About Us
For more than 12 decades, four generations of the Irvine family have led NexTier since its founding in 1878.
NexTier Bank has worked with individuals, families, organizations and businesses in the region to help contribute to economic growth and community enrichment.
NexTier Bank's retail locations include 15 branch offices in northern Allegheny, Butler and Armstrong counties in western Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh. NexTier has an additional branch location in Radnor, PA.
In addition to NexTier Bank, NexTier offers services through business units including NexTier Insurance Services, NexTier Wealth Management, the Family Business Center at NexTier, and NexTier Armored Services. This diversified business mix enables us to offer regional personal and business banking, personal lines and business insurance, asset management including trust and investments, armored courier services for businesses, mortgage services, and preferred corporate services for municipal and government entities.
History
NexTier Bank is safe and sound - and proud to have reached its 131-year anniversary milestone in 2009. NexTier looks confidently toward the future.
S.J. Irvine, Sr. founded NexTier, previously named Citizens National Bank, because of a great need to protect and access cash when Evansburg (now Evans City) became an oil boomtown. The bank continued as a private organization until it received a state charter in 1893 and its national charter in 1907.
Through the market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, Citizens continued to operate while many of the nation’s banks collapsed. During this time, the bank reinforced its message of being locally owned and operated for the people of Butler County. In 1940, S.J. Irvine, Jr. succeeded his father as president. The third generation of the Irvine family, S.J. Irvine III (“Buzz”) began his career as bank president in 1956 and began a progressive expansion program in 1959. In 2000, his daughter, Margaret Irvine Weir, became the fourth generation to lead the bank as president.
In October, 2005, a new name and tagline, NexTier Bank, Experience The Next Level, was chosen to position the enterprise for the future and reflect the organization’s strategic direction. True to its tradition, NexTier continues its commitment to the communities it serves and to helping customers reach the next level of financial growth and security.
Today, S. J. Irvine III is Chairman of the Board and Margaret Irvine Weir, President, represents the fourth generation of Irvine leadership. Donald Shamey is Chief Executive Officer.
Honors and Awards
- NexTier was named a “Corporate Champion in Education” in 2010 by the Smart Futures organization for its sponsorship and participation in the e-mentoring program. NexTier’s donations through the EITC program resulted in the e-mentoring program expanding throughout Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
- NexTier Bank is the winner of the Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania's 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. The annual award goes to businesses within the BBB's 28-county service area that maintain a solid commitment to conducting ethical business practices.
- The PA Department of Community and Economic Development recognized NexTier Bank as one of the “100 Best Places to Work in PA” for 2008. The Bank earned this distinction via a survey and awards program that identifies, recognizes and honors workplaces that most benefit the state’s economy, workforce and businesses. NexTier also earned a place on the Top 100 list in 2000 and 2001.
- The International Association of Business Communicators awarded NexTier Bank a 2009 Golden Triangle Award of Honor in the Communication Management/Social Media category for its "Speaking of Business" podcast series. The award recognizes business communication professionals in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas.
- Margaret Irvine Weir was named one of the Top 25 Women in Business for 2009 by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
- On January 1, 2010, the Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland branch, elected NexTier Bank President Margaret Irvine Weir as a director of its Pittsburgh office for her second two-year term.
- Margaret Irvine Weir was named to a 3-year term as Chair of Economics Pennsylvania’s President’s Council in 2008.
- Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania presented NexTier Bank with its 2008 Silver Level Leadership Circle Award for NexTier’s contribution toward advancing Junior Achievement’s mission – providing economic education to children in our communities.
- Butler County, PA commissioners appointed Margaret Irvine Weir, NexTier President, to the County’s Strategic Plan Task Force in 2008. This group of community leaders attracts limited government funding for County development.
- The Butler County Chamber of Commerce named Jennifer Roxbury, NexTier COO and Senior Vice President of Human Resources, most distinguished person in Butler County in 2007 for her community service in the region.
- The Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PBA) recognized Terri Bernath for reaching the 40-year mark in her career in the banking industry. The PBA also named her a member of the 40-Year Club, comprised of its members who have worked 40 or more years in Pennsylvania’s banking industry.
- Due to NexTier’s investment in EconomicsPennsylvania through allocation of EITC credits, the #1 team in the state for the 2008 and 2009 Stock Market Games was a class of seventh graders from Kittanning Junior High School in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
- The Woodlands Foundation honored NexTier Bank President Margaret Irvine Weir for her dedication to youth and financial education and her support of the Pittsburgh community at its 2008 Butterfly Ball on September 13, 2008.
- NexTier Bank earned the “Most Community Active Business” award twice from the Butler County Chamber of Commerce.
- The ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association, the industry’s national trade organization, recently recognized NexTier Bank, N.A. as a Silver ESOP Company. NexTier received the recognition for sustaining its ESOP for 25 years or more, and for supporting the concept of employee ownership through ESOPs.
- NexTier Bank was recognized for 100 years of distinguished service and contributions to the community when it reached its centennial anniversary as national bank in 2007. Recognition was from The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the regulating authority of national banks. NexTier was founded under a state charter in 1876 and became nationally chartered in 1907.
For more information call 1-800-262-1088.
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