Limelights, Career Paths

Finance

James A. Rhodes III has joined the First National Bank as an Agribusiness and Community Banker. He will manage the First National Bank Loan production office in Salem and specializing in agricultural, commercial and residential loans. Rhodes has more than nine years of banking experience with Huntington National Bank where, most recently, he originated farm and home loans. Before joining Sky Bank, Rhodes had extensive experience in agriculture loans. Rhodes received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from The Ohio State University in 1976. He and his family live in Salem.

Farmers National Bank has promoted Rob Leonard to vice president, indirect loan manager, community president and chief lending officer. He has been employed at Farmers for nearly nine years, starting out as a management trainee in 2003. He is a graduate of Youngstown State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and lives in Boardman. In 2006, Leonard took the position of assistant vice president, indirect lending manager and has made the Farmers Indirect Department one of the leading places for lending in the Mahoning Valley.

Auto

Matthew E. Taylor has been elected president of the board of trustees of the Automobile Dealers Association of Eastern Ohio, which represents new car and truck dealers in Trumbull, Mahoning and Colum-biana counties for 2012-13. He is managing partner with Taylor Kia in Boardman and has been with the company since 2002. He was previously associated with the Garber Auto Group in Michigan and Florida from 1998 to 2002 before leaving as general manager/dealer principal. Taylor is a 1993 graduate of Boardman High School and earned degree in business administration in 1998 from Northwood University. He and his family live in Poland.

Other newly elected officers are Chuck Eddy of Bob and Chuck Eddy Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Austintown as vice president, and Tom Cole of Cole-Valley Cadillac in Warren as treasurer. Elected to new three-year terms as trustees were Chris Greenwood of Greenwood Auto in Cortland and Joey Marzullo of Toyota- Volvo-Jaguar of Warren. Rounding out the ADAEO trustee board are Bob Davis of Fairway Ford Mercury in Canfield, Vince Prindle of Wollam Chevrolet in Cortland and Greg Greenwood of Greenwood Chevrolet in Austintown.

New hires

Chris Listorti has been hired as technical sales representative at SenSource Inc. Listorti, a Poland resident, brings more than 20 years of sales experience. She most recently was Regional Sales Manager, Northeast & West Coast Region at LM Case, Inc.

Breath of Vitality Inc., Pilates & Yoga Studio has hired Rosanna Eliser as its new yoga instructor. She is certified in Hatha yoga, power yoga and senior yoga.

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