Lestelle Communications provides public relations services for
organizations large and small, specializing in community and regional
banks – services that include employee, internal, external, shareholder,
executive, crisis and merger-and-acquisition communications; public
relations counseling; news media relations; media campaigns;
philanthropic consulting; and special-events planning and execution.

Jim Lestelle, president of Lestelle Communications, has more than three
decades of communications experience, including large corporations, the
news media, public relations agencies and non-profit organizations.

For more than two decades, Mr. Lestelle served as Senior Vice President
and Corporate Communications manager for Hibernia National Bank, a
leadership role responsible for communications gatekeeping and
reputation management. The 135-year-old regional institution, with 350
branches in Texas and Louisiana and $22 billion in assets, was acquired
by Capital One Bank. During his tenure, Mr. Lestelle successfully
managed communications and the organization’s reputation at critical
times, including:

Internal and external bank communications programs by Lestelle
Communications, all tailored to the unique needs of each institution,
include:

* Merger and Acquisition Communications (open-bank or FDIC-assisted
transactions): News releases, management and employee briefings,
employee meetings, targeted M&A and conversion communications, issues
management.

* Executive and Line-of-Business Communications: Executive team
meetings, CEO communications, line-of-business communications,
culture-change communications, recognition and rewards programs, sales
and service programs.

* Employee Communications: Intranet- and email-based communications
platforms, conversion communications, employee promotion and new-hire
communications, all-employee meetings and fairs.

* Media Relations: Media training, news releases, media interviews,
proactive and reactive media messaging, news conferences, rumor control.

* Investor Communications: Quarterly earnings and dividend
announcements, annual and quarterly reports to shareholders, stock
analyst communications, divestitures, management reorganizations,
right-sizing, market expansion.

* Crisis Communications: Messaging to appropriate internal and external
audiences preceding, during and following crises, along with
communications channel development.

* Marketing Support: New-product launches and product enhancements,
branch openings, support for launch of new advertising and marketing
campaigns, customer communications.

* Special Events: annual shareholder meetings, branch openings,
management seminars, all-employee meetings.

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