BANK IOWA CORPORATION - Key Persons


Aaron Uhl

Job Titles:
  • Loan Officer
  • Vice President, Commercial

Abbie Cross

Job Titles:
  • Retail Branch Manager

Amanda Dougherty

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Amanda Pederson

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Amanda Welsch

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Amy Donahe

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Amy Ford

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Amy Frost

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Amy Maher

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Andrea Meier

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Andy Newman

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage Loan Originator

Angie Frerk

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Angie Marlin

Job Titles:
  • Loan Assistant

Ann Kuboushek

Job Titles:
  • Credit Analyst

Ann Webb

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Austin Vrzak - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Becca Stonehocker

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Beth Hanrahan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Bill Fry

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Bob Gagne

Job Titles:
  • Chief Lending Officer

Bobbie Smith

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Brad Parker

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage Loan Originator

Brett Hamlin

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Brian Bond

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President, Commercial

Brian Carolan

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Brian Ettleman - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Brian Hawk - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Calvin Bandstra - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Carol Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Carson Claypool

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President

Cassie Veldhuizen

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Catherine Lechtenberg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Chad Leighty

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Chris Minor

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO, SmartStory Technologies
  • Technology and Operations Leader
Chris Minor is a Technology and Operations leader who partners with investors and employees to drive strategy and growth for small to mid-size companies. After spending the first part of his career with large billion-dollar enterprises, Minor has been active in investing and leading several start-up SaaS technology companies. By aligning market strategy, product capabilities, employee skills and technology innovation, Minor has been able to bring growth and value to investors.

Christine Nostrom

Job Titles:
  • Loan Assistant

Cindy Bednarczyk

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Cindy Zeien

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Claudia Arambula

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Connie Mellott

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Craig Hill

Job Titles:
  • Retired CEO
An Ackworth, Iowa native, Craig Hill was elected Iowa Farm Bureau Financial president in 2011. As a grain and livestock farmer, Hill is highly attuned to the challenges-financial and otherwise-faced by the state's ag producers. As such, he regularly advocates for Iowa's banks to assume leadership in addressing rural Iowa's most pressing problems. He also served as board chairman for FBL Financial Group, Inc., and Farm Bureau Life Companies. In addition, he served on the board of directors for American Farm Bureau. Hill was also the first chairman of the Iowa Ag State Group.

Dale DeJong

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Dale Heider

Job Titles:
  • Engineer / Farmer
  • Engineer and Co - Owner of Jet Company
Dale Heider, engineer and co-owner of Jet Company located in Humboldt, Iowa, helped move the product line from wagon and truck boxes into semi grain trailers when he joined the family owned business. Jet Company's product line now consists of trailers for agricultural use, over the road construction and various niche markets. Jet Company employs over 100 people and their trailers are marketed throughout the U.S.

Dan Adams

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Mortgage Loan Officer

Dan Comer - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Darrin Bouray - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Deb Maher

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Denim Schechinger

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Derek Thoms

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Dirk Hellige

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage Loan Originator

Dr. Jann Freed

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BANK IOWA BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Leadership Development and Change Management Consultant
Dr. Jann Freed is a leadership development and change management consultant who focuses on helping organizations and individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. Freed has 30 years of teaching and administrative experience at Central College, a midwestern liberal arts college, achieving professor emerita of Business Management and endowed chair in Leadership and Character Development.

Dustin Caldwell - CIO

Job Titles:
  • IT Director

Emily Schwickerath

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager

Erica Pepe

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Gail Seekamp

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Gilbert Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Hayley Meseck

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Heidi Phillips

Job Titles:
  • CSR

Ian Isaacson

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

J.B. Barr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BANK IOWA BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Vice - Chair of the Board
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at Creighton University
J.B. Barr currently works as an adjunct associate professor of Physical Therapy at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where he has taught physical therapy students since 1998. Barr is the son of Bank Iowa co-founder, Harry Barr.

Jacob Jobe

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

James Feudner

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Jean Drendel

Job Titles:
  • Teller II

Jenna Van Wyngarden

Job Titles:
  • Retail Branch Manager

Jenni Buchanan

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Jenny Gaskill

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Jenny Hoksbergen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Jeremy Croghan

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Jessica Bannister

Job Titles:
  • Loan Assistant

Jim Plagge - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the BANK IOWA BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • President
Jim Plagge brings over 30 years of financial services industry experience to Bank Iowa, where he serves as President and CEO. Plagge also serves as the Bank Iowa Corporation President and CEO. He has been active in trade and community organizations his entire career.

John Hartford

Job Titles:
  • Former Chief Lending Officer and Executive Vice President
  • Retired Bank Iowa Chief Lending Officer
John Hartford is Bank Iowa's former chief lending officer and executive vice president. Hartford began his banking career in Humboldt, Iowa, as a senior lender for Humboldt Trust and Savings Bank, which later became Bank Iowa. In 1996, Hartford was named president of Bank Iowa Humboldt, a position he held for more than 16 years. In 2012, he was named chief lending officer/EVP for Bank Iowa and relocated to Des Moines. Hartford held that position until his retirement in 2017. In addition to serving on the Bank Iowa board, he is a member of Bank Iowa's Senior Credit Committee and works as a part-time credit consultant.

