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Bremer Bank hires seasoned banker as SVP

St. Paul, Minn.-based Bremer Bank hired Jim Mulrooney as senior vice president and director of commercial banking. Mulrooney comes to the bank from Wells Fargo, where he served in senior leadership positions, most recently as SVP of commercial banking. His hire comes as Bremer’s Twin Cities region president, Jerry McGraw, retires at the end of … Read more

Ixonia Bank names new VP

Wisconsin-based Ixonia Bank hired Tyson Goecks as vice president-commercial lending. Goecks has more than 10 years of experience in banking and worked as a commercial lender at Bank Five Nine, Oconomowoc Wis., from 2020-22. He was an SBA branch specialist/commercial associate at First Bank Financial Centre, Oconomowoc, from 2014-20. He graduated from the University of … Read more

Security National Bank names 2 VPs

Sioux City, Iowa-based Security National Bank named Cory Johnson and Andy Jacobs as vice presidents of ag lending. Johnson, who will work in Mapleton, Iowa, has nearly 23 years of financial and lending experience. He joined Security National Bank in 2016 as an ag loan officer, and was promoted to assistant vice president of ag … Read more

Hataway named Missouri Bankers Association president, CEO

The Missouri Bankers Association board of directors named Jackson Hataway as president, effective June 1.  Hataway, the association’s executive vice president, will be the seventh person to lead MBA in its more than 130-year history. He will work alongside current MBA President and CEO Max Cook, who will continue as CEO until he retires in … Read more

CNB Bank & Trust promotes 2, elects 1 board member

Carlinville, Ill.-based CNB Bank & Trust NA elected one board member and promoted two more to senior-level positions. The bank promoted Matt Cors to vice president, senior consumer loan operations officer; and Jodee Nell to market president of the bank’s Jacksonville, Ill., and Chapin, Ill., branches.  CNB Bank & Trust elected Kyle Schumacher to the … Read more

Two join Starion Bank board of directors

Ryan Taylor and Levi Andrist have joined the board of directors for Bismarck, N.D.-based Starion Bank.  Taylor, a fourth-generation rancher, is the director of public policy at Ducks Unlimited. He owns and manages Taylor Ranch, which his family homesteaded in 1903. Taylor was inducted into the N.D. Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2010. While attending … Read more

Maki named Merchants Bank regional president

Winona, Minn.-based Merchants Bank hired Erick Maki as regional president-south in the Minnesota communities of Caledonia, Lanesboro, La Crescent, Rochester, Rushford, Spring Grove and St. Charles, as well as Onalaska, Wis. Maki will be a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking and sales to … Read more

Peoples State Bank hires McCormick as VP

Wausau, Wis.-based Peoples State Bank hired Erin McCormick as vice president and northern Wisconsin retail team leader for Rhinelander, Eagle River and Minocqua, Wis., markets. McCormick succeeds Cindy Wright, who announced earlier this year that she would retire from the bank in May. McCormick has more than two decades of experience in banking, including through … Read more

First Business Bank hires Harrigan as VP

Brookfield, Wis.-based First Business Bank hired Bill Harrigan as vice president-SBA lending. Harrigan, who has nearly 25 years of banking experience, began in the industry as a credit analyst in Chicago, transitioning to commercial lending in 2001. For the past 10 years, he’s focused exclusively on SBA lending. Harrigan has a bachelor’s degree from the … Read more