About Our Bank

Omni National Bank is a full-service, national bank with assets in excess of $850 million. Through our Internet banking, our bank services clients nationwide. We have four full service banking locations in North Carolina; two in Georgia; one in Chicago, Illinois; one in Tampa, Florida; one in Dallas,Texas; and one in Houston, Texas. In addition, Omni National Bank has loan production offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Dalton, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Omni National Bank is dedicated to being the community bank for everyone. Our experienced banking professionals, combined with our extensive product options and personalized service, means we can provide you with exceptional service - service only seen in smaller institutions. Unlike the bigger banks, we have local decision-makers, allowing us to quickly service your needs. Our goal is long-term client relationships. We want to earn your business daily.

Founded in March 1976, Omni National Bank is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are a subsidiary of Omni Financial Services, Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company.  Omni Financial Services, Inc.'s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "OFSI."

In addition to our banking operations, we own and operate a for-profit, community development corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary of our bank. Omni Community Development Corporation owns, operates, rehabilitates, and lends on inner-city, dilapidated single-family and multi-family real estate to benefit low and-moderate income individuals and areas.

Omni National Bank is also one of the few banks in the country with a division specifically dedicated to making residential and commercial redevelopment loans primarily in inner-city, low-to-moderate income neighborhoods.

Omni employees are some of the most experienced in the banking industry. Indeed, Omni has developed a reputation of not only excelling in the “traditional” banking environment of commercial and personal loans, but our vast experience allows us to do specialized lending as well. While the safety and soundness of our financial institution is of paramount importance to our business plan, so is our commitment that “different” does not mean “no” and that specialized lending can be as safe and sound as traditional lending. Therefore, when choosing whether we can meet your banking needs, talk to us before you decide because you may well learn, as have many thousands of other customers, that being different clearly means we can be “your kind of bank.”

Our goal is to be the bank of choice. Come in and see us today!

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Our Board of Directors and Senior Officers

Stephen M. Klein, J.D
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Klein is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Omni Financial Services, Inc., the parent company of Omni National Bank. Mr. Klein is a founding director and shareholder of Republic Bank and Republic Bancorp. He is the managing partner of MKM Investment Company, a diversified real estate development company, and the managing partner of Klein Realty Company, a diversified real estate holding company. Mr. Klein is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Omni Community Development Corporation.

Mr. Klein attended Northwood University and John Marshall Law School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Connie E. Perrine, C.P.A.
President, Omni National Bank

Mrs. Perrine is the President of Omni National Bank. Mrs. Perrine began her career in 1983 in New York City. She is a CPA and has held various accounting and auditing positions in banks in New York and Connecticut, and was part of the banking practice group of KPMG Peat Marwick.

Prior to joining Omni, Mrs. Perrine was employed by UPS Capital in Atlanta. Mrs. Perrine graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Accounting.  She is married with two children.

Irwin M. Berman
President, Omni Financial Services, Inc.
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Manager, Omni National Bank

Mr. Berman is the President of Omni Financial Services, Inc.  Mr. Berman is also the Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Manager of Omni National Bank.

Mr. Berman is a career banker, having begun his banking career in 1982 at National Bank of Georgia in Atlanta. He has held numerous management positions throughout his career. Prior to joining Omni, he was Chief Credit Officer of Milton National Bank in Roswell, Georgia.

Mr. Berman is a graduate of the University of Alabama. He is married, has two children and is active in the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta and Congregation Etz Chaim.

Ivy G. Anderson
Senior Vice President, Manager of Operations

Mrs. Anderson is the Senior Vice President of Operations for Omni National Bank and oversees all Loan and Deposit Operations. Mrs. Anderson began her banking career in 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the past 29 years, she has served in numerous management roles, including credit analysis, credit and loan administration, loan operations, and deposit operations for SouthTrust Bank, N.A., Milton National Bank, Bank of North Georgia, and The Bankers Bank. Prior to her banking career, Mrs. Anderson was an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Mrs. Anderson graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a BS in Accounting. She is married with two children.

Patrick Barnes
Senior Vice President, Manager of Information Technology

Mr. Barnes is the Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Omni National Bank. He has held various IT positions for the past 13 years. He began his banking career in 2002 at First Commercial Bank of Florida as Vice President of Information Technology/Network Administrator. Prior to that he was a consultant and worked for health care companies as well as financial institutions.

Mr. Barnes has received many technical certifications including, but not limited to, a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) and a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). He also graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Information Technology Management from DeVry University and an Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering from Owens Community College. He is married.

