Ixonia Bank promotes Sampson to direct commercial lending

Ixonia Bank in Wisconsin promoted Dennis Sampson to executive vice president and director of commercial lending. .Ixonia Bank hired Sampson in 2017 as a senior lender. He has 35 years of commercial banking experience, most recently executive vice president at a large Midwestern business bank for nearly 20 years. .Ixonia Bank has hired five new commercial bankers and two treasury management professionals over the past couple years. Since then, Ixonia Bank's loan portfolio increased 20.5 percent in 2023 and 16.3 percent in 2024. .Sampson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ."Since Dennis joined Ixonia Bank over seven years ago, he has made immeasurable contributions to our bank's success," said Ixonia Bank President Mark Wierman. "Dennis manages a large portfolio of commercial clients, while also doing an excellent job of guiding his team of commercial bankers with their own customers and prospects. As a result of his efforts, he has helped develop our commercial banking area into a strong, cohesive and highly productive unit."