[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 46 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF GREG COLLINS, GREATER WILKES-BARRE FRIENDLY SONS' MAN 
                              OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 15, 2018

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Greg Collins, 
who will receive the ``Man of the Year'' Award from the Wilkes-Barre 
Friendly Sons. He will be honored during the Friendly Sons annual Saint 
Patrick's Day celebration on Friday, March 16, 2018. Greg has forty 
years of finance experience and is the former senior vice president and 
area president of Wells Fargo Bank.
  Greg is a native of Kingston, Pennsylvania. After graduating from 
West Side Central Catholic, he began his career as a teller at Wyoming 
National Bank. While working as a teller, Greg attended night classes 
at Misericordia University, majoring in business administration. While 
working for Wyoming National Bank and its successors, Greg took on more 
responsibility, taking management positions and eventually advancing to 
senior leadership roles. From 2009 until his retirement in September 
2017, Greg served as Wells Fargo's community bank area president for 
Northeastern Pennsylvania. He led more than three hundred team members 
and oversaw the operations of thirty-seven Wells Fargo branch banking 
offices across nine counties.
  Greg remains an active member of the community in his retirement. He 
is a member of the board of trustees at Misericordia University, a 
board member of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and 
Industry, Leadership Wilkes-Barre, the Wilkes-Barre YMCA, the Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital, and the United Way of Wyoming Valley. In 2015, 
he chaired the American Heart Association Gala for Northeastern 
Pennsylvania. He was the recipient of the 2015 North Star Award from 
the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council Boy Scouts of America, the 2015 
Distinguished Leadership Award from Leadership Wilkes-Barre, and the 
2015 Community Service Award from the Salvation Army. Greg is a 2010 
graduate of Leadership Wilkes-Barre's Executive Leadership Program and 
a 4th-degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
  It is an honor to recognize Greg Collins as he accepts the ``Man of 
the Year'' Award from the Wilkes-Barre Friendly Sons. I am grateful to 
him for his forty years of service to the people of Northeastern 
Pennsylvania, and I thank him for his continued leadership in his 
community. I wish him all the best on this Saint Patrick's Day.

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