First Commerce Bank and First Commerce Bancorp, Inc. announced Jill M. Ross has been appointed SVP, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of the Bank. Ross, who most recently served as Acting Director/ Assistant Division Director at the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, will be responsible for leading business development and the Business Banking division for the Bank.

Ross has over 25 years of commercial banking experience, more recently serving as EVP, Chief Retail and Commercial Officer of William Penn Bank and SVP New Jersey Regional Director at Beneficial Bank. Ross also founded her own financial planning and consultative service firm, Flow Financial Therapy and Advising in 2021.

Established in 2006 the bank is headquartered in Lakewood, NJ.