Manitowoc, Wis.-based Bank First has promoted Evelyn Green to vice president-retail banking. Green began her career at Bank First in 2017 with more than 40 years of banking experience. Prior to her promotion, Green was an assistant vice president-retail banking. Prior to her time at Bank First, Green was a mortgage loan officer at Aurora … Read more
Fort Atkinson, Wis.-based PremierBank has promoted Tim Kuehn and Matt Hilderbrandt to its board of directors. Kuehn, a real estate developer and president/owner of Green Bay businesses Kuehn Commercial Properties and Margarita’s Famous Mexican Food & Cantina, has a speech communications/business degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Hilderbrandt is the president and CEO of the … Read more
Insanity, the saying goes, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Finding talent these days requires a new approach, says Clement Marriott, president and founder of Minnesota-based Empowers Staffing. This is especially true for community bankers who are committed to fostering the cultural values of diversity, equity and inclusion. Culture is a selling point, Marriott explained. Candidates, especially candidates of color, assess a bank’s culture from the outside: They look at its “About Us” web page, review its social media feeds, and scroll its list of executives found on LinkedIn. [Continue]
Brownsburg, Ind.-based State Bank has promoted Michelle Grady to vice president. Grady, who has more than 25 years of banking, lending and leadership experience, serves as a mortgage loan officer serving customers in the bank’s Carmel, Zionsville, Lebanon, Avon and Plainfield, Ind., markets. She’s been with State Bank for two years. A $711 million community … Read more
Jerry Ritzert has joined Beloit, Wis.-based First National Bank and Trust Co. as its executive vice president and chief financial officer. Ritzert joins FNBT with 20 years of experience in banking, most recently as CFO of Pittsburgh-based Dollar Bank. Prior to that, he worked as a corporate controller for Warren, Pa.-based Northwest Bancshares. Ritzert, a … Read more
Minneapolis-based First Resource Bank has promoted Justine Seidel to senior vice president-commercial banking. Seidel has more than a decade of banking experience. She’s been with the bank since 2014 where she’s held the positions of credit analyst, loan operations specialist and VP-commercial banking. “Justine has played a key role in our growth,” said First Resource … Read more
Wisconsin-based Port Washington State Bank has promoted Heather Mader and Joe Gutsmiedl to vice president/branch manager of the bank’s Thiensville and Mequon offices, respectively. Mader has been with the bank for 11 years. Prior to that, she spent 13 years as a commercial banker. Most recently, she worked with the Thiensville team to launch the … Read more
Brookfield, Wis.-based First Business Bank has promoted Chase Kostichka to vice president II-commercial real estate banking. [Continue]
Horicon Bank has added Jason Scherer as its vice president of treasury and commercial payment solutions. A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater graduate, Scherer has more than 20 years of banking experience at BMO Harris Bank in personal banking, treasury management for commercial customers, and, most recently, as a treasury consultant for local businesses in southeast Wisconsin. … Read more
Ionia, Mich.-based Independent Bank Corp., the holding company of Independent Bank, has promoted Josh Meyers to senior vice president, operations. He has 12 years of experience in financial services, all of which at Independent Bank. He began with the bank in operations, before moving to risk management, where he has worked for the last 10 … Read more