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
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 had been involved with Community Shores Bank since its inception in 1998. Mr. Essex is the managing director of Port City Ventures, LLC, a private equity/holding company specializing in investments in small to medium-sized manufacturing companies, real estate development, and financial services. He is also a partner in Rolar Products and a managing partner of Core Real Estate Group. From 1998 to 2015, he was the CEO and majority owner of the Port City Group, an integrated manufacturer with six locations in Michigan. Mr. Essex serves as a director of Eagle Alloy Corporation, Beacon Recycling Inc. (co-founder), Eagle Aluminum Products, and Cascade Die Casting Group. He volunteers with Community Foundation for Muskegon, Kid’s Food Basket, and is the past Chairperson for the Employer’s Association of West Michigan. A graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor’s in Building Construction Management, Mr. Essex was honored as the 2018 Business Person of the Year by the West Michigan Spartans Alumni Association and was a 2017 nominee for the Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of Excellence Award. His extensive experience as an outside bank director and his entrepreneurial success across multiple industries qualify him for continued service as a director. Jack G. Hendon , 69, was appointed as a director of ChoiceOne and ChoiceOne Bank on August 1, 2013 and was appointed Chairman of the Boards of Directors of both entities in December 2021. He is a Certified Public Accountant, co-founder and partner at H&S Companies, P.C., an independently owned accounting and consulting firm. He is also a partner in Spartan Dawg Investments, LLC and Dutch Dawg, LLC. Mr. Hendon has served on the boards for the Fremont Area Community Foundation, Spectrum Gerber Hospital Foundation and the Newaygo County Area Promise Zone. He is a former director and audit committee chair of Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp, formerly an SEC reporting company. His substantial accounting and finance expertise, along with his experience as a director of a former SEC reporting company, qualify him for continued service as a director. Michelle M. Wendling , 51, was appointed as a director of ChoiceOne on September 21, 2022. Ms. Wendling was previously appointed as a director of ChoiceOne Bank on October 1, 2019, following the merger of County Bank Corp. into ChoiceOne. Before the merger, Ms. Wendling served as director of Lakestone Bank & Trust and its holding company, County Bank