On the Job with Cal McMillan

Being raised is a small community in Alabama never kept Cal McMillan from having lofty goals.

Building on a career in finance that started almost 30 years ago, McMillan is now an executive with Ameris Bank, serving as market president both in Albany and Cordele.

A childhood fascination with finances — investing and saving — led McMillan to Troy State University for his formal financial training and then to Southwest Georgia for his “hands on” education.

And speaking of lofty goals, McMillan says his interest in outer space and science may have taken him to a career with NASA had he chosen a non-banking career path.

McMillan recently shared a question-and-answer session with Danny Carter.

Q. What was your very first job?

A. My first job was in maintenance at a health care facility in Monroeville, Ala., during my junior and senior years of high school.

NAME: Cal McMillan

AGE: 52

POSITION: Market president for Ameris Bank locations in Albany and Cordele.

FAMILY: His wife of 29 years, Doris, is an educator in the Worth County School System. Two sons, Ryan McMillan a first year medical student at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and Jordan McMillan a senior at Worth County High School

EDUCATION: BS degree in Finance from Troy State University, Honor Graduate GBA Banking School, Series 6 and 63 Securities License

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Treasurer and trustee with Darton State College , chairman of the board of Moultrie Technical College, board member with the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce and member at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Alumnus of Leadership Georgia, Leadership Tifton and Leadership Peach in Fort Valley. Past chairman of the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce.

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