Bank moves ahead on succession plan

Tampa-based HomeBancorp Inc. has announced a series of executive management moves scheduled to take effect at the start of next year.

Dana Cluckey will become vice chairman, president and chief operating officer on Jan. 1 at the company, the parent to HomeBanc N.A. He will also become a member of HomeBanc's Board of Directors and serve as its chairman.

Additionally, as part of the company's succession plan, Debra Hanses Novakoski will become president and CEO of HomeBanc and an executive vice president of HomeBancorp. She will also continue to be a member of the bank's board, according to a statement.

Jeffrey Saunders will work as the bank's executive vice president, CFO and COO beginning in 2017. In his new role, he also will serve on the bank's board, while still working as HomeBancorp's CFO and executive vice president.

Jon James, meanwhile, will become a HomeBancorp senior vice president, as well as its chief risk and compliance officer. He also will continue to work in that same capacity at HomeBanc, the company notes.

“We have an excellent executive management team at HomeBancorp Inc. and HomeBanc N.A., and these changes will facilitate future growth of the company,” says Jerry Campbell, who founded the company in 2007 and who will continue as HomeBancorp's CEO and Chairman.

HomeBanc, with 14 branches in Lake Mary, Winter Park, Lakewood Ranch, Belleair Bluffs, Countryside, St. Petersburg, Largo, Tampa and elsewhere, has assets in excess of $1 billion.