Van Gilder Names Former Community Bankshares CEO as New President

Denver, Colo.-based Van Gilder Insurance Corp. named Don Woods its new president.

Woods is co-founder and CEO of Community Bankshares Inc. and its subsidiaries. He began his new role at Van Gilder on Monday.

Under Woods, Community Bankshares Inc. grew to over $2 billion in assets and had 42 branches in Colorado and northern California.

A privately held insurance brokerage firm, Van Gilder is in its fourth generation of leadership by the Van Gilder family.

Latest Comments

• August 30, 2012 at 8:17 am

  Say What? says:

  Yeah, they fired him after they laid-off half the company! Let's see how long before Hanover goes belly up.
• August 29, 2012 at 9:19 pm

  sips says:

  LOL - They hireed JC, which told me they did not know what they were doing. Then they fired him, which told me that they did get back on track.
• August 29, 2012 at 1:37 pm

  Say What? says:

  Isn't that the 4th or 5th President in the last 4 or 5 years? Do they know what they are doing over there?