Strategic Alliances and Partnerships
Just as we expect our leaders/members to leverage relationships and grow from strategic alliances and partnerships, so too does LXCouncil. Below is a sampling of some of our key strategic partners and alliances.
CBIZ
CBIZ, Inc. provides professional business services that help clients better manage their finances and employees. CBIZ provides its clients with financial services including accounting, tax, financial advisory, government health care consulting, risk advisory, real estate consulting, and valuation services. Employee services include employee benefits consulting, property and casualty insurance, retirement plan consulting, payroll, life insurance, HR consulting, and executive recruitment. As one of the nation’s largest brokers of employee benefits and property and casualty insurance, and one of the largest accounting and valuation companies in the United States, the Company’s services are provided through nearly 100 Company offices in 34 states.
CrossFirst Bank
Their vision to serve the financial needs of their clients and a passion for building trusted relationships began in October 2007 with a small group of experienced bank executives and business leaders. With over 10 years of successfully reaching clients across Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Dallas, their journey continues.
They are constantly mindful of keeping their values at the forefront of everything they do. At CrossFirst Bank, extraordinary service is the unifying principle at the heart of their organization. They define it through character, competence, commitment and connection, which are the ideals that define their approach to banking.
At CrossFirst, their clients are the driving force. Their dedication to finding the right bankers and investing in their strengths in turn leads to client relationships that exceed expectations. When you empower your people, and lead with service, you create an environment where the client always benefits.
They realize their clients deserve more than an ordinary relationship, which is why CrossFirst Bank was founded – to bring a level of service and trust to banking that can only be described as extraordinary
First National Bank
First National Bank Corporation headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in six states and three major metropolitan areas. F.N.B. provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864. With a ride range of services including:
- Commercial banking solutions= Corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, international banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing.
- Consumer banking= A full line of consumer banking products and services, including deposit products, mortgage lending, consumer lending and a complete suite of mobile and online banking services.
- Wealth management services=Asset management, private banking and insurance.
The Company also operates Regency Finance Company, which has more than 70 consumer finance offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
At F.N.B., they are invested in the communities where they work and live. Their involvement takes many forms, including leadership, financial support and employee volunteerism. In 2014, their employees gave nearly 20,000 hours of service performed of their own time serving their local community organizations. They think that’s the best kind of investment.
View the F.N.B. Fact Sheet
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The National Bank
In 1891, the Commonwealth of Virginia issued a charter to a new bank, The Bank of Blacksburg. From their humble beginnings doing business from one room of the Green Hotel, National Bank has grown steadily through the years along with the communities they serve. Today, with 25 locations across southwest Virginia and over $1 billion in assets, their commitment to friendly, personalized service and local decision making remains the key to their success and their highest priority.
Explore National Bank’s history – click here to view our historical timeline!
The Bank of Tampa
With assets tot
aling more than $1.5 billion, The Bank of Tampa is one of the largest community banks in the Tampa Bay area. They have a proud history and a strong legacy that is reflected in everything they do. For more than three decades, they have developed quality relationships that are personal and accessible, and they aim to deliver a client experience like no other. Since The Bank of Tampa’s inception in 1984, it has been privately owned by its staff, directors, and clients.
The bank was built with the foundation of a commercial bank, but over the years, they have strived to diversify their portfolio and reach clients with many different backgrounds and professions. Today, they offer commercial banking, corporate banking—which includes middle market, commercial real estate, SBA lending, and treasury services—personal banking, wealth management, and trust services—truly making them a full-service community bank.
VTCRC (Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center)
VTCRC (Virginia Tech Corporate
Research Center) encourages and enables creative entrepreneurship world-wide, through innovative curriculum, local business resource centers, and a global network of cooperating regions, all focused on three essential contributors to success:
- clear understanding of fundamental business principles;
- access to timely, relevant information; and
- meaningful personal and corporate relationships.
Supported by the continuing confidence and enthusiasm of its clients, sponsors, and friends, both corporate and individual. Its world headquarters is in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Woods Rogers 
Woods Rogers is Virginia’s law firm. With over 80 attorneys in four locations across the Commonwealth, the firm has demonstrated its commitment to businesses and individuals for more than 125 years. We provide counsel to an array of industries throughout Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic and beyond. Our largest practice areas by attorney count are Business and Corporate Law; Labor and Employment Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Tax, and Trusts and Estates. Our size allows us to be strategic, yet flexible, in our approach to solving complex problems for clients.
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