Stephen M. Klein, J.D.
Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer
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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.
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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.vCard Download |
Irwin M. Berman
President, Omni Financial Services, Inc.
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Manager, Omni National Bank
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Mr. Berman is the President of Omni Financial Services, Inc., the parent company of Omni National Bank. 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.
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Ivy G. Anderson
Senior Vice President
Manager of Operations
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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.
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Patrick Barnes
Senior Vice President
Information Technology
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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.
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Charles M. Barnwell
Executive Vice President
Chief Lending Officer
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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.
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Benjamin J. Cohen, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Redevelopment Lending
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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.
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David B. Goodyear
Executive Vice President
North Carolina Regional Executive
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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.
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Rebecca L. Helms
Senior Vice President
Manager of Human Resources and Training
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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.
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Alexander S. Kroll
Senior Vice President
Pennsylvania Regional Executive
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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.
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Terry Lawson
Executive Vice President
Chief Credit Officer
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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.
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Janet Litt, Esq.
Senior Vice President
In House
Counsel
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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.
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Asif Mujtaba
Executive Vice President
Illinois Regional Executive
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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.
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Lisa Barber Romine
Director of Marketing
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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.
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R. Wayne Russell
Executive Vice President
Dalton, GA Banking Division
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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.
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Eric Vogt
Senior Vice President
Florida Regional Executive
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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.
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Shaun P. Williams, C.P.A.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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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.
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