Meet Patricia Brown – Brown began her career with ChoiceOne in 1996 as a Teller and progressed through the organization to Branch Manager in 2011, Vice President Regional Branch Manager and CRA Officer in 2015, and to her current position as Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer in 2018.

Brown has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Baker College, Muskegon. She also graduated from the Michigan Bankers Association Perry School of Banking, Lansing and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Active in the communities she serves, Brown is currently Treasurer for the Coopersville Area Chamber of Commerce, Secretary for West Michigan CRA Association, and Director of Membership for Mid-Michigan Banking Group. Brown was also instrumental in overseeing ChoiceOne’s Partnerships with Muskegon and Newago Counties to launch their Kickstart to Career Child Savings Account programs.

Through the years Brown has received many awards for her banking accomplishments including the National Community Bank Service Award ChoiceOne received in 2017, led by Brown and her team presented by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) for providing innovative banking solutions and bi-lingual financial literacy programs to the employees of local farms. In 2019, Brown received the Rising Star Award for her significant achievements in banking from the Community Bankers of Michigan.