RICHMOND HILL, GA. – Ameris Bank Market President Greg Marini announces that Sarah Lippert has joined the bank as vice president and branch manager of the bank’s Richmond Hill location. In this position, Lippert will build and maintain banking relationships in the local area and manage the daily operations of the Richmond Hill Ameris Bank branch.

Lippert has more than 18 years of banking and management experience, previously serving as branch manager at Wells Fargo, an assistant vice president financial center manager at Fifth Third Bank, and as an assistant manager at Wells Fargo Financial. Prior to entering the banking industry, Lippert was a transportation sales representative with CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and before that she was a sales account executive at Reuben H. Donnelley, a Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.

“We are excited to have Sarah leading the branch in Richmond Hill,” said Marini. “Her banking, sales, and management experience coupled with a leadership background will benefit both consumer and commercial customers in the area. We know customers and branch employees will truly enjoy working with Sarah.”

Lippert earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication with a minor in Psychology from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She is Life and Health Insurance licensed from Hondros College, and she is also a Notary Public in the state of Georgia. Sarah loves to spend her time volunteering in her community. She is the treasurer and a board member of Kiwanis International of Richmond Hill, on the ambassador committee with the Chamber of Commerce in Richmond Hill, volunteers with Ronald McDonald House of Savannah, a volunteer with CHSA, and serves as a volunteer at Richmond Hill Elementary and Middle School. She and her husband Brian live with their children, Luke and Katie, in Richmond Hill.

“I am excited to join the Ameris Bank team,” says Lippert. “The Company’s commitment to community banking makes Ameris Bank truly unique, and I’m proud to contribute to those efforts in the city I love.”

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About Ameris Bank

Ameris Bank, headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., has more than $16 billion in assets. Ameris Bancorp, the parent company of Ameris Bank, is traded on the NASDAQ under ABCB. Ameris Bank is focused on creating a distinctly different way of helping customers manage and make the most of their money, offering a full range of services, including traditional banking and lending products and solutions, treasury and cash management services, and mortgage and refinancing solutions.

 

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