Charles M. Barnwell
Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer

Mr. Barnwell is the Executive Vice President of Omni National Bank and oversees all of the Bank's business development activities. Mr. Barnwell has been in banking in Atlanta for 26 years. His banking experience includes corporate and private banking, as well as real estate and mortgage lending. Prior to joining Omni, Mr. Barnwell also co-owned and operated an equipment leasing company.

Mr. Barnwell graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in Finance. He is married with four children.

Benjamin J. Cohen
Senior Vice President, Community Development Lending

Mr. Cohen is the Senior Vice President of Community Development Lending and the Director of Omni National Bank’s Out-State Expansion. Before coming to Omni, Mr. Cohen worked in commercial real estate development and brokerage. His prior work experience includes tenure at Société Générale, priceline.com, and Butler Wooten.

Mr. Cohen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied at both the College of Arts and Sciences and The Wharton School. He earned his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law.

David B. Goodyear
Executive Vice President, North Carolina Regional Executive

Mr. Goodyear has been a banker in Fayetteville for 30 years, 18 of which were with RBC Centura. While with RBC Centura, he served as Senior Market Officer and was heavily involved in commercial real estate lending. Mr. Goodyear was an instructor in the Banking and Finance curriculum at Fayetteville Technical Community College for more than 10 years and served on FTCC's Advisory Board.

A graduate of the University of Chapel Hill at Pembroke, he also completed the four-year program at the North Carolina School of Banking at Chapel Hill. He has one son.

Rebecca L. Helms
Senior Vice President, Manager of Human Resources and Training

Mrs. Helms is the Senior Vice President for Omni National Bank and oversees all of Human Resources and Training. Mrs. Helms began her banking career in North Carolina in 1966. She has held various management positions in banks in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. She serves on the Human Resource Committee of the Georgia Bankers Association and is also a member of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Managers) and ASTD (American Society of Training and Development).

Mrs. Helms attended college at Rowan Tech in North Carolina. She completed her education at Winthrop College in South Carolina and received her Human Resource Degree from Kennesaw State. Mrs. Helms is a Certified PHR through the SHRM organization. She is married with two children.

Alexander S. Kroll
Senior Vice President, Pennsylvania Regional Executive

Mr. Kroll is the Senior Vice President responsible for the management and development of the Philadelphia Banking Region. His banking career began in 1983 and his expertise includes commercial and real estate lending. He also brings with him an extensive knowledge of strategic planning, branch expansion and development and corporate branding. Prior to joining Omni, Mr. Kroll was the Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of a Philadelphia based bank.

Mr. Kroll is a graduate of Eastern University with a B.A. in Management and is a graduate, with distinction, of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is very active in the banking industry and his community. He is married with four children.

Terry Lawson
Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer

Mr. Lawson is the Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Omni National Bank. Mr. Lawson has 27 years of banking experience in Atlanta. His expertise includes internal audit, real estate and commercial lending, and credit administration.

Mr. Lawson is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Management.

Mr. Lawson is married with two children. Mr. Lawson is a 1996 graduate of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Gwinnett program and is a former Treasurer and Board Member of the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services.

Janet Litt, Esq. 
Senior Vice President and In House Counsel

Ms. Litt joined Omni National Bank in 2006 to establish the Bank's legal department. For the past 25 years, she practiced in the private sector, representing lenders, investors and title insurance companies in commercial and residential transactions, real estate litigation, title insurance claims, and in litigation involving creditors' rights.

Ms. Litt holds a B.S. in Piano and German from Indiana University, and a J.D. from Washington College of Law at American University.

Asif Mujtaba
Executive Vice President, Illinois Regional Executive

Mr. Mujtaba is an international banker with 35 years of commercial and investment banking experience in the United States, United Kingdom, and Central America. Mr. Mujtaba trained as an accountant in the United Kingdom and worked for a local savings and loan organization as an internal auditor. He has lived in Atlanta since 1981 and has previously worked for National Bank of Georgia and Bank Atlanta as Group Vice President - Corporate Lending and Senior Loan Officer, respectively. He has also served as a member of the Executive Committee for the Georgia Business Development Corporation.

Mr. Mujtaba has a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the Department of Business Administration, University of Karachi.

Lisa Barber Romine
Director of Marketing

Mrs. Romine is the Director of Marketing and oversees all of the Bank's Marketing and advertising efforts. She began her bank marketing career in 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia. During that time, she was the Director of Marketing at Barnett Bank of Atlanta and The Chattahoochee Bank. She also served in an account supervisory position with an Atlanta advertising agency.

Mrs. Romine is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Management. She is married with two children.
 
