COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - March 4, 2008. The Bank at Broadmoor President and CEO, D. Edward Sauer, is pleased to announce the hiring of John Jeffress as Vice President/Commercial Loan Officer at the downtown location at 501 South Tejon Street. "John has almost forty years of banking experience here in Colorado, so we feel very fortunate to have John as part of our team." John is a member of the Pikes Peak BMW Riders Association, former President of Business Networking International and a volunteer for the Pikes Peak Council of Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Jeffress was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina but has lived in Colorado since 1958. John enjoys cycling, motorcycling, hiking, hunting and golf. His greatest passions are his 4 grandchildren and his wife of 40 years. John is a graduate of the University of Colorado Graduate School of Banking.

The Bank at Broadmoor, www.bankatbroadmoor.com, is a locally owned and operated bank with deposits in excess of $130 million. The Bank offers a wide range of products including Certificates of Deposit, business/personal checking and savings accounts, safekeeping for valuable documents/personal items, and auto, home, commercial and consumer loans. There are four convenient Colorado Springs locations: 155 Lake Avenue, downtown at 501 S. Tejon Street, north at 440 Chapel Hills Drive and the westside at 3216 West Colorado Avenue.