Bob Francl, vice president-commercial lending at First Independent Bank in Reno, has been named the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year for 2002.
Francl is a youth pastor at the Harvest Fellowship Church of God and a member of the church's pastoral council of the church.
He is in his second term as chair of the Leadership Reno Sparks Youth Program and serves on the Leadership Reno Sparks Alumni Association Advisory Board.
He also is involved with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization and is a member of CCIM.