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  • Mortgage

    Mortgage

  • Anne Kehoe
    Anne Kehoe

    Executive Vice President

    Senior VP of Real Estate


    NMLS: 400918

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1583

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  • Max Cloose
    Max Cloose
    Real Estate Officer
    NMLS: 1443737

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1584

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  • Ashlee Curb
    Ashlee Curb

    Real Estate Officer


    NMLS: 1846061

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1593

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  • Jodi Lortie
    Jodi Lortie
    Sr. Real Estate Loan Support

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1568

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  • Sheila Dockendorf
    Sheila Dockendorf
    Real Estate Loan Support

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1581

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  • Sarah Bakka
    Sarah Bakka
    Secondary Market Specialist

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1587

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  • Greta Warner
    Greta Warner
    Real Estate Loan Support

    Division: Mortgage

    Phone: (218) 444-1794

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  • Consumer-Loans-/-Personal-Banking

    Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

  • Melissa Vacek
    Melissa Vacek

    Director of Retail

    Business Banking Officer


    NMLS: 784922

    Division: Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1585

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  • Samantha O'Beirne
    Samantha O'Beirne
    Director of Personal Banking, Consumer Lender
    NMLS: 1658092

    Division: Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1588

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  • Isabelle Petrie
    Isabelle Petrie

    Personal Banker

    Consumer Lender


    Division: Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1571

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  • Kathy Oelke
    Kathy Oelke

    Personal Banker


    Division: Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1590

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  • Tom Vanasse
    Tom Vanasse

    Indirect Lending

    Collections Manager


    Division: Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1797

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  • Brenda Mikesh
    Brenda Mikesh

    Consumer Loan Support / Administrative Assistant 


    Division: Consumer Loans / Personal Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1570

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  • Business-Banking

    Business Banking

  • Ryan Baer
    Ryan Baer

    Chairman

    Co-CEO

    Chief Credit Officer


    NMLS: 420361

    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1566

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  • Carl Johnson
    Carl Johnson
    Senior VP of Business Banking
    NMLS: 1179345

    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1563

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  • Scott Kurtzweg
    Scott Kurtzweg
    Senior VP of Business Banking
    NMLS: 1918204

    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1567

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  • Leslie Heinonen
    Leslie Heinonen

    Credit Manager

    Business Banking Officer


    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1569

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  • Tyler Smith
    Tyler Smith

    Credit Analyst


    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1579

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  • Becky Voyda
    Becky Voyda

    Sr. Business Loan Support


    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1580

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  • Gillian Harmon
    Gillian Harmon

    Credit Analyst / Loan Support


    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1598

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  • Jesse Varpness
    Jesse Varpness

    Business Banking Associate 


    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1790

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  • Natalie Fultz
    Natalie Fultz

    Business Banking Assoicate


    Division: Business Banking

    Phone: (218) 444-1562

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  • Operations

    Operations

  • Dana Wolff
    Dana Wolff

    Director of Operations Officer


    Division: Operations

    Phone: (218) 444-1594

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  • Kelly Kindem
    Kelly Kindem

    Operations Department Manager


    Division: Operations

    Phone: (218) 444-1574

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  • Geneva Rootes
    Geneva Rootes

    Operations Representative


    Division: Operations

    Phone: (218) 444-1791

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  • Tracy Williams
    Tracy Williams

    Operations Representative 


    Division: Operations

    Phone: (218) 444-1595

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  • Kaila Jackson
    Kaila Jackson

    Operations Representative


    Division: Operations

    Phone: (218) 444-1577

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  • Kami Bremer
    Kami Bremer

    Operations Associate


    Division: Operations

    Phone: (218) 444-1560

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  • Arlene Bergquist
    Arlene Bergquist

    Operations Support 


    Division: Operations

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  • Tellers

    Tellers

  • Madison Ellis
    Madison Ellis

    Head Teller


    Division: Tellers

    Phone: (218) 444-1795

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  • Maddie Calander
    Maddie Calander

    Senior Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Lukas Kordiak
    Lukas Kordiak

    Senior Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Cindy Gullickson
    Cindy Gullickson

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Morgan Whitcomb
    Morgan Whitcomb

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Ashley Aarseth
    Ashley Aarseth

    Teller


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  • Sophia Greer
    Sophia Greer

    Teller


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  • Kim Larson
    Kim Larson

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Holly Vind
    Holly Vind
    Teller

    Division: Tellers

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  • Ethan Biehn
    Ethan Biehn

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Hillary Maruska
    Hillary Maruska

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Levi Kinney
    Levi Kinney

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Morgan Basinger
    Morgan Basinger

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Halle Sanden
    Halle Sanden

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Administration-/-Support

    Administration / Support

  • Tiffany Baer Paine
    Tiffany Baer Paine
    President / Co-CEO

    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1573

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  • Lois Anderson
    Lois Anderson

    Cashier


    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1565

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  • Sylvia Wildgen
    Sylvia Wildgen

    Senior VP of Sales

    Resolution Officer


    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1572

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  • Laura Holleman
    Laura Holleman

    Director of HR 

    Marketing Officer


    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1564

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  • Angie Walsh
    Angie Walsh
    HR / IT / Audit

    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1576

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  • Doug Colhoff
    Doug Colhoff
    IT Specialist

    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1796

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  • Roxanne Fenson
    Roxanne Fenson
    Administrative Assistant

    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1592

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  • Joni Hager
    Joni Hager

    Receptionist


    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 751-1510

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  • Nic Johnson
    Nic Johnson

    Senior Auditor and Compliance Officer


    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1589

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  • Tal Iverson
    Tal Iverson

    Audit / Compliance

    Director of Teller Relations 


    Division: Administration / Support

    Phone: (218) 444-1597

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  • Facilities

    Facilities

  • Rick Holleman
    Rick Holleman

    Facilities Manager / Security


    Division: Facilities

    Phone: (218) 444-1578

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Board Members

Ryan Baer  
is Chairman of the Board and Co-CEO at Security BankUSA. Ryan joined the bank in 2001 and has been a director since 2007.

Tiffany Baer Paine 
is President and Co-CEO at Security BankUSA. Tiffany joined the bank in 1993 and became a director in 2004.

Lois Anderson 

is the Cashier of Security BankUSA. She joined the bank in 1982 and has been a director since 1999.

Stephen Patterson
is owner of Patterson's Clothing located in downtown Bemidji. Mr. Patterson has been a director since 1996.

James Naylor
is President Naylor Property Management in Bemidji. He has been a director of the board since 1998.

Bob Fitzgerald
is Director of Operations of Kraus-Anderson's Bemidji Regional Office. He became a director on the board in 2012.

Shelly Geerdes
is CEO/General Manager of Pinnacle Publishing, LLC. She became a director on the board in 2011.

Erik Hokuf
is the General Manager and Co-Owner of AirCorps Aviation. He became a director on the board in 2017.

Jared Echternach
is the President and CEO at Beltrami Electric Cooperative. Mr. Echternach has been a director of the board since 2020.

John W. Baer
is a Board Advisor. He started working at the bank in 1967. He retired as President in 2013. He has been on the board since 1968.