Kimberly A. DeBra is Senior Vice President/Corporate Communications & Marketing of First Northern Bank. Kim started her banking experience in 1981 as a teller and has worked her way through several key positions throughout her career which include, product development, project management, training, system design, consumer and real estate lending, shareholder relations, marketing and advertising, newsletter editor, and web site content and design. Kim joined First Northern Bank in 1990 as Assistant Vice President/Credit Card Services Manager.

Kim is responsible for the Bank’s Corporate Giving Program and the development and management of the Holding Company/Bank’s communication strategies and objectives while implementing programs aimed at strategic positioning of the Holding Company/Bank through promoting understanding and goodwill with customers, shareholders, employees, business partners, the community and the media. She also has oversight of the Bank’s Marketing Department.

Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography with an emphasis in satellite remote sensing and mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also a graduate of the Bank Marketing and Management School, University of Colorado, Boulder.