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JBT Bancorp elects new chairman of the board
Paula Wolf//April 28, 2023
JBT Bancorp Inc., the holding company of Jonestown Bank & Trust Co., announced that Glenn T. Wenger has been elected to serve as the chairman of the board of directors of JBT Bancorp Inc. and Jonestown Bank & Trust Co.
Wenger, a Myerstown resident, replaces Richard Newmaster Jr., who retired after serving on the board for 19 years. Newmaster has been named director emeritus.
“It has been a profound pleasure working with Rich,” Troy A. Peters, JBT President and CEO and a member of the board, said in a release. “We thank him for his service, counsel and leadership.”
President of Wengers in Myerstown, Wenger previously served as vice chairman of JBT Bancorp Inc. and Jonestown Bank & Trust Co., joining the board in 2008. He is also chairman of Ag Industrial Inc. and president of JK&B Inc.
In other board business, Edwin C. Hostetter II was elected vice chairman, and Edward L. Anspach was re-elected to the roles of second vice chairman and secretary of JBT Bancorp Inc. and Jonestown Bank & Trust Co.
A resident of Robesonia, Hostetter has served on the board since 2013. Prior to his retirement, the CPA and management consultant was vice president of finance and chief financial officer at SSM Group Inc.
Anspach is president of Anspach Autos and a resident of Grantville; he has served on the board since 1987.
Also re-elected to the board were Jeffrey Bohn, Lloyd Deaven Jr., Jonathan Hollinger, Brian Miller, Sallie Neuin, Dr. Sina Patel, Troy A. Peters and Eric Trainer.
Paula Wolf is a freelance writer
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