About Our Instructors
Joe Bennett – has spent 17+ years in banking including various roles at First Citizens Bank starting in November 2006. Since 2021, Joe has served as the North Georgia Manager of Business Banking responsible for all aspects of business loan production in Gwinnett, Hall, North Fulton, Forsyth, Cherokee, and Pickens counties.
Joe is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and obtained his B.S. degree from Mercer University.
Alan Black- his banking experience spans 17+ years with 13 of those years with the SBA. Since 2015, he has served as First Citizens Bank’s SBA loan officer for Georgia.
Alan is a native of North Georgia and has a B.S. degree from Georgia State University and an M.B.A. from Mercer University.
