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Members In The News





                    Plackett retiring as president of


                       First National Bank in Paxton





                             Rodney Plackett will                has served as Senior Vice President and
                           retire as President and               Senior Lender since 2013.
                           Cashier of the First National            The following organizational changes
                           Bank in Paxton, effective             were also approved and will be effective
                           Dec. 31, 2016                         Jan. 1, 2017:
                             Upon his retirement,
                           Plackett will be named vice
                                                                 n  Lindsay Moore, Vice President and
                           chairman of the bank’s Board             Cashier, will oversee the day-to-day
          Rodney           of Directors. Plackett has
         Plackett          overseen the day-to-day                  accounting operations of the bank.

                           operations of the bank for            n   Cody Kietzman, Vice President and
                           the past 26 years, serving               Loan Officer, will oversee real estate
        as President from 2005 to 2016 and Executive                and consumer lending operations and
        Vice President from 1990 to 2005. Plackett                  also work with commercial and ag
        began his banking career with the First National            lending customers.
        Bank in Paxton in 1977 when he was hired as
        Internal Auditor.                                        n   Nichole Weber, Assistant Loan
                                                                    Officer, will assist with real estate and
            “The Board of Directors thank Rod for his
                                                                    consumer lending operations.
        many years of dedicated service to the bank
        and the community of Paxton and wishes him
                                                                 n   Jake Pietkiewicz rounds out the
        the well in his retirement,” said Chairman of the
                                                                    management team as Vice President
        Board P. W. Kirkland Sweet.
                                                                    and Head of Information Technology.


                                                                    It was also announced that Ahlden
                                                                 Harms has been hired as a Financial
                             Effective Jan. 1, 2017,
                                                                 Adviser. Harms will head up First National
                           Justin Swan will be named
                                                                 Wealth Management in Paxton. He is
                           President of the First
                                                                 a Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School
                           National Bank in Paxton and
                                                                 graduate and earned a degree in finance
                           be appointed to the Board of
                                                                 from Illinois State University.
                           Directors. Swan began his
                           career with the bank in 2003             The First National Bank in Paxton is a
           Justin          when he was hired as a Loan           5 star-rated bank by the Bauer Financial
            Swan           Review Officer. He became             bank rating service.
                           a Loan Officer in 2006 and


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