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Franklin Financial Services Corporation
Franklin Financial Services Corporation
11/02/2012 | Press release
Jordan III Joins Franklin Financial and F&M Trust boards
distributed by noodls on 11/02/2012 16:20
News Release - November 2, 2012
Franklin Financial Services Corporation
Kenneth C. Ditzler (717) 261-3665
Jordan III Joins Franklin Financial and F&M Trust boards
(Chambersburg, PA) Richard E. Jordan III has been appointed to the boards of directors of Franklin Financial Services Corporation and its subsidiary, Farmers and Merchants Trust Company of Chambersburg (F&M Trust). Jordan has been appointed to a Class C term, expiring in 2015.
Jordan is a commercial real estate manager and developer
serving as Vice President of Smith Land
& Improvement Corporation, Camp Hill. The third generation of
Jordan leadership, he began working part-time for LB Smith
Ford, a subsidiary of Smith Land & Improvement Corporation,
in 1988 in the shops at the dealership while in high school.
After earning his bachelor's degree from Dickinson College,
Jordan took a full-time position with LB Smith Inc.'s heavy
equipment division in Florida where he sold
and leased heavy earthmoving and paving equipment to private
contractors and public entities. In 2003, he moved to the
central Pennsylvania Office, where he transitioned to
commercial real estate management and development of the
company's East Coast portfolio of 30 plazas and commercial
developments.
"I'm honored to join the Franklin Financial and F&M Trust
boards which serve our region and its business community. I
look forward to adding value by bringing a community voice
and private sector experience to the bank as it grows in our
backyard of central Pennsylvania," said Jordan.
A board member of the Lion Foundation of Camp Hill, Jordan
serves on the advisory board of The Salvation Army Harrisburg
Capital City Region as the president and member of the
property and executive committees. He presently serves as
president on the board of the West Shore YMCA and on the
Capital Region Economic Development (CREDC) board of
directors.
Jordan was named as one of the "Forty Under 40" by the
Central Penn Business Journal in 2011. He is also very active
as a youth coach for baseball, basketball, and softball in
the Camp Hill area. A resident of Camp Hill, Jordan and his
wife have two children.
Franklin Financial, headquartered in Chambersburg, has total
assets of over $1.06 billion. Its wholly-owned subsidiary,
F&M Trust, has twenty-five community banking offices located
in Chambersburg, Greencastle, Mont Alto, Marion, St. Thomas,
Waynesboro, Hustontown, McConnellsburg, Orbisonia,
Warfordsburg, Camp Hill, Boiling Springs, Carlisle, Newville,
and Shippensburg. The bank
will add to its community banking network in November when
the Mechanicsburg Office opens its doors. Franklin Financial
stock is listed on the over- the-counter market under the
symbol FRAF (OTCQB: FRAF).
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Richard E. Jordan III
