Bartow Morgan, Jr.

Community connection for success of Gwinnett County.

Bartow Morgan, Jr., CEO of Brand Bank, says his vision for his company is to serve the market by meeting the needs of its consumers—to actively offer the products and services the community needs. But at the heart of that vision is the ability to give time and money back to Gwinnett County.

“We encourage our employees to give and to be active in the community,” Morgan says. “I can’t encourage my employees unless they see that I am doing the exact same thing. Brand Bank is our family and we wanted to give as a family unit to the community to support open heart [services].”

Morgan and his wife, Leslie, have a personal connection to heart health: Morgan’s father died of a heart attack on Interstate 85 on the way to Atlanta. Though the past cannot be rewritten, he believes his father could still be alive today if Gwinnett County had had open heart services.

Through this experience, he says he understands the urgent need for open heart services. “Open heart [services] are a tremendous need for Gwinnett County’s citizens,” Morgan says. “We feel that we are not only helping the county as a whole, but helping those that bank and work at The Brand Banking Company. Not only do we want to help people with their finances, we wanted to support a cause that would help all of us so much.”