Company: COFS
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-012677
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Company: CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-08
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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2015. Before that, Mr. Potes was President of Kent-Ottawa Financial Advisors, Inc., a financial consulting firm, from 1998 to 2001, and Vice President of Retail Services of ChoiceOne Bank from 1984 to 1998. Mr. Potes is actively involved in community banking as Chairman of the Community Bankers of Michigan Board. He also serves as a director of ChoiceOne Insurance Agencies, Inc., Sparta Downtown Development Authority, Urban Transformation Ministries, and the Bankers Retirement Services board. Additionally, he serves on the Deacon Board for the Kent City Baptist Church. Mr. Potes is qualified for continued service as a director due to his extensive experience in institutional and banking sectors, along with this deep knowledge and expertise regarding ChoiceOne’s markets, competitors, customers, employees, business operations, and strategies. Your Board of Directors and Governance and Nominating Committee, which consists entirely of independent directors, recommend that you vote FOR the election of all nominees as directors. Continuing Directors with Terms Expiring in 2027 Harold J. Burns , 58, was appointed as a director of ChoiceOne and ChoiceOne Bank on October 1, 2019. Mr. Burns is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, and Chartered Global Management Accountant. He has been a Partner with UHY LLP and Managing Director with UHY Advisors MI, Inc. for over 20 years, leading the Audit and Assurance Practice. Additionally, he chairs the firm’s National Health Care Practice and serves on the Executive committee for the Great Lakes region. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Walsh College. Mr. Burns previously served as a director of County Bank Corp., the parent company of Lakestone Bank & Trust, since 2016, and prior to that, served as director of Capac Bancorp Inc., the parent company of CSB Bank, since 2011. Currently, he is the treasurer for Serving Macomb, a Committee Chairperson for the St. Clair Community Foundation, and a board member of Forgotten Harvest and the McLaren Macomb Healthcare Foundation. He also serves on the audit committee and finance council for the Archdiocese of Detroit. Previously, Mr. Burns was President and board member of the SC4 Foundation and has served on numerous other for-profit and non-profit boards, including the Community Foundation of St. Clair County, St. Clair County RESA, and Memphis Community Schools. His extensive experience in public company auditing, accounting, finance, and business consulting