Mr. Ernst served as President/CEO of Horizon Community Bank from December 2009 to January 2020 . He has served in the same capacity in banks in Arizona and Florida for the past 27 years. He has been in the banking industry since 1976. Mr. Ernst is a member of London Bridge Rotary, past president of Rotary and the past president of Western Independent Bankers Association, and has served as chairman or board member of numerous civic and charitable organizations.