"FirstBank is a stronger organization thanks to Jim's contributions," said John Ikard, FirstBank's Chairman of the Board. "He was instrumental in the bank's diversity initiatives, IT innovations, and successfully steered this company through multiple industry and economic challenges, including a global pandemic. While we're sad to see him step down, we're confident the incoming CEO and COO will continue to take FirstBank in the right direction and uphold its values of doing what's right for customers, communities and employees."