John McBride

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

John Rathjen

Job Titles:
  • Regional President

Jon Sarvis - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Josh Fleming - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Director

Joshua Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Josy Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Kari Evans

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Karla Crocker

Job Titles:
  • Controller

Karyee Gonder

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Kate Wolfe - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administration Officer
  • Chief Human Resources Officer

Kathleen Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Loan Assistant

Kathryn A. Blackman

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Kathryn Kuehn

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Kayla Miller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Kelli Houston

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage Closing Manager

Kelly Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Kennedi Hostetter

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Kerry Preble

Job Titles:
  • Senior Loan Assistant

Kim Berns

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Relationship Manager

Kortney Baumberger

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Kristin Reetz

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Kyle McCormick

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President, Commercial

Lana Corso

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Lisa Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Loan Assistant

Lorie Bandow

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Lynn Harm

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Marcia Herwehe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Mariah Starr

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Mario Flores

Job Titles:
  • Consumer Relationship Manager

Mark DeJong - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Mark O'Rourke - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Mark Walter

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager

Marquee Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Martha Tiemeyer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Matt Sailer

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage Loan Officer

Matt Wagner - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Matthew Sells

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO of Shenandoah Medical Center
Matt Sells is president and CEO of Shenandoah Medical Center, a large independent critical access hospital in southwest Iowa. He previously served as the CFO of Shenandoah Medical Center, CFO of Brown County Hospital and spent four years at KPMG LLP working in the firm's audit practice.

Melinda Tischer

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Michael Blaser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the BANK IOWA BOARD of DIRECTORS
  • Attorney, BrownWinick Law Firm Agribusiness Practice Group
  • Co - Chair of BrownWinick
Michael Blaser is the co-chair of BrownWinick's agribusiness practice group and the firm's strategic planning committee. Throughout Blaser's career, he has been actively involved in value-added agriculture, particularly in the livestock industry. He also served as general counsel to Iowa Select Farms, advising agricultural clients on laws and regulations that affect their businesses and lobbying Iowa livestock regulation laws. Blaser is a member of the National Pork Producer's Council Environmental Committee, Finance Council for St. Francis of Assisi Parish and a board member of the Board of Adjustment for the City of West Des Moines.

Michael Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Retired President & CEO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Michael Wilson is a highly respected and transformational executive. After serving as President and CEO for Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) in two different regions, Wilson's foundation of success was his ability to drive engagement by creating a respectful, team-oriented, values-driven company culture. Wilson retired from FHLB of Des Moines in 2020 and now serves on Bank Iowa's Board of Directors as well as the Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity board. He continues to advocate for community development and affordable housing.

Mike Maakestad - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Mindy Humpal

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Morgan Ihde

Job Titles:
  • CSR

Nichole Buick

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Nichole McKiernan-Struve

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage / Consumer Loan Officer

Nick Griffin - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Nicole Banks

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Paige Duncan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Member of the BANK IOWA BOARD of DIRECTORS
Upon graduating from Northwestern University, Paige Duncan joined the Bank Iowa Corporation board of directors. Duncan has participated in various activities within Bank Iowa including loan reviews, human resource management, investment management and acquisitions. She is the daughter of Bank Iowa co-founder, Robert Duncan.

Paul Fairchild - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Rachel Shortell

Job Titles:
  • Teller Supervisor

Rebecca Vsetecka

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Rich Davitt

Job Titles:
  • Chief Credit Officer

Richard Kroeger - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Robert Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus, Duncan Aviation, and Bank Iowa Co - Founder
Robert Duncan, along with his father, Donald Duncan and Harry Barr, co-founded Bank Iowa. Duncan is Chairman Emeritus of Duncan Aviation in Lincoln, Nebraska. Duncan Aviation, one of the world's largest privately-owned business aircraft service organizations, is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, with over 2,500 employees in over 30 cities across the U.S.

Ryan Hart

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Ryan Huinker

Job Titles:
  • Credit Administration Director

Ryan Steege - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Sadie Steinbronn

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Samantha Pals

Job Titles:
  • Loan Assistant

Schuyler Colfax

Job Titles:
  • Ulysses S. Grant 's Vice President

Scott Hansen

Job Titles:
  • Internal Audit Director

Scott Sunderman - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Shelly Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Sheri Moritz

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Sue Steenhoek

Job Titles:
  • Personal Banker

Sydney Franzen

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager

Tanya Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Compliance and Risk Director

Tim Franklin - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Todd Smith

Job Titles:
  • Mortgage Director

Toni Forck

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Travis Johnson - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Trisha Menke

Job Titles:
  • Retail Banking Director

Whitney Beery

Job Titles:
  • Regional Retail Banking Manager

Zach Carlton - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President

Zach Meiners - VP

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager
  • Vice President