Lake City Bank is pleased to announce that Nichole L. Mendez has been promoted to Assistant Retail Banking Officer at the Fort Wayne Downtown office.

In this position, Mendez assists the office manager in providing quality service and building customer relationships. She also helps manage the daily operations of the office and handles consumer and small business loans. She has been with the bank for five years.

Mendez volunteers through Junior Achievement, All for One Productions and Fort Wayne Housing Authority.

Lake City Bank, a $6.2 billion bank headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, is the fifth largest bank headquartered in the state, and the largest bank 100% invested in Indiana. Lake City Bank operates 50 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).