Les Dreiling, president of Lawrence Bank, announces that Derek Bailey has been promoted to loan officer and credit analyst.

Bailey attended Quail Run, Southwest Junior High School and graduated as the valedictorian from Lawrence High School in 2002. He earned a bachelor of science degree in business with a major in finance from Kansas University in 2006.

Bailey has been a manager for Lawrence Youth Football, a not-for-profit youth organization, since 1997. He participates in many other volunteer organizations in the community including Junior Achievement, the Luncheon Optimist Club and the Corpus Christi Catholic Church Choir. Bailey was recently accepted to be part of the 2009 Leadership Class that is sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. He lives in Lawrence with his wife, Jackie.