Coldwater-based Southern Michigan Bank & Trust appointed John Waldron as Jackson, Mich., market president. Waldron has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and a minor in accounting from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich. He has nearly three decades of commercial banking and leadership experience. Since 2002, he’s worked at County National Bank, Hillsdale, … Read more

Bloomington, Minn.-based United Bankers’ Bank added Katie Ferrell, Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist; and Sandy Panella, CRCM; to its compliance services team. Ferrell, hired as vice president, senior compliance consultant, has nearly 20 years of experience supporting financial instructions through retail operations and lending, auditing, risk management and regulatory compliance. She … Read more

Wausau, Wis.-based Peoples State Bank hired Megan McCoy as vice president and marketing director. McCoy has 23 years of experience at Milwaukee-area community banks, including 17 leading a marketing and community relations team. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in business and information science from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.  “I’m thrilled to join … Read more

Madison, Wis.-based Park Bank added Beth Prochaska to its board. Prochaska is the president and CEO of the Madison-based architecture firm Potter Lawson, Inc. She joined Potter Lawson more than 40 years ago, and has since worked her way up in the organization, becoming the company’s first female shareholder.  Prochaska has served on numerous community … Read more

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Alerus promoted Rob Woytassek to senior vice president and director of retirement and benefits.  Woytassek joined Alerus a decade ago and has served as retirement account manager, retirement client service manager, and director of product management. He has nearly 20 years of experience in financial services and has specialized in retirement services … Read more

Gallipolis, Ohio-based Ohio Valley Banc Corp. promoted Larry Miller II to CEO of both the $1.2 billion Ohio Valley Bank and the holding company. Thomas Wiseman, who previously served as CEO, will remain as chair. The company promoted Ryan Jones to chief operating officer of both the bank and the holding company. Jones will continue … Read more

Bloomington, Minn.-based United Bankers’ Bank hired Michael Hahn as vice president, correspondent banking officer. Hahn has more than a decade of experience in finance and correspondent banking. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and his master’s from Augustana University, Sioux Falls, S.D. He graduated from the Southwest Graduate School of … Read more

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors elected Tom Fite as board chair during its annual meeting on May 19. Fite has been director of the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions since January 2016. In 2013, he was appointed deputy director of the department’s depository division. Fite spent the previous 15 years in field examination and … Read more

Winona, Minn.-based Merchants Bank promoted Cindy Harrison to senior vice president/chief credit officer. Harrison succeeds Mark McGrory, who retired in May following a 35-year career at the bank. Harrison will be a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team. Harrison, who joined Merchants Bank in 1992, started in the Commercial Loan Department as a secretary/lending … Read more

Holland, Mich.-based Macatawa Bank hired Mike Moll as bank protection manager, vice president.  Moll, owner of the Michigan-based Moll Security Consulting, LLC, was employed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a protective security advisor, serving in the U.S. Air Force-Michigan Air National Guard as a security police officer with the 127th, Security Police … Read more