Fidelity Bank is pleased to announce that Linda L. Schneider has been hired as vice president and manager of its recently opened branch in Newnan. Schneider has over 25 years of banking experience and joins Fidelity from Wachovia Bank in Fayetteville.

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr., president of Fidelity Bank, said, “We are thrilled to have Linda join the Fidelity Bank team. Her extensive banking experience and commitment to service will bring a new level of community banking to the Newnan-Coweta area. Fidelity Bank was founded in Decatur in 1974 and is the largest community bank in the metro-Atlanta area and we are excited to now have a presence in Newnan.”

Schneider is a member of the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she has been an active member of the Fayetteville Rotary Club and the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce. She is looking forward to becoming involved with other community-focused organizations in the Newnan-Coweta area.