About Our Punta Gorda Branch
Our Punta Gorda branch is located in a 5,000-square-foot facility on the corner of Tamiami Trail and Airport Road. We started out in a temporary modular facility while the branch was being constructed and moved to the current location in 1999. We quickly developed a loyal customer following that has grown over the years, becoming the “Hometown Bank" for Punta Gorda and surrounding areas. We practice the friendly, hometown service, offering our personal and business customers banking and borrowing services for area residents and businesses. Our Trust and Wealth Management services division greatly contributed to our success, as local residents came to rely on our professional trustee and asset management services.
Online Banking and Bill Pay
Personal Banking
Checking
Savings
Business Banking
Treasury Management
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Equipment Loans
Residential Mortgages
Consumer Loans
Trust Services
Estate Planning
Investment Management
Committed To The Community
We care about our customers and our community, and we show it through the way we treat our customers and the way we support our community. Examples include our association with the Punta Gorda Rotary and Team Punta Gorda. The latter is an all-volunteer organization founded in the wake of Hurricane Charley to help rebuild the city and help make Punta Gorda a better place to live and work, while the Punta Gorda Rotary stages the annual “Taste of Punta Gorda,” a major fundraiser. Our branch is a proud supporter of both.
A Hometown Partner
We provide a Hometown Touch with our products and services. We are proud to offer loans with quick decisions and no surprises. As a family-owned business, we don’t have to jump through traditional corporate hoops. The time it takes us to approve and process your loan is measured in weeks, not months.
Loans subject to credit approval. NMLS #406389
James Coalwell
Commercial Banker, VP
James began his banking career in 1994 while still in high school. After accumulating more than two decades of experience in lending and finance, James joined the Bank in October of 2020. He filled similar positions locally and in his native Minnesota.
He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance and an associate degree in management at Minnesota State University in 2001. Prior to moving to Florida in 2006, he spent time at a pair of firms in Minnesota, serving as a senior home equity representative, senior retail credit analyst, and lead underwriter.
In Florida, James held leadership positions as a Senior Vice President, Chief Credit Officer, and Vice President of Commercial Lending prior to joining the Bank. A graduate of Leadership Charlotte Class in 2009, James' education also includes graduating with honors from the Florida School of Banking in Gainesville in 2011 and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University in 2014, the same year he completed the Farr Leadership Institute.
James’ dedication to his profession and community is illustrated by his involvement in various organizations:
- Florida School of Banking, Instructor and Education Council board member
- Charlotte County Economic Development Partnership, board member and two-term board president
- Habitat for Humanity volunteer
- Team Punta Gorda board member
- Charlotte County Industrial Development Authority board member
- Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce board member
- Charlotte County Value Adjustment board member
- Charlotte County Fairgrounds board member
jcoalwell@crews.bank
Holly Selders
Residential Lender, VP
NMLS #100237
Prior to joining the Bank in 2014, Holly served in executive positions at lending institutions in Virginia and Michigan, gaining experience as a Marketing Manager, Office Manager/Processor, Vice President, Mortgage Loan Auditor, Operations Manager and Senior Vice President. She understands the intricacies of loan origination, pricing, loan calculation, contracts and closing documents.
While serving as Senior Vice President and Operations Manager of Secondary Marketing for a Virginia-based home funding firm, she supervised oversight of contracts, all aspects of licensing, and federal and state reporting requirements, among myriad other duties.
She is based at the Bank's Punta Gorda office and is a winner of the Charlotte Sun newspaper Readers’ Choice Award as Best Mortgage Officer. She has served as Treasurer of C.A.R.E. Auxiliary and is a longtime member of the Women’s Council of Realtors and a Tidewell Hospice House volunteer.
hselders@crews.bank
Alyson Burch
Retail Banking Officer, VP
NMLS #795283
Alyson joined the hometown bank in 1999 as a customer service representative and worked as the branch manager in Punta Gorda before being promoted to branch operations coordinator in 2004. She was made a vice president in 2012, when she returned to the Punta Gorda office as retail and business banking officer.
A New Jersey native, Alyson entered banking while still in high school, working part time at a bank in her home state. She continued her career after graduating in 1988, serving customers at a financial institution in New Jersey prior to moving to Port Charlotte in 1991. She was with another Charlotte County bank until being wooed away by us.
Alyson is an active member of the community and is currently a member of the Punta Gorda Rotary Club (Past President), Board Chair, C.A.R.E. (Center for Abuse and Rape Emergencies) and Board member Do the Right Things. Alyson is also Past President of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce (2016) and a graduate of Leadership Charlotte class of 2004.
aburch@crews.bank
