Annette Morris has been promoted to senior staff accountant. Since joining the bank in 2022, she has also served as internal auditor, BSA officer, security officer and compliance officer. THE NATIONAL BANK OF INDIANAPOLIS Sharla Osuna-Rios joined the bank as community development officer. She has 12 years of experience in banking and more than a decade of community development work. Osuna-Rios serves as vice president of the Indianapolis chapter of the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America’s board of directors, a member of the board for the Fay Biccard Glick Community Center and West Indianapolis Development Corporation, and a member of the Central Indiana Realtist Association. STAR BANK / FORT WAYNE Trevor Smith will be promoted to president of the bank’s Columbia City market effective May 1 as his predecessor, David Smith, retires April 30. Trevor joined the bank’s commercial team in May 2023. He co-founded and serves as chief financial officer for Team Focus Basketball, a developmental AAU basketball program serving Fort Wayne and nearby areas. Trevor also volunteers with the Salvation Army and Hope’s Harbor. He earned his associate degree and a bank management certificate from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. SPRINGS VALLEY BANK & TRUST COMPANY / JASPER J. Craig Buse was promoted to president & CEO effective Jan. 1 upon the retirement of Jamie R. Shinabarger. He serves on the boards of Radius Indiana, Dubois Strong and the Southwestern Indiana Child Advocacy Center Coalition. Buse earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Capella University, completed the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Dubois County Leadership Academy, and was awarded the Rising Star award from the Independent Community Bankers of America in 2009. BANKING CENTER NEWS Centier Bank, Merrillville, cut the ribbon on two branches in the final quarter of 2024 – a relocated and expanded Carmel branch at 650 E. Carmel Dr. in November and a new Brownsburg branch at 1000 E. Main St. in December. The Carmel relocation included a comprehensive renovation of the nearly 8,900-square-foot first floor plus exterior enhancements. As part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the bank donated $5,000 to the Carmel Education Foundation, which works with Carmel school leaders to align programming and grants with district goals and learning objectives. The Brownsburg branch marked the bank’s ninth banking center in central Indiana and first in Hendricks County. In honor of the occasion, the bank donated $5,000 to Sheltering Wings, an area shelter that provides emergency housing and essential life skills programming for survivors escaping domestic abuse. Centier Bank celebrated the grand opening of its new Carmel location on Nov. 21, 2024, with a ribbon cutting featuring, from left, Anthony Contrucci, president of the bank’s holding company; Jessie Wylie, branch manager; Mayor Sue Finkam; Jennifer Penix, executive director of the Carmel Education Foundation; Mike Schrage, bank chairman & CEO; Chris Campbell, bank president; and Troy Kafka, president of the bank’s Greater Indianapolis market. Centier Bank celebrated the opening of its first-ever Brownsburg branch with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 16, 2024, featuring, from left, Ben Studebaker, vice president, regional sales manager; Devon Nelson, branch manager; Cassie Mecklenburg, executive director of Sheltering Wings; Mike Schrage, bank chairman and CEO; and Troy Kafka, president of the bank’s Greater Indianapolis market. MARCH/APRIL 2025 39
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