Pub. 3 2015 Issue 4

13 Winter 2015 The Community Banker Member NewsMember News PEOPLES BANK OF DEER LODGE PROMOTES AMBER BROWN TO PRESIDENT JOB OPENINGS AT MEMBER BANKS STOCKMAN BANK PROMOTES DARRINMAAS EAGLE BANK ANNOUNCES NEWOFFICERS PIONEER FEDERAL’S UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY T he Board of Directors of Peoples Bank of Deer Lodge is pleased to announce the promotion of Amber L. Brown to the position of President. She will begin her duties on November 1, 2014, and replaces Kirk Sand- quist as President. He will remain as Chairman of the Board. Amber has been with the bank since 2000 and has been a teller, new accounts representative, Vice President, Cashier, secretary to the Board, Board member and recently Senior Loan Officer and Executive Vice President. She will continue on the Board of Directors. Amber is joined at Peoples Bank by the following staff: Amanda Micu, loan officer; Brooke Johnson, cashier; Scott Perkins, loan officer; Becky Lowery, teller; Josslyn Gliko, teller; and Korey Vermillion, teller. Member News P ioneer Federal Savings & Loan Association hosted an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party on December 5. Board members and the staff partic- ipated in the “Ugly Sweater contest.” There were plenty of ugly sweaters to choose from: ones that light up, ones that were very sparkly, ones that were just funny. Everyone voted on the Ugliest Sweater, Most Festive sweater, and Best Couples Sweaters. Not only was there great sweaters to look at and great conversation throughout the night, the food was delicious too! Eagle Bank - FT Lead Teller/ New Accounts Previous teller supervisory, vault teller and /or new accounts experi- ence preferred. Experience with Microsoft Office. Able to multi-task and enjoy helping others while maintaining ethics and integrity. High School diploma or equivalent required. Pay DOE. Stop by or call for an application. (406) 883-2940. Eagle Bank is a Tribal Prefer- ence Employer. D arrin Maas has been promoted to vice president, branch manager of Stockman Bank Heights at the corner of Hilltop and Main Street. His responsibilities include overseeing bank operations, management and employee supervision and all lending activities. Maas has been with Stockman Bank since 2008 and brings 17 years of banking experience to the position. He was previously the vice president, commercial loan officer at the Stock - man Bank Heights office. Prior to joining Stockman Bank, he was an examination manager/senior bank examiner with the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions in Billings. Martin Olsson Sandi and Stacey Brian and Madisonn Cara and Bob Angie and Dale Brandoon and Whit Amber Brown AndrewWest Angie Thomas Jesse Strang E agle Bank in Polson has an- nounced the pending retire- ment of Martin Olsson , Presi- dent, CEO and the recent addition of three officers. Martin will retire March 31, 2015, and has agreed to continue on a semi-retired position until November. AndrewWest joined Eagle Bank in January of 2015, and will become the Pres- ident/CEO upon Martin’s retire- ment. Angie Eagle-Thomas joined Eagle Bank in December of 2014 and serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Jesse Strang joined Eagle Bank in July of 2014 and serves as a Vice President with Commercial, Ag, and Consumer lending responsi- bilities. Andrew, Angie and Jesse join Jolene Houle and Geri Herreid, Tom Edwards the “old timers” of Eagle Bank. Jolene Houle started her banking career with Eagle Bank in May 2008 and she is currently the AVP - Finance. Geri Herreid joined Eagle Bank in June 2011 and she serves as AVP - Consumer Lending. Tom Edwards joined Eagle Bank in October of 2012 and serves as VP - Mortgage Lending