Pub. 6 2018 Issue 3

10 The Community Banker www.mibonline.org STOCKMANBANKCELEBRATES 65 YEARS NEWEMPLOYEE MIB MEMBER NEWS Shayne Lindsay recently joined Citizens Alliance Bank at the Lincoln, Montana location as Branch Manager and Loan Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for oversight of the Lincoln branch, maintaining and growing existing banking relationships, as well as expanding sales and customer development efforts in Lincoln and the surrounding Blackfoot Valley area. Lindsay brings over 17 years of financial experience which includes: Investment Advisor and Branch Manager in Billings, Montana, Commercial Loan Officer and Vice President in Great Falls, Montana and most recently Small Business Team Lead in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lindsay was born in Missoula, Montana and raised in Billings where he graduated from Billings West High School. Lindsay then went on and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Communications from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. During that time he also earned All American Honors as a varsity football player and was inducted into his alma mater’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. After graduating from college, Lindsay moved back to Montana where he owned a small discount grocery store with his dad for 10 years. Lindsay has been married to his wife Jan for over 20 years and during his free time he enjoys camping, fishing, hunting and almost anything else to do with the outdoors. Citizens Alliance Bank is a family-owned community bank providing financial and related banking services within local communities in Minnesota and Montana. The Bank provides integrated products and banking services that customers seek, including local empowered decision making and personalized customer service delivered with a small town personal touch. The Bank and its shareholders remain committed to strengthening and improving the communities that its customers and employees work and live through financial literacy and economic and community development. S tockman Bank celebrated 65 years of serving Montana communities, Friday, September 28, 2018 with open house events at all of their 34 bank locations. The history of Stockman Bank began long before Bill Nefsy purchased controlling interest in the Miles City Bank in 1953. Bill’s vision to serve the agricultural producers and local business people in his Eastern Montana community was seeded in his childhood, working on his uncles’ ranch in northeast Wyoming, and learning the value of working hard from sun-up to sun-down. S hayne Lindsay recently joined Citizens Alliance Bank at the Lincoln, Montana location as Branch Manager and Loan Offi- cer. In this role, he will be responsible for oversight of the Lincoln branch, main- taining nd growing existing ba king relationships, as well as expanding sales and customer development efforts in Lincoln and the surrounding Blackfoot Valley area. Lin s brings ver 17 years of financial experie ce which includes: Investment Advisor and Branch Manager in Billings, Montana, Commercial Loan Officer and Vice President in Great Falls, Montana, and most recently Small Business Team Lead in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lindsay was born in Missoula, Montana and raised in Billings w ere he raduated from Billings West High School. Lindsay then went on and earn d his Bachelor’s Degree in Busi ess Administra- tion and C mmunications from Concordia Colleg in Moorhead, Minnesota. During that time he also earned All American Honors as a varsity football player and was inducted into his alma mater’s athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. After graduating from college, Lindsay moved back to Montana where he owned a small discount grocery store with his dad for 10 years. Lindsay has been married to his wife Jan for over 20 years and during his free time he enjoys camping, fishing, hunting and almost anything else to do with the outdoors. Citizens Alliance Bank is a family owned community bank provid- ing financial and related banking services within local communities in Minnesota and Montana. The bank provides integrated products and banking services that customers seek, including local empow- ered decision making and personalized customer service delivered with a small town personal touch. The bank and its shareholders remain committed to strengthening and improving the communities that its customers and employees work and live through financial literacy and economic and community development. Bill Purchased a small cattle ranch south of Miles City in the late 1930s. Over time, he was able to add to his ranch holdings by purchasing other ranch operations that had fallen into disrepair during the Great Depres- sion, and nursing them back to pro- ductivity. When Bill began looking to get an operating loan for his growing ranch, he was turned away by the local banks with the explanation, “We don’t do Ag loans.” In 1953, Bill took a chance and purchased controlling interest in the Miles City Bank. He then began build- ing a banking organization that would serve the needs of the entire commu- nity. His objective was to build a bank which would serve the entire com- munity, including local businesses, farmers and ranchers. Bill never viewed himself as a bank- er, but as an entrepreneur of financial services. This unique outlook quickly set him apart from his competitors. He made it his mission to serve honest, hardworking Montanans of every walk of life across the state. Bill’s philosophy, determination, and traditional values, continue to guide Stockman Bank.