road in Medford. A Rogue Valley native, Trautman took over the position on May 2, 2020, following the retirement of the bank’s former CFO,…
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Choosing your Replacement
I reached out to Ken Trautman, Co-Founder, CEO and Original President to ask him a couple of questions about the process, what challenges he thinks she will face and what he will be able to focus on now. JET What brought you to this decision? It was important to me…
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People’s Bank Founding Board Member, Bill Jacobs, Retires From the Board after 22 years of Service.
By Jim Teece I remember Bill’s last day on the board. We just finished our annual shareholder meeting via zoom, because of the pandemic. We went into a board session after the annual meeting and we each took turns saying something nice about Bill and thanking him for his service.…
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People’s Bank year-to-date Earnings per Share Increase 24%
People’s Bank of Commerce (OTCBB: PBCO) announced on 7/22/2020 its financial results for the second quarter and year-to-date 2020. The bank reported net income of $1,385,000 or $0.39 per basic and diluted share for the second quarter of 2020, compared to net income of $933,000 or $0.30 per share in…
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SOBJ 2015-2020 Covers
To fully appreciate the scope of Greg’s work over the first 5 years of the Southern Oregon Business Journal, we are posting the covers of each issue. It’s an impressive body of work. At the bottom of the list is the enlarged cover of the first issue as well as…
Read MoreCongratulations Greg
I’ve known Greg Henderson since April 1994 when I first met him at Wallmasters Toastmasters in Tigard, Or. The first item that stood out was his effervescent smile, it was so warm and genuine. Always dressed in business attire and looking so slim and dapper. Greg’s sense of humor was always there and…
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Sometimes I sits and think. Sometimes I just sits.
By Greg Henderson, FounderSouthern Oregon Business Journal 2015-2020 SOBJ The missing date of publication was an oversight, not since repeated. The first issue of the Southern Oregon Business Journal was released in July 2015. Article topics included information about Oregon’s connection to the “Timber Belt”, mention of leadership responsibilities to…
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Dad
By Mark Henderson There was in our recent history a time when leadership was defined by a person’s willingness to work with others to solve our country’s challenges. When compromise and dialogue were considered strengths and not weaknesses—and when a community and its leaders were measured by their accomplishments, not…
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Looking Back and Looking Forward
By Dede Henderson Looking back on 51 plus years of memories with Greg is a challenge. There have been so many adventures, so much laughter and a few tears along the way. Greg and I met in college in September of 1968 and were married in September of 1969. Being…
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Greg Henderson is Retiring… For Real This Time
By Jim Teece, Co-PublisherSouthern Oregon Business Journal It’s official. Greg is retiring, for real this time. He told me in the middle of the Pandemic. We just started working together on the reboot of the journal in June of 2019. Our first issue together was out in July and we…
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The Gordian Knot of Leadership
Qualified and Timely Leadership By Greg HendersonFounder and Co-PublisherSouthern Oregon Business Journal Dictators and Tyrants dot the timeline of human history in their self-serving unwillingness to listen to their constituents’ needs and opinions. Misery and physical harm, including the threat of death, were the tools these rulers used to build…
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