Bell Bank hires 2 executives

Fargo, N.D.-based Bell Bank recently hired two executives. 

The hires include Brian Overby as senior vice president/wealth management managing director and James Dufresne as vice president/senior wealth adviser at the bank’s Phoenix-Biltmore location. 

Overby, who started with the bank at the end of May, has been in finance since 1995. He will work out of the bank’s wealth management headquarters but also spend time in the Twin Cities and Phoenix. Before he was hired at Bell Bank, Overby spent his entire career at Alerus, Grand Forks, N.D., serving as president of retirement and benefits since 2002. He received a degree in financial management from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.   

Dufresne has a Certified Financial Planning designation and has worked in wealth management and investments since 2008.