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Brenda Bowers Joins HomeBanc as Senior Vice President, Director of SBA Lending

Tampa-based HomeBancorp, Inc. has named Brenda Bowers as Senior Vice President, Director of SBA Lending for HomeBanc. In her new position, Bowers will be responsible for the expansion of HomeBanc's SBA lending initiative, including sales management, business development and leading the company's vision of becoming a premier SBA lending organization. She is based in the bank's Lake Mary loan production office, located at 100 West Colonial Center Parkway, Suite 110.

Ms. Bowers brings to HomeBanc more than 30 years of banking experience, including over 20 years of SBA lending management. Her professional affiliations include Chair of the Board of Independent Development Services, Inc. (CDC - Certified Development Company) in Ft. Myers, Florida. Ms. Bowers can be reached at (321) 832-1369 or brenda.bowers@homebanc.com.

HomeBanc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tampa-based HomeBancorp, Inc., with full-service branch locations in Lake Mary, Lakewood Ranch (Sarasota), Belleair Bluffs and three branches in Tampa at Rocky Point, on Dale Mabry at I-275 and Westchase. HomeBanc also operates loan-production offices in Tampa, Lake Mary and Brandon.

HomeBanc offers an array of retail-deposit products, along with SBA loans, special lower-rate FHA loans for first-time buyers, residential mortgage loans and non-traditional jumbo mortgage loans. It is committed to exceeding customer-service expectations and making the company a Great Place to Work® and a Great Place to Bank. The corporate headquarters of HomeBancorp is located on the 41st floor of the Bank of America Plaza building at 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa. More information on HomeBanc can be found at www.HomeBanc.com.