James Barnes
Chairman and Founder, Seacoast Bank
Winter Park, FL 32789
Phone (407) 628-8700 x250
Property Types
Office
Markets
Orlando
Bio
James T. Barnes, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board of BankFIRST since 1997. A graduate of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard OPM program, Barnes has been actively involved in commercial banking, mortgage banking and the insurance industries, both in Michigan and Florida, and is a past President of the Michigan Mortgage Banking Association.
Barnes is active in his community and is presently Chairman of the Winter Park Economic Development Advisory Board. He is also a member of the Winter Park Facilities Advisory Board. Barnes is a past Chairman of the Winter Park Memorial Hospital and Winter Park Health Foundation, and is presently a Trustee and past Chairman of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce. He is a Director and past President of the University of Central Florida Foundation.
Barnes is married to Diane Barnes, and has four children and five grandchildren. He enjoys traveling, boating, hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors.
