Jibreel Kobaree has joined the bank as assistant vice president, contact center manager. He has 16 years of customer service experience across various industries, including several years in banking. Tyler Smith has been promoted to bank officer, commercial lender. He has seven years of banking experience. Smith serves as treasurer for the Family Service Association of Howard County and is a member of the Kokomo Y’s Men. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. CROSSROADS BANK / WABASH Tina Wood has been promoted to vice president, mortgage lending. She has been with the bank since 2003. FIRST FARMERS BANK & TRUST CO. / CONVERSE Greta Notz has joined the bank as Treasury management officer with nearly 20 years of banking experience. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK / EVANSVILLE Jessica Aldridge has been promoted to vice president, senior retail loan advisor officer. She has spent her entire 18-year career with the bank. Aldridge is a board member with the Pike County Chamber of Commerce and Pike County Economic Development, treasurer for Harbin Prayer Warriors and volunteers at United Way’s Day of Caring and Junior Achievement. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Vincennes University and has completed the Indiana Bankers Association’s Mortgage Lending School. Dan Dennison has been promoted to vice president, commercial loan officer. He has been with the bank for five years, with 26 years of total banking experience. Dennison serves in multiple capacities for Granted, an organization that provides wishes to children with terminal and life-threatening conditions, including on its board of directors. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, his master’s from Oakland City University, and graduated from the Washington Semester Program at The American University. Evie Barr has been promoted to assistant vice president, senior retail loan advisor officer. She has been with the bank for six years. Barr is active with her local Business Networking International chapter, “Money in the Morning.” She earned her bachelor’s degree from Oakland City University. Hannah Keown has been promoted to assistant vice president, retail market trainer. She has been with the bank since joining the industry six years ago. Keown earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville. FIRST MERCHANTS BANK / MUNCIE Justin Karvasky has joined the bank as senior vice president, corporate controller. He has 13 years of banking experience after five years of doing accounting work in other industries. Karvasky earned his bachelor’s degree from Ohio University. HORIZON BANK / MICHIGAN CITY Bert Autrey has joined the bank as a senior sales representative with the bank’s new equipment finance sales team. He has 40 years of experience, including 15 years as owner/operator of his own boutique independent equipment financing enterprise. Autrey graduated from Auburn University. Don Chadwell has joined the bank as a senior sales representative with the bank’s new equipment finance sales team. He has 25 years of experience. Chadwell volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee. Lori Giefer has joined the bank as a senior sales representative with the bank’s new equipment finance sales team. She has 20 years of experience. Giefer earned her bachelor’s degree from Morehead State University. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 39
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