CKB Newsletter 2022

Employee Promotions

Pete Hays Market President, Caddo Parish

Pete is native of Shreveport, LA. When he turned 16, he started working as a bag boy at Albertsons. He attended college at LSU-Shreveport while working at Albertsons in order not to take on student loan debt, graduating in May 1998 with a major in Accounting and debt free. After working at Albertsons for 14 years, it was announced in October 2005 that his store was closing and he was laid off. This allowed Pete to make a career change and in March 2006, he started his banking career with Chase Bank in Monroe, LA.

In March 2015, Pete started with Cross Keys Bank as a Vice President, Commercial Lender. In 2020, he managed the SBA’s Payroll Protection Program for CKB. This included staying abreast of the changing government rules being published daily and keeping the lending team informed of these changes. Between 2020 and 2021, CKB provided over 1,250 PPP loans totaling over $75 million dollars in business funding to small business owners. Pete enjoys the outdoors. He loves fishing, golf, tennis, pickle ball and any other sport, as long as he is playing. He and his wife have been married for over 22 years and have two daughters, ages 13 and 16. Pete has an identical twin brother whom he is often being confused with, so he will answer to the name Joe as well as Pete. Pete currently volunteers as a board member and President Elect for the North Shreveport Business Association, a non-profit association with a mission to educate, inform, and provide beneficial services to business and community members and actively represent, promote, and support the business community of North Shreveport.

Taylor Hoffman Loan Officer, Tallulah

Taylor was born and raised in Monroe, Louisiana, where she attended Ouachita Parish High School. She attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe before taking time off to decide which major was best for her. During Taylor’s time at ULM, she was an Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority member. She worked at CenturyLink for three years before coming to Cross Keys Bank. She started at Cross Keys Bank in Monroe as a teller in December of 2015, and from there, Taylor began to gain interest in banking and everything it entails. After her promotion to Universal Banker, she decided to finish her degree. Taylor will graduate in December 2022 with a degree in Business. Her Cross Keys Bank

work family has always encouraged her to do more, so in July of 2020, she took the notary exam and passed. Taylor moved to her husband’s hometown of Tallulah in 2019 and began working at the CKB Tallulah branch. She and her husband married in 2020; they have two dogs, Bayou and Mojo, and a four-year-old son (stepson), Lucas. They enjoy spending time outdoors, whether going to Lake Bruin during the summer with friends and family or hunting and fishing. Taylor is excited to see what the future holds for her at CKB as a new lender.

Marcella Vinson Assistant Vice President, Executive Assistant, St. Joseph

Marcella has been with Cross Keys Bank since 1976. She and her husband Mike live on Lake Bruin. They have three children, Dale (Beth), Erin (Matt), Matt (Cortney) and six wonderful grandkids, Garrett, Taylor Ann, Ashlynn, Matti, Lane and the newest addition JoeLeigh. They are active members of Maryland Baptist Church in St. Joseph. Favorite past times; cooking and shopping with Grans and beaching with the family.

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