Oregon, Wis.-based One Community Bank welcomed Valerie Renk to its Advisory Board. Renk is CEO of Habitat for Humanity Dane County. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin Madison. “I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with [Renk] on the One Community Bank Advisory Board,” said Independent Chair Jim Walker. … Read more
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Pathward Financial elected Christopher Perretta as a board member. Perretta is a member of the corporate governance and nominating committees on the boards of both Pathward Financial and its subsidiary, Pathward, N.A. He also serves on the bank’s risk and credit committee. Perretta has decades of executive experience. From 2017-19, he served … Read more
St. Louis-based Enterprise Financial Services Corp. board member John Eulich is retiring from his position. Eulich has been chair of the board since 2016, and been a board member of both the holding company and its subsidiary, Enterprise Bank & Trust, for more than a decade. Vice Chair Michael DeCola will succeed Eulich as chair … Read more
Maplewood, Minn.-based Premier Bank appointed two new board members, including Lynn Leegard and John Redpath. Leegard is founder and president of real estate payments provider Trust Funds, LLC. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Hamline Mitchell Law School, St. Paul, Minn. Redpath, a recently retired partner at Redpath and Co., Ltd., has … Read more
St. Paul, Minn.-based Sunrise Banks added four members to its board last year to advance its mission of social responsibility, including Paula Martin, Jennifer Docherty, Karen Garrett and Kirat Sekhon. Martin, who chairs the board’s operations and human resources committee, recently served as adviser to the CEO at Vancouver, British Columbia-based credit union Vancity. Docherty, … Read more
Muncie, Ind.-based holding company First Merchants Corp. appointed Purdue University President Dr. Mung Chiang to both its board of directors and the board of its subsidiary, First Merchants Bank. With Chiang’s appointment, the board of the $17 billion First Merchants will expand to 15 members, including 13 independent outside directors. Chiang will be on the … Read more
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based American Bank & Trust appointed Bob Sutton to its board of directors. Sutton, president and CEO of Sioux Falls-based regional health system Avera Health, previously served as CEO of the South Dakota Bankers Association and senior vice president of Citibank, South Dakota. “[Sutton] has a strong and diverse business background and brings … Read more
Nationally-recognized bank regulatory and M&A attorney Karen Grandstrand recently joined the board of directors of Saint Louis Park, Minn.-based Citizens Independent Bank. Grandstrand chairs the Bank & Finance Group at Minneapolis-based Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., advising clients on examination matters, compliance and enforcement actions, M&As and the recapitalization and acquisition of troubled banks. Before joining … Read more
Salem, Ind.-based Mid-Southern Bancorp, Inc., increased its board of directors from seven members to eight and appointed James King III to serve a two-year term. King, who also appointed to the board of the $202 million Mid-Southern Savings Bank, joined Mid-Southern as executive vice president and senior loan officer in October 2021. He began his … Read more
St. Louis-based Enterprise Financial Services Corp. appointed Lyne Andrich, Marcela Manjarrez and Lina Young as directors of both the bank holding company and its subsidiary, Enterprise Bank & Trust. Andrich, former executive of Denver-based CoBiz Financial Inc., from 1997-2019, has served on the board of directors and been a member of the audit committee of … Read more