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Wisconsin Community Banker
July/August 2014
PEOPLE
Gretebeck Retires, Olson
Steps Up
BRODHEAD—On July 1, Richard
Gretebeck retired as president and
CEO
from
The
Bank
of
Brod-
head.
Grete-
beck, who served the bank for 41
years, will remain on the bank’s board
of directors. Succeeding him as presi-
dent and CEO is Michael J. Olson.
Reeseville Bank
Welcomes Ewert
REESEVILLE—The State Bank of Ree-
seville /Watertown and its parent com-
pany RW Bancorp, Ltd.,
have appointed Tanya
Ewert as chief finan-
cial officer & executive
vice president. Ewert
attended the UW-
Whitewater majoring in
finance and recently joined State Bank
from Hustisford State Bank where she
served as the CFO.
Egenhoefer Featured in
Business Journal
WAUWATOSA—Eric Egenhoefer,
president and CEO of Waterstone
Mortgage, a subsidiary of Waterstone
Financial, was featured in the April
25 edition of the Milwaukee Business
Journal.
Egenhoefer started Waterstone
Mortgage Corp. in 2004 at age 25. He
has grown the business from three
employees to 680 in 18 states. He was
recently selected as one of the Mil-
waukee Business Journal’s 40 under 40
Winners.
Bank First National
Welcomes LeMahieu
MANITOWOC—Bank First National
welcomes Kevin LeMahieu as chief
financial officer.
LeMahieu was the director and
senior manager in the Sheboygan
office of CliftonLarsenAllen LLP since
2004. He has more than 19 years of
public accounting experience with an
emphasis in financial institutions.
Badger Bank Hires
Baumgard
FORT ATKINSON—Badger Invest-
ment Management, a division of
Badger Bank, has hired
Cindi Baumgard as
Trust Administrator.
She will focus on trust
administration, estate
settlement, and other
related account rela-
tionships. Previously
employed by Miller Law Office in Jef-
ferson, Baumgard brings a wealth of
experience in various facets of probate
and estate administration services.
Doug Farmer to
Represent Wisconsin
LA CROSSE—Park Bank CEO Doug
Farmer has been selected to represent
the Wisconsin community banking
industry at the 2nd annual Commu-
nity Banking Conference in St. Louis.
Farmer is a member of the state’s
five-person Banking Review Board
and a member of CSBS, the nation’s
leading supporter for the state bank-
ing system. He will attend the confer-
ence with Peter Bildsten, secretary
of the Wisconsin Department of
Financial Institutions (DFI), and Mike
Mach, Division of Banking adminis-
trator, in September.
Bankers’ Bank Selects
Kajewski
MADISON—Bankers’ Bank has
selected Matt Kajewski as vice
president and the cor-
respondent officer
primarily focused on
serving Wisconsin.
Kajewski has worked
for the last 16 years at
the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago, most
recently as Financial Services Group
Manager in the Business Development
Group. He holds an MBA from Drake
University and a BA in management
and economics from Simpson College.
Kajewski also completed the Federal
Reserve Bank’s “Business Development
University.”
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Cindi Baumgard
Richard
Gretebeck
Michael J. Olson
Tanya Ewert
Matt Kajewski
