WARSAW — Lake City Bank is pleased to announce that it has promoted Ben A. Rice to Assistant Vice President, Credit Administration Officer.

In this new position, Rice manages a team of credit analysts who support commercial bankers. He also underwrites Small Business Administration loans. He has been at the bank seven years.

Rice attended Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne and graduated with a bachelor of science in business with a finance concentration. Rice also holds a Credit Risk Certification from the Risk Management Association. He is active in the YMCA Corporate Challenge, the Winona Fat and Skinny Tire Festival’s Orthopedic Cup Celebrity Cruiser bike race and the Warsaw Education Foundation’s Community Quiz Bowl. He is a member of the Warsaw Community Public Library’s Board of Trustees.

Lake City Bank, a $4.4 billion bank headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, is the fourth largest bank headquartered in the state, and the largest bank 100 percent invested in Indiana. Lake City Bank operates 49 branch offices in northern and central Indiana, delivering technology-driven solutions in a client-centric way to individuals and businesses. The bank is the single bank subsidiary of Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select/LKFN). For more information visit www.lakecitybank.com.