Staff Promotions

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 25, 2018 –South Atlantic Bank announced the promotion of the following employees at the Myrtle Beach office: Michelle Coletta has been promoted to senior vice president and retail sales manager for the bank. Alison Van Wagner has been promoted to assistant vice president and branch manager of the Myrtle Beach office, and Katie Petersen has been promoted to banking officer and assistant branch manager.

Coletta joined the bank in 2008 as vice president, retail business development officer and was named branch manager of the Myrtle Beach office in 2013. She has more than 16 years of banking experience and is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University with a B.S. degree in finance.

Van Wagner joined the bank in 2014 as a teller in the Murrells Inlet office. She also served as a customer service representative there before transferring to the Myrtle Beach office as assistant branch manager in 2016. Van Wagner is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University with a B.A. degree in communications.

Petersen joined the bank in 2016 as a teller in the Myrtle Beach office before serving as a customer service representative. Prior to joining South Atlantic, she had customer service and teller experience with Wells Fargo, as well as eight years of retail management and training experience. She is a graduate of Northwood University in Michigan with a degree in marketing and management.

About South Atlantic Bank
South Atlantic Bank is a $519 million financial institution that is locally owned, controlled, and operated. The bank is headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and has additional offices in North Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet, Pawleys Island, Georgetown, Mount Pleasant and Charleston, South Carolina. South Atlantic Bank offers a wide variety of services for businesses and consumers, including South Atlantic Bank goMobile, its mobile banking app. The bank also offers online banking, no-fee ATM access, checking, CD, and money market accounts, merchant services, mortgage loans, remote deposit capture, and more. For more information, visit SouthAtlantic.bank.