50 MAY / JUNE 2023 Sonia Teske has been promoted to vice president, retail banking officer. She has been with the bank for 16 years. Teske is a member of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and volunteers with the Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County, Elkhart County 4-H Fair, Nappanee Power from the Past and the Nappanee Apple Festival. Diane Wirth has been promoted to vice president, deposit application manager. She has been with the bank for 28 years. Wirth attended Manchester College. She volunteers with the bank's Reality Store, Marshall County Resale and Habitat for Humanity. Mareen Barton has been promoted to assistant vice president, retail banking officer. She has been with the bank for four years. Barton serves as an ambassador for the LaGrange County Chamber of Commerce, finance officer for LaGrange County Arts and is a board member for United Way. Barton also volunteers with the LaGrange County Community Foundation, Real Mentors Read and LaGrange Communities Youth Center. Brooke Bentley has been promoted to assistant vice president, retail banking officer. She has been with the bank for 24 years. Bentley earned an associate degree from the International Business College. She is vice president of the Noble County Council on Aging and volunteers with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Joe Burtnette has been promoted to assistant vice president, business banking officer. He has been with the bank for six years. Burtnette earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana University-Fort Wayne (formerly Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne). Chris Himes has been promoted to assistant vice president, Automated Clearing House electronic banking officer. She has been with the bank for 25 years. Himes earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and her accredited ACH professional certification through the National Automated Clearing House Association. She volunteers as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana and as a financial literacy mentor for the Learn More Center in North Manchester. Michele VanZile-Myers has been promoted to assistant vice president, transaction product officer. She has been with the bank for 28 years. VanZile-Myers earned her bachelor’s degree from Ball State University. She volunteers with Junior Achievement. Virginia Wirt has been promoted to assistant vice president, senior loan administration officer. She has been with the bank for 18 years. Wirt serves on the board of directors for the Elkhart Kiwanis Club and is board secretary of the Samaritan Center in Elkhart. She volunteers with Junior Achievement and the Salvation Army. Ashley Bridges has been promoted to retail banking officer. She has been with the bank for eight years. Bridges earned an associate degree from Ivy Tech Community College. She is a member of the Westfield Chamber of Commerce. Janel Burnworth has been promoted to retirement services officer. She has been with the bank for 14 years. Burnworth volunteers with Junior Achievement, the bank’s Reality Store and Warsaw Community Church. Lisa Goon has been promoted to retail loan operations officer. She has been with the bank for 23 years. Goon volunteers with Junior Achievement, the bank’s Reality Store, Kosciusko County 4-H Swine Committee and the Kosciusko County Community Foundation. Alma Jimenez has been promoted to retail banking officer. She has been with the bank for eight years. Jimenez earned an associate degree from Ivy Tech Community College. She serves as an ambassador for Big Brothers Big Sisters and is a member of the National Immigration Justice Center Advisory Council. Jimenez volunteers with Junior Achievement and the bank’s Reality Store. Erin Martz has been promoted to senior loan administration officer. She has been with the bank for nine years. Martz earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. She is treasurer of Indiana Birth Coalition and volunteers with Northwest Hendricks County
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