Patrick Cronin retired from the boards of directors of Sparta, Mich.-based ChoiceOne Financial Services and ChoiceOne Bank on Sept. 21. Cronin was appointed to the ChoiceOne Financial Services board three years ago in connection with the merger of Lapeer, Mich.-based County Bank Corp. into ChoiceOne. A local State Farm insurance agent for 48 years, Cronin … Read more
Frankfort, Ind.-based The Farmers Bank President and CEO Karen Gregerson will retire in September 2023. Gregerson has been with the bank in those roles for six years. She started her banking career in Marion, Ind., following her graduation from Ball State University’s Miller College of Business. She has a master’s degree from Indiana Tech, Fort … Read more
Executive Vice President Matthew Doherty will step down from the CFO role he holds at Bloomington, Ill.-based HBT Financial, Inc., at the end of this year. Peter Chapman, EVP and CFO of the $13 billion Great Western Bancorp, Inc., Sioux Falls, S.D. will join HBT Financial on Oct. 1 and assume the CFO role on … Read more
David Eikenberry, executive vice president and chief operations officer of First Farmers Bank & Trust in Converse, Ind., will retire in 2024. [Continue]
Madison, Wis.-based First Business Bank CFO Edward Sloane Jr. will retire next March. The bank plans to name current Chief Accounting Officer Brian Spielmann to succeed him. Spielmann is expected to serve as deputy CFO and the CAO until he assumes Sloane Jr.’s current role. Spielmann, who joined the bank in 2006, held a variety … Read more
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO Esther George will retire in January after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65. [Continue]
The Wisconsin Bankers Association recently recognized retired Wisconsin banker Kathy Harle for her six decades in banking. [Continue]
Veteran Iowa banker Thomas Pohlman has resigned as chair of Ames National Corporation; Patrick Hagan replaces him. [Continue]
Aberdeen, S.D.-based Dacotah Bank Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Hollan retired March 31 to become a senior adviser. Kristen Fauth was promoted to Hollan’s former positions. Hollan graduated from Northern State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a minor in economics. He graduated with a Master of … Read more
Wells Fargo Minnesota CEO Laurie Nordquist is retiring, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Her last day in the position will be April 8. Nordquist, Wells Fargo’s lead region president for the Upper Midwest, started her career with the bank in 1990, when it was still Norwest. She was previously the head of the … Read more