Thank You To Our 2009 Leadership!

Jacksonville

Gregory B. Smith

Greg Smith is the Jacksonville and Northeast Florida market president for
Bank of America.  He is also leading the transition of Americas Commercial Lending of Merrill Lynch to the Bank of America.

Greg joined Bank of America in 1988 as a vice president in the Commercial Real Estate Division.  He was promoted to senior vice president in Credit Risk in 1992 and to regional executive in Private Lending in 1995.  Greg moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 2000 as the Southeast Region Business Lending executive and in 2004 became a National Credit Services executive.  In August 2006, he was named to the additional role of Jacksonville and Northeast Florida market president.  His Credit Service role changed in September 2006 to Credit Monitoring executive.  With the completion of the LaSalle Bank transition to the Bank of America, in November of 2008 his role changed to Senior Credit Services executive in Central Credit Delivery.

Ocala

Craig Bachrodt

Craig Bachrodt is the CEO/Owner of Palm Chevrolet. Craig has been involved with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for over 6 years.  He has become an integral part of Ocala's Light The Night Walk and its tremendous success.  During his 6 years of involvement, Palm Chevrolet has contributed over $22,000 in sponsorship and employee fundraising.  Since purchasing Palm Chevrolet in 2001, Craig Bachrodt has worked tirelessly not only to create a first-class successful business, but to give back to the Ocala community. 

Craig understands the importance of being a good corporate citizen and is continually looking for ways to impact the lives of his associates and the communities in which they live and work.
He continues to serve on the Boards for Corner Stone School and Florida Horse Park.  In addition, he stays busy with Dozier Days, Symphony Under the Stars, Toys for Tots and the Chili Cook-Off.  And that?s just to name a few!

Tallahassee
Joel Friederich

Joel Friederich is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a leading provider of high performance products and systems solutions focusing on the defense, homeland security, and commercial aviation markets.

Mr. Friederich was names VP and COO in 2007, after serving as President of Talla-Com Industries since 2006. In this capacity, he is responsible for executive oversight, planning, guidance and direction for Talla-Com and its two wholly owned subsidiaries Tall-Tech and Mobat USA business.