Colorado-based Collegiate Peaks Bank, a division of Glacier Bancorp, is pleased to welcome Joe Smith and Rich Mancuso to its Salida branch.
Smith joins the bank as a Commercial Loan Manager and Mancuso joins as a Commercial Loan Officer.
Smith is a Salida native who has more than 15 years of banking experience and focuses primarily on small business and commercial loans and takes great pride in helping his clients achieve their goals. He is a member of the Salida School Board, serving as Board President and is a member of the Chaffee County Economic Development Corporation serving as Vice Chair.
Mancuso has more than three years of banking experience, also focusing on small business and commercial loans for his clients and their growing businesses. Prior to his banking career, Mancuso worked for six years at a local insurance agency in Salida. He is a Board member of the Salida Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Salida Chapter.
In recent months, Collegiate Peaks Bank’s parent company, Glacier Bank, was ranked eighth on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Banks for 2022. Forbes’ 13th annual look at America’s Best Banks ranks the 100 largest publicly traded banks and thrifts based on their growth, credit quality and profitability (information regarding the rankings and methodology is available at www.forbes.com).
Collegiate Peaks Bank has branch locations in Denver, RiNo (River North), the Denver Tech Center, Salida and Buena Vista.
More information regarding Collegiate Peaks Bank is available at www.collegiatepeaksbank.com.
Collegiate Peaks Bank was founded in the mid 1980’s by a group of local Community Members in Buena Vista, Colorado. The Bank was acquired by Glacier Bancorp, Inc. on February 1, 2018. The bank is now a division of Glacier Bank, a regional bank holding company providing commercial banking services in 114 communities through 181 banking offices.
Collegiate Peaks Bank continues to cultivate strong relationships within the communities we live and work by emphasizing personalized service combined with the full resources of a larger banking organization.
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered in Kalispell, Montana with operating divisions including the Montana banks Glacier Bank of Kalispell, First Security Bank of Missoula, Valley Bank of Helena, First Security Bank of Bozeman, Western Security Bank of Billings, First Bank of Montana, Lewistown; Mountain West Bank in Idaho, Utah and Washington; First Bank in Wyoming and Utah; Citizens Community Bank in Idaho; Bank of the San Juans in Colorado, Collegiate Peaks Bank in Colorado, First State Bank in Wyoming, North Cascades Bank in Washington and The Foothills Bank in Arizona. Glacier has a unique division model in which provides local autonomy for all of its “Company of Banks”, since 2000 Glacier has acquired 23 Banks and currently holds 16 divisions.
