Fremont, Neb., bank announces promotions
First State Bank & Trust Co., Fremont, Neb., announced the promotions of Renee Schneringer, Jon Rohlfs and Nick Vrba. [Continue]
Matt Klein appointed president of KleinBank
Matt Klein has been named president of KleinBank, Chaska, Minn. Klein has more than 22 years of experience in financial services. Prior to becoming president, he was KleinBank’s chief consumer banking officer, president of the KleinBank branch in Savage, and vice president of business development at the bank’s Chaska location. Klein formerly worked at Fleet … Read more
Minnesota’s independent banking association transitions its marketing team
The Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota has hired Matthew Doffing as vice president and director of marketing and communications. Doffing replaces Kathy Burton, the association’s vice president of membership and marketing since 2001. Burton is set to retire April 30. [Continue]
First National Bank & Trust promotes first non-family president in four generations
First National Bank and Trust Company, Beloit, Wis., named David McCoy president and chief financial officer last week. McCoy has also been elected to the board of directors of Centre 1 Bancorp, Inc., Beloit, Wis., the holding company of First National. [Continue]
Indiana’s Horizon Bank names new president
With the new year, James Neff moved from executive vice president to president of Horizon Bancorp and its subsidiary, $3.5 billion Horizon Bank, Michigan City, Ind. Most recently, Neff focused on overseeing consumer and mortgage lending, having been with the bank since October of 1999. [Continue]
Jerry Peck joins the Community Bankers Association of Illinois
Jerry Peck has joined the Community Bankers Association of Illinois as senior vice president of governmental relations. [Continue]
Promoted from Within: Don Coffin to replace Suku Radia as Bankers Trust CEO
Within months of taking the helm at Des Moines, Iowa-based Bankers Trust in 2008, President and CEO Suku Radia made public an ambitious goal for the $2.7 billion bank: He wanted to double the bank’s size by the time his 10-year contract came to an end. Now, with Radia set to retire at the end of this month and bank president Don Coffin preparing to add CEO to his title, a similar pronouncement tied to growth should not be expected. [Continue]
Tim Kluender named president and chief executive officer of Community Bank Owatonna
Tim Kluender has been named president and chief executive officer of Community Bank Owatonna in Owatonna, Minn. Kluender has 24 years of banking experience, with the last 15 years in an executive management capacity. He has spent his entire career working in the community banking industry, beginning as an officer trainee in his hometown bank in Osceola, Iowa. Kluender most recently served as a senior vice president/chief credit officer for First National Bank in Fairfield, Iowa. [Continue]
Geoff Rand has joined First National Bank and Trust Company of Beloit
– Geoff Rand has joined First National Bank and Trust Company of Beloit, Wis., as vice president and retail market manager. Rand is responsible for FNBT’s branches in Rock County, including the four branches in Beloit as well as the Clinton and Janesville offices. Rand comes to FNBT with 25 years of banking experience, most recently at BMO Harris Bank in Janesville, Wis., where he was branch manager and, earlier, group market manager. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Rand has a bachelor of business administration degree with an emphasis in finance. [Continue]
ICBSD names Megan Olson to replace McCurry as president
“We are very lucky to have Megan join our team” said ICBSD Chairman Hugh Bartels, who is also a director of Reliabank Dakota, Watertown. [Continue]