Jan K. McDowell makes sure that Legacy Bank meets all of its administrative and financial responsibilities. She can usually be found analyzing reports, consulting with other business professionals, or monitoring the bank’s profitability.

“I grew up in the banking business,” Jan says. “My father is a banker and is also on the Legacy Bank board of directors.”

Jan earned her bachelor’s degree in 1978 from the University of Illinois, and is an honors graduate of the Illinois Bankers School and the American Bankers Association National Compliance School.

She served in various positions with Champaign County Bank and Trust in Champaign, Illinois, and began working with Lyle P. Campbell in 1981, when she became Executive Vice President and Director of the First National Bank of Westville, in Westville, Illinois.

In 1987, Lyle asked Jan to move west and join the newly chartered Founders Bank of Arizona as Director, Senior Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer. In the early 1990s, Jan also became involved in the acquisition of Sun City Bank, and its subsequent merger with Founders Bank of Arizona.

After the sale of Founders Bank of Arizona in 2000, Jan moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she worked as a consultant, and later as Vice President and Controller of the First National Bank of Santa Fe.

Then, in early 2004, Lyle called with another offer she couldn’t refuse: She was the first former Founders Bank of Arizona employee tapped to get Legacy Bank off the ground.

Jan’s love of numbers makes her a natural fit for the role of Chief Financial Officer at Legacy Bank. “More than the numbers, I love the group that we've put together,” she admits. “So many of us worked together at Founders Bank of Arizona, it’s kind of like a family reunion.”