Located in northern Oakland County, Bank of Auburn Hills is within the shadows of the home of NBA greatness, the Palace, home to the Detroit Pistons. Fittingly, while the past year had its challenges, the bank’s team rose to the occasion.
With the Pistons just down the street fighting for another championship, Bank of Auburn Hills was competing for new deposits in 2007. Using a “Keep Your Money in Michigan” theme, the bank ran a deposit special called “Maximize Michigan Certificate of Deposit.” The CD special was extremely successful.
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In addition to Bank of Auburn Hills’ team members focusing on serving the Oakland County business community with their active involvement in five area chambers of commerce, they also helped many local organizations. For example, the bank proudly delivered 100 percent employee participation in the United Way campaign, with total contributions up 15 percent; bank staff and customers contributed generously to the Gloves for Good campaign sponsored by the Lake Orion Sunrise Rotary Club for the benefit of children in Auburn Hills, Pontiac and Lake Orion (via the local Boys & Girls Club); and bank employees donated more than 50 pounds of nonperishable food items to Lighthouse of Oakland County, which provides services to the county’s low-income residents.
The year 2007 brought about recognition, promotion and additions to our staff: Julie Guigar was promoted to operations manager, Jodie Back joined as a credit analyst and Karen Schneider joined as the business development officer. Elena Houlihan, an Auburn Hills entrepreneur, also joined our board of directors.
Innovation and a willingness to challenge the routine is a formula for success that Bank of Auburn Hills will pursue — today and tomorrow. Not unlike that championship-caliber NBA squad down the road.
— Neal J. Searle, President