About Our Murdock Branch
Our Murdock branch is located in a two-story, 11,000-square-foot brick building on the corner of Tamiami Trail and Paulson Drive. The bank began operations in a 2,700-square-foot facility on Tamiami Trail near Midway Boulevard in 1987. In 1989, the bank acquired land in northwestern Charlotte County on the site of the current facility. In 2008, our two-story, 6,000-square-foot Service and Support Center was constructed behind our branch. Built with anti-hurricane specifications, the reinforced-concrete building houses the bank’s IT department, customer support operations, and digital experience services. We are the bank to count on for friendly, hometown service, offering our personal and business customers banking and borrowing services for area residents and businesses. Our Trust and Wealth Management division provides professional trustee services and asset management.
Online Banking and Bill Pay
Personal Banking
Checking
Savings
Business Banking
Treasury Management
Commercial Real Estate Loans
Equipment Loans
Residential Mortgages
Consumer Loans
Trust Services
Estate Planning
Investment Management
Growing to Meet Our Clients' Needs
In September of 2002, our Board of Directors made the decision to establish a Trust and Wealth Management Department in an effort to fulfill its mission of serving the financial needs of its community. In 2016, the bank expanded with Loan Offices in Lee and Collier Counties.
A Community Bank
Having local trust and wealth management services clearly sets us apart, and so does our commitment to community support. Our staff and customers support the annual Kiwanis Shoes for Kids and Guardian ad Litem holiday gift drives, and they always come through in a big way. We also host on-site blood drives and assist various nonprofit organizations that improve our community. In addition, our staff members from top to bottom readily volunteer, showing they are involved and dedicated to the community where they work and live.
Craig DeYoung
Market President, SW Florida
Heavily involved in the banking industry in Charlotte County since graduating from Charlotte High School in 1980, Craig DeYoung joined the Bank as a commercial real estate lender in 1994. He successfully advanced to Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer before becoming president of Charlotte State Bank & Trust, one of Crews Bank & Trust's legacy banks in 2006.
During his tenure as president, Craig oversaw much expansion of the bank: the opening of a full-service branch in North Port in 2017, in addition to opening a satellite office at South Port Square in Port Charlotte in 2016 and loan-production offices in Lee and Collier counties in 2015 and 2016, respectively. He also supervised numerous advances in products and services designed to make banking more convenient and rewarding to customers, including a home-based, locally staffed Trust and Wealth division.
cdeyoung@crews.bank
Alyson Burch
Trust Officer, VP
Alyson joined the hometown bank in 1999 as a customer service representative and worked as the branch manager in Punta Gorda before being promoted to branch operations coordinator in 2004. She was made a vice president in 2012, when she returned to the Punta Gorda office as retail and business banking officer. In 2024, she became a Trust Officer.
A New Jersey native, Alyson entered banking while still in high school, working part time at a bank in her home state. She continued her career after graduating in 1988, serving customers at a financial institution in New Jersey prior to moving to Port Charlotte in 1991. She was with another Charlotte County bank until being wooed away by us.
Alyson is an active member of the community and is currently a member of the Punta Gorda Rotary Club (Past President), Board Chair, C.A.R.E. (Center for Abuse and Rape Emergencies) and Board member Do the Right Things. Alyson is also Past President of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce (2016) and a graduate of Leadership Charlotte class of 2004.
aburch@crews.bank
Nick Worden
Commercial Banker, VP
Nick has been involved in banking for more than a decade, serving as a commercial banker in Charlotte, Collier, Lee, and Sarasota counties. He also has experience in branch management, underwriting and credit management, and portfolio management.
He attended Edison Community College (now Florida SouthWestern State College) and has held Florida state licenses in life and health insurance, variable annuities, and securities Series 6 and 63. He also completed his first year of the Florida School of Banking curriculum and participated in Omega Performance’s commercial lending training.
Committed to community involvement, Nick is the President for the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, and he served as president of Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class 2016 and chaired the 2022 class. He serves on the boards of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County and Punta Gorda Housing Authority and is Treasurer of the North Port High School Baseball Boosters Club. He is also a Board Member of the Community and Economic Advisory Board for the City of North Port and is a board member of the Charlotte DeSoto Building Industry Association.
nworden@crews.bank
Nate Halligan
Commercial Banker, VP
Originally from Fairfax, Virginia, Nate moved to Fort Myers 10 years ago. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, and an MBA from University of Tennessee. He has more than a decade of banking experience, serving as a branch manager, wealth management specialist, small business and retail lender and Commercial Banker.
Nate is an active member of REIS (Real Estate Investment Society) of SWFL and servers as an adult leader with Cub Scouts in Lee County. He is a past member of the board of directors and finance committee for the Early Learning Coalition of SWFL.
Married for over 12 years, Nate and his wife have one son. When not at the office, he enjoys coaching youth soccer, spending time at beach and fishing.
nhalligan@crews.bank
Kris Proudfoot
Residential Loan Originator
NMLS #482527
Kris is a Residential Loan Originator. Born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, Kris has been a full-time resident of Florida since April 2020, currently residing in Punta Gorda.
Kris was recognized as the Charlotte-DeSoto Building Industry Association (CDBIA) Associate Member of the Year 2022, she serves as Chair of the CDBIA Professional Women in Building (PWB), an organization dedicated to supporting education, professional development, and networking opportunities to help members acquire and develop leadership and business management skills to boost career success. She is also an Ex-Officio member of the CDBIA Board of Directors and is active in the Charlotte County Chamber, serving as a director.
In her spare time, Kris enjoys golfing and participating in community events with friends. She is based at the Murdock branch, located at 1100 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte.
kproudfoot@crews.bank
Brandi LeClaire
Retail Banking Officer, AVP
NMLS #2385856
Brandi is the Retail and Business Banking Officer of the Bank's Murdock office. In this position, she manages the day-to-day operations of the branch while also creating a focused business plan for future growth and success.
Originally from New England, Brandi began her banking career at a community bank in New Hampshire and later became a branch operations manager for a larger bank in Rhode Island, where she was the top performer for Operations Management for four consecutive years.
Brandi joined the Bank as a personal banker in 2022 at the Murdock branch.
In her spare time, she enjoys motorcycle rides with her husband of ten years, exploring and sharing the warmth of Florida beaches with family from out of state.
bleclaire@crews.bank
