Fargo, N.D.-based Bell Bank hired Charlie Parkhurst and Brett Hale as commercial lenders in the Twin Cities. Parkhurst was named senior vice president for commercial real estate lending for the $11 billion bank. Hale is a vice president in commercial and industrial banking.  Parkhurst graduated from Iowa State University, Ames. He has more than 17 … Read more

Heartland Bank President and Chief Lending Officer Patrick Busch will step down from his roles at the end of this year.  Busch’s replacement as president will be Chief Operating Officer Lance Carter, who currently also serves as the president and COO of Heartland Bank’s holding company, the $4.2 billion, Bloomington, Ill.-based HBT Financial. Busch will … Read more

Mankato, Minn.-based Pioneer Bank promoted five officers to new roles. The promotions include residential mortgage lenders Heather Eischen, Jennifer Wiens and Carissa Lutterman to vice president; Jeff Barrett to vice president as he continues as a business banker in St. James, Minn.; and Andrea Mattes to vice president as she continues supervising the bank’s credit … Read more

Hillsdale, Mich.-based County National Bank promoted Randy Tate to vice president-loss mitigation officer. Tate joined the bank in 2009 as a loss mitigation officer, was promoted to loan mitigation officer in 2011 and to assistant vice president in 2015.  Tate attended Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, and Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.   “[Tate] has successfully managed … Read more

Wisconsin-based AbbyBank hired Mike Morse as vice president/commercial loan officer.  Morse has 26 years of banking experience, 24 of which are in commercial lending. Morse has a degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  “I enjoy helping develop plans and strategies for my customers. Also, I like the role the bank plays in the … Read more

Ben Rosensweet joined Fishers, Ind.-based First Internet Bank as vice president, senior development officer.  Rosensweet, the newest member of the $4.3 billion bank’s Small Business Administration team, has experience in equipment and commercial finance and new business development. Rosensweet was most recently with Riverhills Bank, Milford, Ohio, where he served as VP, commercial lending officer. … Read more

Iowa-based Hills Bancorporation appointed Lisa Shileny to president of the company’s subsidiary, Hills Bank and Trust.  According to a Nov. 14 SEC filing, Shileny has been with the approximately $4 billion since 2005 and has since served in numerous senior positions, most recently as chief operating officer, a role she will continue in.  Shileny, who … Read more

Treynor, Iowa-based TS Bank named Austin Diehm market president of the Council Bluffs and Omaha metro.  Diehm has more than 16 years of experience in finance and management roles within the banking industry, including personal banking, merchant processing, treasury management and commercial lending.  Diehm joined the $365 million TS Bank earlier this year as vice … Read more

Michigan-based Range Bank recently promoted several employees, including: Eric Kucharczyk to vice president, business banking officer. A graduate of Northern Michigan University, Marquette, and the Michigan Bankers Association Commercial Lending School, Kucharczyk has more than a decade of banking experience. He’s currently attending the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.    Alex … Read more