Kansas City, Mo.-based UMB Financial Corp. promoted Dominic Karaba to president of commercial banking and Uma Wilson to chief information and product officer. Both have decades of experience in banking and financial services. Karaba has more than 27 years of experience in business banking. He has been with UMB since 2013. Karaba has a bachelor’s … Read more
Oregon, Wis.-based One Community Bank promoted Carrie Schraeder to vice president, retail banking manager. Schraeder has been in banking for 20 years and has served in leadership positions for most of that time. She joined One Community Bank in May 2020. “I feel very fortunate to work at OCB,” she noted. “I have enjoyed building … Read more
Iron Mountain, Mich.-based First National Bank & Trust announced that Russell Kassin has been named president as the bank transitions its leadership. Kassin succeeds David Kashian as the 10th president in the bank’s 135-year history. Kashian, who has been president since 2005, will continue to serve as chair and CEO until next year. Kassin, who … Read more
Wisconsin-based The Bank of New Glarus hired Julie Johnson as vice president ag/commercial lender. Johnson has more than 26 years of experience in banking, a majority of which in lending. She spent the last 30 years in the Evansville/Broadhead, Wis., area. “The addition of Julie Johnson is a profound one for The Bank of New … Read more
Matt Smeby joined Fargo, N.D.-based Bell Bank as vice president/commercial banker for its LPO serving the Denver area. Smeby began his banking career in 2010 as a credit analyst and has more than a dozen years of experience in commercial lending. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Carroll College, Helena, Mont., and … Read more
Wausau, Wis.-based Peoples State Bank hired Jessica Brown, CPA, as senior vice president and CFO. Brown will also serve as CFO and secretary of Peoples State Bank’s holding company, PSB Holdings, Inc. She has more than 25 years of experience as a CPA, nearly all in banking. Brown, who recently served as CFO for a … Read more
Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Banc-Corp appointed Derek Meyer as CFO, effective Aug. 1, and Bryan Carson as chief product and marketing officer, effective July 18. Meyer is replacing Christopher Del Moral-Niles, who announced his planned retirement from the bank earlier this year at the $35 billion bank. Meyer has more than three decades of experience … Read more
Marinette, Wis.-based The Stephenson National Bank & Trust promoted Lynn Lowis to vice president-deposit operations manager. Lowis joined the bank in 1994 as a customer service representative and has since been promoted several times, including to deposit operations/customer service support, deposit operations officer and assistant vice president-deposit operations. Lowis has received National Check Professional and … Read more
Wisconsin-based AbbyBank hired Charles Rabitz as vice president/agricultural loan officer for the bank’s Abbotsford and Shawano, Wis., markets. Rabitz has more than 14 years of banking and ag lending experience. He has a bachelor’s degree and completed the Graduate School of Banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as training from the Farm Bureau … Read more
Sparta, Mich.-based ChoiceOne Bank hired William Bruinsma, Brandon Hayes and Bonnie Potter as loan team members. The bank named Bruinsma and Hayes vice presidents and commercial loan officers, and Potter as a mortgage loan officer. Bruinsma has an MBA in finance and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from the University of Michigan, … Read more