Photo: Cameron Plew, Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer; (center) at Lake City Bank receives the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce 2016 Young Adult Professional Award from Mike Brill, Centurylink; (left) and Rob Parker, President and CEO, Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce (right).

Lake City Bank is pleased to announce that Cameron V. Plew, Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, has been named the 2016 Young Adult Professional of the Year by the Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce.

Young Adult Professionals, all younger than age 40, are active in the community and dedicated to leadership, networking and philanthropy. The group was started in 2006 as a way to involve young professionals in the community, especially newcomers to the area. The Young Professional of the Year is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to career and to commitments outside of work.

“We are delighted that Cameron has been recognized with this award,” said David M. Findlay, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lake City Bank. “Not only is he a consummate community banker, but he dedicates countless hours to initiatives that make our area a better place to live and do business.”

Plew is extensively involved in community organizations, lending his time and expertise to a variety of efforts including the KEDCO Business Retention Committee, Syracuse Wawasee Rotary Club and the Young Adult Professionals. He is a board member of the Syracuse Wawasee Rotary Foundation, on the Executive Board and Selection Committee for the Kosciusko Leadership Academy, an Advisory Board Member of Dixie Sternwheelers, Inc., chairman of the Board of Trustees and Church Council board member for Redeemer Lutheran Church, a Capital Campaign Committee member for the Beaman Home, and a board member and treasurer for the Warsaw Community Development Corporation.

Plew joined Lake City Bank in 2003. He has a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University and is a graduate of the Kosciusko Leadership Academy and the Indiana Bankers Association School of Commercial Banking.

Lake City Bank, a $3.8 billion bank headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, is the fourth largest bank in the state, and the largest bank 100% invested in Indiana. Lake City Bank operates 48 branch offices in northern and central Indiana, delivering technology-driven solutions in a client-centric way to individuals and businesses. The bank is the single bank subsidiary of Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select/LKFN).