Vanessa J. Ervin joins Providence Bank board

ROCKY MOUNT — Providence Bank and holding company PB Financial Corp. have appointed Vanessa J. Ervin to their boards of directors, bank President and CEO Ted E. Whitehurst announced

This appointment follows PB Financial’s merger with Coastal Bank & Trust, where Ervin was a founding member of the Coastal Bank & Trust Board of Directors.

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Ervin to the board,” Whitehurst said. “Her deep understanding of the communities we serve and her commitment to their well-being will be invaluable as we continue to grow Providence Bank.”

Ervin is a native of Chicago, Illinois. Since 1991, she has served as president and CEO of Carobell Inc., a private nonprofit health care provider in Jacksonville that delivers 24-hour care for individuals with severe or profound intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout North Carolina.

She has received two North Carolina Hospital Association state awards: the NCHA Trustee Merit Award of the Year and the NCHA Trustee of the Year Service Award. She was named to Becker’s Hospital Review list of African American Leaders to Know. She previously served as a hospital commissioner and board chair for the Onslow Memorial Hospital Authority.

Ervin holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Covenant Theological Seminary and dual master’s degrees in rehabilitation administration and business administration from the University of San Francisco. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in special education from the University of New Mexico.

Providence Bank is a state-chartered community bank headquartered at 450 N. Winstead Ave. in Rocky Mount, with branches in Rocky Mount, Tarboro, Nashville, Wilson, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Holly Ridge, Morehead City and Richlands and a loan production office in New Bern.

PB Financial had total assets of $1.016 billion, loans of $860.3 million and total deposits of $805 million as of March 31.

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