Tony Chalfant will replace Dave Spurling as chief credit officer at Heritage Bank, Olympia, Wash., on July 1. [Continue]

Jason Howard has been named president of First State Bank & Trust, Bayport, Minn., as part of the bank’s planned succession. [Continue]

Wisconsin Bank & Trust, Madison, Wis., a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA Inc., hired Brent Giles as its new CEO. [Continue]

The Small Business Administration has selected Brian McDonald to be the district director of its Minnesota District Office. [Continue]

Jim Houston joined Bankers’ Bank, Madison, Wis., as vice president, correspondent banker, in the company’s Bloomington, Ill., office. [Continue]

Joe Gruber will join the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City as executive vice president, director of research, policy advisor and chief economist. [Continue]

Logan Pichel has been named president of Louisville, Ky.-based Republic Bank & Trust Company. He joins the company from Alabama’s Regions Bank. [Continue]

Marion, Iowa-based Farmers State Bank has promoted three employees, including a new vice president. [Continue]

Wisconsin’s Blackhawk Bank hired Lori Diaz as senior vice president cash management and Amy Smith as a cash management administrator. [Continue]