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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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  • 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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  • Chris Hager
    Chris Hager

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Cindy Gullickson
    Cindy Gullickson

    Teller


    Division: Tellers

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  • Lucas Kordiak
    Lucas Kordiak

    Teller


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  • Morgan Whitcomb
    Morgan Whitcomb

    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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  • 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 Internal Auditor 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 2006.

Tiffany Baer Paine 
is President and Co-CEO at Security BankUSA. Tiffany joined the bank in 1993 and became a director in December of 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 joined the board in 1995.

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 joined the board in 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.