Iron Mountain, Mich.-based First National Bank & Trust promoted Dale Cook to vice president, senior commercial lender, and Cole Grenier to assistant vice president, commercial lender. Cook has been with First National since 2019 and has been in banking for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lake Superior … Read more
Jim Hartlieb was named president and CEO of Madison, Wis.-based First Business Bank. Hartlieb, who was also appointed as a director of the bank’s board, joined First Business in 2009 as senior vice president and has been president since 2015. The $2.8 billion bank announced several other promotions in a Jan. 3 press release, including: … Read more
New London, Wis.-based First State Bank named Matthew Lemke as president. Lemke, who is expected to be elected to the $529 million bank’s board of directors later this month, succeeds Bob Van Asten as he nears his March 31 retirement. Lemke started his banking career in 2004 as a personal banker at JPMorgan Chase in … Read more
Merrillville, Ind.-based Centier Bank appointed Chris Campbell to bank president. Campbell replaces Michael Schrage, who had served as president of the $6.2 billion since 1977. Schrage, who had succeeded his father, Walter Schrage, Jr., as president, is expected to keep his CEO and board chair positions. Campbell, who is married to Michael Schrage’s oldest daughter, … Read more
Carmel, Ind.-based Merchants Bank of Indiana expanded its mortgage and business banking teams by hiring Jarek Koperski as a mortgage loan originator and Marquisha Bridgeman as vice president of community and business banking partnerships. Koperski will be based out of the company’s Chicago office while Bridgeman works from headquarters. He brings nearly a decade of … Read more
Merrillville, Ind.-based Centier Bank promoted Candy Koehl to vice president, mortgage loan officer. Koehl joined Centier Bank more than 22 years ago, after she served 17 years as a branch manager and loan officer at a local community bank. She has been a board member of the Homebuilders Association of Northwest Indiana and the Mortgage … Read more
Lino Lakes, Minn.-based First Resource Bank promoted Justine Seidel to market president of its Minneapolis office. Seidel joined the $480 million bank in May 2014 as senior vice president of commercial lending. First Resource Bank stated that her new role “is in recognition of [Seidel’s] leadership, her sizable business production, and her success managing complex … Read more
Grand Forks, N.D.-based Alerus promoted Erik Fabian, Chris Moen and Kari Vien to financial adviser positions to serve the northern Red River Valley region of the state. Fabian, a former professional hockey player and collegiate coach, joined Alerus in 2017. Moen joined Alerus in 2015 and has two decades of financial services experience. Vien joined … Read more
Sparta, Mich.-based ChoiceOne Bank hired David Huisman as vice president, commercial loan officer. Huisman has more than 25 years of local commercial banking work. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance from Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Mich. “We are pleased to welcome [Huisman] to our commercial lending team,” said CEO Kelly Potes. … Read more
Finward Bancorp Chief Risk Officer Leane Cerven will retire in May. Cerven, the Munster, Ind.-based bank’s general counsel and corporate secretary, joined both the holding company and its subsidiary Peoples Bank in 2010. Peoples Bank Director of Audit Lynette Klemm will replace Cerven as interim chief risk officer. Klemm, a Certified Bank Auditor, Certified Financial … Read more