Next Chapters: Bidding Adieu to Two Long-time CCBers

Sheri Cuda and Kevin Doyle share their retirement plans!

Sheri Cuda, EVP, Retires January 31, After Nearly 45 Years

How/when did your career begin?

My career started in April 1981 when I answered a newspaper job posting for Proof Operator at Country Club Bank.  My main function was to gather the daily transactions from the tellers and encode the dollar amount on each check/deposit, balancing the transaction. 

At the time, I didn’t realize banking would become my career. Even at an entry-level position, I found the banking industry fascinating, so I learned all the positions in the Operations department—and the rest is history! I have been very fortunate to be part of CCB’s growth and success.

Next adventures?

After dedicating more than four decades to CCB, I plan to relax!  There are certainly some travel plans in the works for 2025! I also look forward to spending time with family and just hanging out.

What advice do you have for other CCB associates?

Embrace challenges as opportunities for growth. Never stop learning, and continue to develop skills that will enhance your knowledge.  Collaborate with others to achieve shared goals. Always remain positive and enthusiastic, which is essential in the everchanging banking industry. Finally, align your work with CCB’s core values. Following these core values are valuable actions that can impact everyday life inside and outside the bank.  

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Kevin Doyle "Redirects" on January 15, After 38 Years

After 38 years with the Capital Markets Group at Country Club Bank, I’m planning to "redirect" rather than retire.  Although I have a general idea of the direction I’m headed, I have no grand plans other than to slow down, contemplate my options and see where the future takes me.

How/when did your career begin?

Before I started with Country Club Bank, I was a member of the Bank Advisory Group for Smith Barney, Harris & Upham.  Some of you might remember Smith Barney was a well-regarded Wall Street firm that claimed, “We make money the old-fashioned way … we earn it."  Nonetheless, my decision to join Country Club Bank in 1986 was one of the best decisions of my life.

At that time, we were a small community bank with only one location, fewer than 50 employees and none of the banking-related subsidiaries and affiliations that are in place today. The newly initiated bond department, now referred to as the Capital Markets Group, was in its first year of existence. Yet it was somehow able to successfully compete with larger regional brokers, as well as elite Wall Street firms. How could this be? 

Fast forward four decades and Country Club Bank has repeatedly demonstrated that bigger is not necessarily better. I’ve been blessed to have been a small part of Country Club Bank's remarkable story, which will likely continue to surprise and to serve all its stakeholders.

Unfortunately, many of today’s employees didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Byron Thompson, who took control of the bank in 1985, along with his partner Bob Buckner.  Byron was the visionary and the driving force with a determination to “make it happen.” He led by example with a healthy mix of enthusiasm, focus and concern for all. The management of the bank was always active, but never aggressive. Although Byron is deserving of all the accolades, I believe if he were alive today, he’d credit his family for facing down the even more enormous challenges that banking has presented since he passed the baton more than a decade ago.

What advice do you have for other CCB associates?

In the way of advice for others, I like the suggestion to “Work like it’s all up to you and pray like it’s all up to God” (original source unknown).

As for me, if I ever have a tombstone, it should simply say, “Lucky”.