Debbie Rickards

New hire

Raymond M. Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Calvin B. Taylor Bank, has announced that Debbie A. Rickards has joined the bank as a customer service associate.

She will be located at the bank’s main office in downtown Berlin.

Rickards comes to Taylor Bank with over 25 years of banking experience, specializing in consumer banking and branch operations. Her banking career started with Baltimore Trust in Selbyville, Delaware and then she moved to Mercantile Bank in the Bethany Beach area.

After a few years, Rickards became the merchant account executive at PNC Selbyville, Delaware (formerly Mercantile Peninsula). Most recently, she served as teller supervisor for PNC Berlin.

She is a graduate from Delaware Technical Community College where she studied business administration and banking.

Rickards is very active and involved in the local community. Some of these activities include serving the Ladies Auxiliary in Selbyville, Delaware.

Calvin B. Taylor Banking Company, the bank subsidiary of Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares, Inc., founded in 1890, offers a wide range of loan, deposit and ancillary banking services through both physical and digital delivery channels.

The Company has 11 banking locations within the eastern coastal area of the Delmarva Peninsula including Worcester County, Maryland, Sussex County, Delaware and Accomack County, Virginia. There is also a loan production office located in Onley, Virginia.

Jill Gormley

Gormley welcomed

Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley welcomes Jill Gormley as the agency’s human resources director. She will be responsible for developing and implementing new human resources programs that will both support growth goals and enhance the experience of ASC&D’s existing team.

Gormley joins the team with over 20 years of human resources experience. She specializes in establishing and implementing HR policies and programs for growing organizations.

Her secret to success in the workplace is to be open to feedback and to always be ready to learn and grow. In her free time, she enjoys watching her children play sports, going to the beach and watching Ohio State football games.

Headquartered in Willards, Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley is an independent insurance agency specializing in employer benefits, business and personal insurances. Clients represent all industries including top restaurant, hospitality, trucking and construction firms.

To learn more, please visit www.ascd.net.

Tim Halligan

Top producer

EXIT Realty At The Beach announce that Tim Halligan was recognized as top producer for January.

Since being invited to join EXIT Realty At The Beach, Halligan said business has increased dramatically. This is partially due to his clients, as well as the helpful and friendly, no-pressure attitude of Broker/Owner Bernie Flax and all the agents and staff at EXIT Realty At The Beach, he said.

EXIT is a proven real estate business model that has to-date paid out more than a third of a billion dollars in single-level residual income to its associates across the U.S. and Canada.

EXIT Realty’s Expert Marketing Suite including geolocation Smart Sign technology gives home sellers the edge in a competitive marketplace.

The company’s focus on good health initiative promotes wellness at work and home. A portion of every transaction fee collected by EXIT Realty Corp. International is applied to its charitable fund and to-date, $4 million has been pledged to charity. For more information, please visit www.exitrealty.com.

EXIT Realty At The Beach is located at 11002 Manklin Meadows Lane #3, in Ocean Pines. For more information, call 410-208-EXIT(3948) or visit www.exitrealtyatthebeach.com.

Joins firm

Coldwell Banker Bud Church Realty, Inc. announces Real Estate Agent Chase Church has joined the firm.

Church grew up in Ocean City and attended Stephen Decatur High School. He played soccer and baseball in his four years at Decatur.

He then moved south for his four collegiate years where he studied communications and advertising at Flagler College in Saint Augustine, Florida.

His family has been deeply involved within the real estate community as his grandfather, Bud Church, has been selling real estate on the Eastern Shore since 1978. His father, Ken, has also been selling real estate locally since the spring of 1988.

Contact Church at 410-524-7888.