Bankers on THE MOVE CENTIER BANK / MERRILLVILLE Skyler Balmer has been promoted to business resiliency officer within the bank’s enterprise risk management division. He joined the bank’s internal audit team in 2019 before moving to enterprise risk management in 2020. Before his time with the bank, Balmer was an auditor with the Indiana State Board of Accounts, auditing local political entities in the state. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Northwest, is a certified public accountant (CPA) in Indiana and is also a certified business continuity professional. Janet Gary has been promoted to officer of the bank. She worked for the bank for two years in the mid-2000s then came back in 2011 after a time working in education. Gary volunteers with Phil’s Friends, a nonprofit organization that supports cancer patients and their families. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois. Diana Gromley has joined the bank as branch manager with more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Outside of the bank, she volunteers with Bauer Family Services, United Way, Junior Achievement and the YWCA of Greater Lafayette. Gromley graduated from Leadership Lafayette. COMMUNITY FIRST BANK OF INDIANA / KOKOMO Bob Hickman has been promoted to executive vice president, chief banking and credit officer. He was one of the bank’s founding members in 2003 and joined its board of directors in 2022. DEPARTMENT Carlonda Davis has been promoted to vice president, chief administrative officer/DE&I. She completed the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. Janelle Campbell has been promoted to senior vice president, director of consumer banking. She is on track to complete the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado this year. Jonathon Malin has been promoted to senior vice president, director of commercial banking. He completed the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado. Nate Hasto has been promoted to vice president, financial advisor. He has seven years of financial services experience since graduating from the State University of New York – Brockport. Ryan Pettit has been promoted to vice president, branch manager. He has 20 years of experience since graduating from Purdue University. Pettit is passionate about educating members of the community about financial literacy topics and is a board member of the United Way of Howard County. Lainey Schroer has been promoted to vice president, director of marketing. She has 10 years of marketing experience, including four in banking. Schroer serves on the Greater Kokomo Downtown Association Council. She graduated from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, is a 2021 graduate of Leadership Kokomo and completed the American Bankers Association Bank Marketing School. 20 HOOSIERBANKER
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