R. Wayne Russell
Executive Vice President, Dalton, GA Banking Division

Mr. Russell is the Executive Vice President of Omni National Bank and oversees the Dalton, Georgia banking operations. Mr. Russell has been in banking and finance for 33 years. Prior to joining Omni, Mr. Russell was with Georgia Community Bank in Dalton, where he served as President/CEO and Board member of the Bank and the Bank's holding company.

Mr. Russell graduated from The Georgia Bankers School at the University of Georgia (UGA) with honors in 1987. In 1988, he also received a Commercial Banking Certificate from The Georgia Bankers School at UGA. Mr. Russell obtained a Credit Union Lending Certificate from the University of Lending in Chicago, Illinois in 1999.

Eric Vogt
Senior Vice President, Florida Regional Executive

Mr. Vogt has been a banker in various Florida markets, including the Treasure Coast, Southwest Florida and the Tampa Bay area for 15 years. While at Barnett Bank and AmSouth Bank, he served as a relationship manager in commercial middle market and commercial real estate. In between careers at Barnett and AmSouth, he founded, owned and operated for four years Florida's Mulch Express, a landscape and erosion control contractor business with offices in Tampa, Orlando and Fort Myers.

Mr. Vogt graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in Finance and Real Estate. He also earned an MBA from the University of South Florida. He is married with two children.

Shaun P. Williams, C.P.A.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Williams is the Chief Financial Officer for Omni National Bank. His banking career began in 1992 and he has held various positions with credit unions and middle market companies. His background includes credit administration, lending, financial analysis and accounting and financial reporting. Mr. Williams is a CPA and a graduate of Charter Oak College. He is very active in his community, particularly in soccer administration. He is married with two children.

Other Members of the Board of Directors

Lynnette Fuller-Andrews, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel, Hanesbrands Inc.

Ms. Fuller-Andrews is a native of Fayetteville, NC, and is the former Chairperson of United National Bank. Prior to joining Hanesbrands Inc, she was an Associate Professor of Public Law and Government at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government.

Ms. Fuller-Andrews is active in many civic and professional organizations, including the Sara Lee Center for Women's Health, where she is a director, Smart Start of Forsyth County, the City of Winston-Salem's Chronic Homelessness Commission and the North Carolina Bar Association.

Ms. Fuller-Andrews graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published several articles relating to her legal specialty.

Barbara Babbit Kaufman, C.P.A.

Ms. Kaufman has excelled in a variety of fields, including business ownership, accounting, public relations, finance, media and community leadership. She is the former President and co-founder of Chapter 11* The Discount Bookstore, a chain of discount bookstores in Georgia. Ms. Kaufman is an Executive in Residence at Georgia State University in Atlanta and owns a consulting business, BBK Enterprise, Inc., that focuses on operations and financial planning for small to medium-sized companies.

Ms. Kaufman is an alumna of Leadership Atlanta. She is a member of Georgia State University's Board of Advisors and she currently serves on the Board of Directors of MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority). A native of Atlanta, Ms. Kaufman has also been active in political causes, serving on the political campaigns of Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, Atlanta City Council Member Rob Pitts and U.S. representative Denise Majette.

Ulysses Taylor, Esq., C.P.A.
Chairman, Accounting Department, Fayetteville State University, Practicing Accountant and Attorney

Mr. Taylor received his Juris Doctor Degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, and his accounting degree from Fayetteville State University, and his Master's in Business Administration from East Carolina University. In addition to his duties as Chairman of the Accounting Department at Fayetteville State University, he is also an Associate Professor of Business Law, Tax and Accounting. Mr. Taylor chairs the Audit Committee, and is a member of Omni National Bank's Loan Committee and Personnel, Nominating and Compensation Committee.

Mr. Taylor is a member of Fayetteville State's Strategic Planning Committee. He also serves as a consultant to small and medium minority enterprises.

Garrett Van de Grift, Esq.
Entrepreneur

Mr. Van de Grift has been an owner/partner of Enterprise Vending Group, Vending Corporation of America, U.S. Vending and Vending Management Consultants, the combination of which creates the largest vending management company in America, since 1997. He is also owner/partner of Suzuki Learning Centers of Buckhead and Suzuki Village, which are early childhood development facilities, since 2005 and 2007, respectively. He is also an owner/partner of Pine Leaf Management, LLC, and Pine Leaf Management, Inc. which manages private investment opportunities for investors.

Mr. Van de Grift is an officer and board member of the Marcus Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, his J.D. from the University of Florida, and his B.S.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.