About Our Bank
Omni National Bank is a full-service, national bank with assets in excess of $850 million. Through our Internet banking, our bank services clients nationwide. We have two full service banking locations in Georgia; one in Chicago, Illinois; one in Tampa, Florida; one in Dallas,Texas; and one in Houston, Texas. In addition, Omni National Bank has loan production offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Dalton, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Omni National Bank is dedicated to being the community bank for everyone. Our experienced banking professionals, combined with our extensive product options and personalized service, means we can provide you with exceptional service - service only seen in smaller institutions. Unlike the bigger banks, we have local decision-makers, allowing us to quickly service your needs. Our goal is long-term client relationships. We want to earn your business daily.
Founded in March 1976, Omni National Bank is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are a subsidiary of Omni Financial Services, Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company. Omni Financial Services, Inc.'s common stock trades via the Pink Sheets under the symbol "OFSI.PK".
In addition to our banking operations, we own and operate a for-profit, community development corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary of our bank. Omni Community Development Corporation owns, operates, rehabilitates, and lends on inner-city, dilapidated single-family and multi-family real estate to benefit low and-moderate income individuals and areas.
Omni National Bank is also one of the few banks in the country with a division specifically dedicated to making residential and commercial redevelopment loans primarily in inner-city, low-to-moderate income neighborhoods.
Omni employees are some of the most experienced in the banking industry. Indeed, Omni has developed a reputation of not only excelling in the “traditional” banking environment of commercial and personal loans, but our vast experience allows us to do specialized lending as well. While the safety and soundness of our financial institution is of paramount importance to our business plan, so is our commitment that “different” does not mean “no” and that specialized lending can be as safe and sound as traditional lending. Therefore, when choosing whether we can meet your banking needs, talk to us before you decide because you may well learn, as have many thousands of other customers, that being different clearly means we can be “your kind of bank.”
Our goal is to be the bank of choice. Come in and see us today!
We have 9 offices in 7 states. See a listing of our locations.
Our Board of Directors and Senior Officers
Stephen M. Klein, J.D
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Klein is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Omni Financial Services, Inc., the parent company of Omni National Bank. Mr. Klein is a founding director and shareholder of Republic Bank and Republic Bancorp. He is the managing partner of MKM Investment Company, a diversified real estate development company, and the managing partner of Klein Realty Company, a diversified real estate holding company. Mr. Klein is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Omni Community Development Corporation.
Mr. Klein attended Northwood University and John Marshall Law School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Connie E. Perrine, C.P.A.
President, Omni National Bank
Mrs. Perrine is the President of Omni National Bank. Mrs. Perrine began her career in 1983 in New York City. She is a CPA and has held various accounting and auditing positions in banks in New York and Connecticut, and was part of the banking practice group of KPMG Peat Marwick.
Prior to joining Omni, Mrs. Perrine was employed by UPS Capital in Atlanta. Mrs. Perrine graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Accounting. She is married with two children.
Ivy G. Anderson
Senior Vice President, Manager of Operations
Mrs. Anderson is the Senior Vice President of Operations for Omni National Bank and oversees all Loan and Deposit Operations. Mrs. Anderson began her banking career in 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the past 29 years, she has served in numerous management roles, including credit analysis, credit and loan administration, loan operations, and deposit operations for SouthTrust Bank, N.A., Milton National Bank, Bank of North Georgia, and The Bankers Bank. Prior to her banking career, Mrs. Anderson was an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co.
Mrs. Anderson graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a BS in Accounting. She is married with two children.
Patrick Barnes
Senior Vice President, Manager of Information Technology
Mr. Barnes is the Senior Vice President of Information Technology for Omni National Bank. He has held various IT positions for the past 13 years. He began his banking career in 2002 at First Commercial Bank of Florida as Vice President of Information Technology/Network Administrator. Prior to that he was a consultant and worked for health care companies as well as financial institutions.
Mr. Barnes has received many technical certifications including, but not limited to, a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) and a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). He also graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Information Technology Management from DeVry University and an Associate of Science in Electrical Engineering from Owens Community College. He is married.
Charles M. Barnwell
Executive Vice President, Chief Lending Officer
Mr. Barnwell is the Executive Vice President of Omni National Bank and oversees all of the Bank's business development activities. Mr. Barnwell has been in banking in Atlanta for 26 years. His banking experience includes corporate and private banking, as well as real estate and mortgage lending. Prior to joining Omni, Mr. Barnwell also co-owned and operated an equipment leasing company.
Mr. Barnwell graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in Finance. He is married with four children.
Benjamin J. Cohen
Senior Vice President, Community Development Lending
Mr. Cohen is the Senior Vice President of Community Development Lending and the Director of Omni National Bank’s Out-State Expansion. Before coming to Omni, Mr. Cohen worked in commercial real estate development and brokerage. His prior work experience includes tenure at Société Générale, priceline.com, and Butler Wooten.
Mr. Cohen graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied at both the College of Arts and Sciences and The Wharton School. He earned his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law.
Thomas J. Flournoy, C.P.A.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Flournoy has over twenty five years of senior level bank management experience and was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Commonwealth Bank and Trust in Louisville, Kentucky. His background also includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer of the former Summit National Bank in Atlanta. He has also held executive positions at MFB Corp and 1st Source Bank in South Bend, Indiana.
Mr. Flournoy is a CPA and graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana with a B.S. in Accounting. He also attended the BAI School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin.
Rebecca L. Helms
Senior Vice President, Manager of Human Resources and Training
Mrs. Helms is the Senior Vice President for Omni National Bank and oversees all of Human Resources and Training. Mrs. Helms began her banking career in North Carolina in 1966. She has held various management positions in banks in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. She serves on the Human Resource Committee of the Georgia Bankers Association and is also a member of SHRM (Society of Human Resource Managers) and ASTD (American Society of Training and Development).
Mrs. Helms attended college at Rowan Tech in North Carolina. She completed her education at Winthrop College in South Carolina and received her Human Resource Degree from Kennesaw State. Mrs. Helms is a Certified PHR through the SHRM organization. She is married with two children.
Alexander S. Kroll
Senior Vice President, Pennsylvania Regional Executive
Mr. Kroll is the Senior Vice President responsible for the management and development of the Philadelphia Banking Region. His banking career began in 1983 and his expertise includes commercial and real estate lending. He also brings with him an extensive knowledge of strategic planning, branch expansion and development and corporate branding. Prior to joining Omni, Mr. Kroll was the Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of a Philadelphia based bank.
Mr. Kroll is a graduate of Eastern University with a B.A. in Management and is a graduate, with distinction, of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking. He is very active in the banking industry and his community. He is married with four children.
Terry Lawson
Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
Mr. Lawson is the Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Omni National Bank. Mr. Lawson has 27 years of banking experience in Atlanta. His expertise includes internal audit, real estate and commercial lending, and credit administration.
Mr. Lawson is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Management.
Mr. Lawson is married with two children. Mr. Lawson is a 1996 graduate of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Gwinnett program and is a former Treasurer and Board Member of the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services.
Asif Mujtaba
Executive Vice President, Illinois Regional Executive
Mr. Mujtaba is an international banker with 35 years of commercial and investment banking experience in the United States, United Kingdom, and Central America. Mr. Mujtaba trained as an accountant in the United Kingdom and worked for a local savings and loan organization as an internal auditor. He has lived in Atlanta since 1981 and has previously worked for National Bank of Georgia and Bank Atlanta as Group Vice President - Corporate Lending and Senior Loan Officer, respectively. He has also served as a member of the Executive Committee for the Georgia Business Development Corporation.
Mr. Mujtaba has a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the Department of Business Administration, University of Karachi.
Lisa Barber Romine
Director of Marketing
Mrs. Romine is the Director of Marketing and oversees all of the Bank's Marketing and advertising efforts. She began her bank marketing career in 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia. During that time, she was the Director of Marketing at Barnett Bank of Atlanta and The Chattahoochee Bank. She also served in an account supervisory position with an Atlanta advertising agency.
Mrs. Romine is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Industrial Management. She is married with two children.
R. Wayne Russell
Executive Vice President, Dalton, GA Banking Division
Mr. Russell is the Executive Vice President of Omni National Bank and oversees the Dalton, Georgia banking operations. Mr. Russell has been in banking and finance for 33 years. Prior to joining Omni, Mr. Russell was with Georgia Community Bank in Dalton, where he served as President/CEO and Board member of the Bank and the Bank's holding company.
Mr. Russell graduated from The Georgia Bankers School at the University of Georgia (UGA) with honors in 1987. In 1988, he also received a Commercial Banking Certificate from The Georgia Bankers School at UGA. Mr. Russell obtained a Credit Union Lending Certificate from the University of Lending in Chicago, Illinois in 1999.
Other Members of the Board of Directors
Lynnette Fuller-Andrews, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel, Hanesbrands Inc.
Ms. Fuller-Andrews is a native of Fayetteville, NC, and is the former Chairperson of United National Bank. Prior to joining Hanesbrands Inc, she was an Associate Professor of Public Law and Government at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government.
Ms. Fuller-Andrews is active in many civic and professional organizations, including the Sara Lee Center for Women's Health, where she is a director, Smart Start of Forsyth County, the City of Winston-Salem's Chronic Homelessness Commission and the North Carolina Bar Association.
Ms. Fuller-Andrews graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has published several articles relating to her legal specialty.
Ulysses Taylor, Esq., C.P.A.
Chairman, Accounting Department, Fayetteville State University, Practicing Accountant and Attorney
Mr. Taylor received his Juris Doctor Degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law, and his accounting degree from Fayetteville State University, and his Master's in Business Administration from East Carolina University. In addition to his duties as Chairman of the Accounting Department at Fayetteville State University, he is also an Associate Professor of Business Law, Tax and Accounting. Mr. Taylor chairs the Audit Committee, and is a member of Omni National Bank's Loan Committee and Personnel, Nominating and Compensation Committee.
Mr. Taylor is a member of Fayetteville State's Strategic Planning Committee. He also serves as a consultant to small and medium minority enterprises.
Garrett Van de Grift, Esq.
Entrepreneur
Mr. Van de Grift has been an owner/partner of Enterprise Vending Group, Vending Corporation of America, U.S. Vending and Vending Management Consultants, the combination of which creates the largest vending management company in America, since 1997. He is also owner/partner of Suzuki Learning Centers of Buckhead and Suzuki Village, which are early childhood development facilities, since 2005 and 2007, respectively. He is also an owner/partner of Pine Leaf Management, LLC, and Pine Leaf Management, Inc. which manages private investment opportunities for investors.
Mr. Van de Grift is an officer and board member of the Marcus Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, his J.D. from the University of Florida, and his B.S.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.