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Jim Conard has joined Freedom Security Bank, Coralville, Iowa, as executive vice president and senior loan officer. .A native of Spencer, Iowa, and a graduate of the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, Conard brings 14 years of banking experience to the job. He began his career with Norwest/Wells Fargo, and more recently was associated with Spencer-based Northwest Financial Corporation, where he served as market president in Algona and vice president of business and consumer banking in Creston..Peter A. Reichard was named president and CEO of F&M Bank of Tomah, Wis. .Reichard is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Stout and the Graduate School of Banking in Madison. Reichard's industry experience is with institutions in the Twin Cities. . U.S. Bancorp announced that Terrance R. Dolan will succeed Diane L. Thormodsgard as vice chairman of wealth management and securities services, and Jeffry H. von Gillern will succeed William L. Chenevich as vice chairman of technology and operations services. Both appointments are effective July 1. Thormodsgard and Chenevich are retiring effective June 30..Dolan, 47, is currently executive vice president and controller of U.S. Bancorp and has held that position for 11 years..Von Gillern, 44, is currently chief information officer of U.S. Bancorp and has been with the company for nine years..Thormodsgard, 59, has served as vice chairman of U.S. Bancorp since 2007. She has been with U.S. Bancorp since 1978. She previously served as president of corporate trust and institutional trust and custody..Chenevich, 65, has served as vice chairman of U.S. Bancorp since 1999, when he joined the company..Dolan and von Gillern will join the U.S. Bancorp managing committee, which consists of the 14 most senior executives in the company. In addition, Craig E. Gifford, currently senior vice president and chief accounting officer, will be named controller to succeed Dolan. Gifford joined the company in 2008..Dolan has a bachelor's of arts degree in accounting from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and is a CPA..Von Gillern has a bachelor's of science degree from the University of Arizona, Tucson. .Jan Ritter has joined Wipfli to lead the firm's HR consulting services within the financial institutions practice. In addition to leading the HR consulting services group within the firm's financial institutions industry practice, Ritter will provide HR consulting a variety of services..For the past nine years, Ritter has been employed with First National Bank in Sioux Falls. .Ritter has a bachelor's of arts degree in English from the University of Sioux Falls. She is currently on the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and has served on GSB's Banker Advisory Board for the past several years. .Kari Solomonson has been promoted to manager of the Mosinee office of River Valley Bank, Wausau, Wis. In her new role she will be responsible for the delivery of banking products and services in the market for both River Valley Bank offices in Rothschild and Mosinee. .Linda Esker has been promoted to assistant manager for the Mosinee office. .KleinBank has made the following appointments at its new branch in Plymouth, Minn..Becky Pickett, retail bank manager. Pickett brings 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining KleinBank, Pickett served at First Bank, U.S. Bank and Community Bank Plymouth..Jay Stevens, vice president/business banker. Stevens offers 33 years of experience in banking..Brad Veltkamp, assistant vice president/business banker. Veltkamp brings 16 years of business banking experience. Before joining KleinBank, he served at Bremer Bank, N.A., Peoples Bank of Commerce and Community Bank Plymouth. .First Citizens National Bank, Mason City, Iowa announced the addition of Charles Sukup to its board of directors. Sukup is the president of Sukup Manufacturing Company in Sheffield, Iowa. He has a master's of science degree in Agricultural Engineering from Iowa State University, Ames. .Dennis Eckhardt has joined Central State Bank of Muscatine, Iowa as executive vice president and senior loan officer. .Eckhardt brings nearly 30 years of banking experience to the job, at both the field and executive level. Eckhardt is a graduate of St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, where he majored in accounting. He is also a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. .IN MEMORIAM:.Ronald F. Grady, 70, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., died March 31, at Fort Memorial Hospital. Grady was a long-time correspondent banker for Bankers' Bank, Madison, Wis. Born on June 11, 1939, in Stoughton, Wis., Grady graduated from Stoughton High School in 1957. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Casa Grande, a Naval Amphibious ship. Brady married Elaine Irene Brandt of McFarland in 1961..Grady worked at various financial institutions throughout his life including: Thorp Finance Corporation, Commercial State Bank in Madison, Citizen's State Bank in Fort Atkinson, First Wisconsin National Bank of Madison and Bankers' Bank in Madison, where he worked until retiring in December 2004.