A lifelong resident of Adams County, Vanessa graduated from Manchester High School and went on to attend Southern State Community College.She joined the team at First State Bank in 2012 as a Customer Service Representative in West Union. In 2014, she was promoted to Consumer Loan Processor and in 2016 she decided to join the mortgage side of banking and became a Mortgage Loan Processor. In 2017, Vanessa was named Banking Center Coordinator, where she will be responsible for acting as the training and customer service liaison across all of the First State Banking Centers. In 2018, she was named Banking Center Manager/Developer, where she was responsible for management as well as developing customer service focused initiatives. Later this same year, Vanessa was named Banking Center Manager of the West Union location. In her free time, Vanessa enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors and watching her son race motocross.