Elizabeth “Liz” McGill-Bleakley has been a Loan Officer with First Mutual Bank since 2019. Liz has more than 40 years of experience in the financial services industry and has worked in multiple banking areas in that time, with a focus on lending, bank acquisition, and employee training and management. Liz works to help customers better understand the ever-changing process of banking and lending and how it applies to them so they can make the best financial decisions for themselves. Previously, she was a Business Development Officer and Community Reinvestment Act Officer at First Neighborhood Bank and a Regional Branch Administrator and Loan Officer at Union Bank. Liz is a member of the St. Mary’s High School Athletic Boosters and is an instructor for AIB college level classes at the Parkersburg Campus of West Virginia University. Over the years, she has served on a number of boards, including The Boys and Girls Club of Pleasants County, Pleasants County Chamber of Commerce and the Pleasants County Development Authority. She was a fellow with the West Virginia School of Banking for 14 years. Liz is a graduate of the West Virginia Graduate School of Banking and the East Carolina ABA Risk Management School. She is also a graduate of the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking.