People on the Move

Sue Boehlke and Heidi Thom have joined the board of directors of KleinBank, Big Lake, Minn..Boehlke is currently principal of The Center for Character-based Leadership in Minneapolis. She is a human resources leader and executive coach. Boehlke earned a bachelor's degree in human resource development from Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, Minn. .Thom is a principal at the strategy and brand building consulting firm of Astrion Partners in Minneapolis. Thom has a bachelor's degree in economics and business management from Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minn. She also has a master's degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis..Brian Wagner has been promoted to senior vice president, business development at First Commercial Bank, Bloomington, Minn.. He had been a vice president. Wagner is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, Boulder. He joined First Commercial Bank in December 2003 after graduating from Minnesota State University, Mankato..Minnesota Bank & Trust, Edina, Minn., has hired: Diane Blair, personal banker. She most recently was a personal banker at U.S. Bank's Southdale office. She has a bachelor's degree in education from Iowa State University, Ames, and continued her education at the American Institute of Banking. .Barb Mohs, loan assistant for the bank's business banking division. She most recently was a business banking assistant for Associated Bank, N.A. She also worked at U.S. Bank, Southdale office for 23 years, beginning her career as a teller. She is a graduate of several American Banking Association courses..Amanda Rohde, assistant vice president in the business banking group. Rohde most recently was assistant vice president of business banking at M&I Bank via the Excel Bank acquisition. She has a degree in finance, investment and banking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is pursuing a master's degree in finance at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management..Ashley Christiansen, teller/receptionist. She is pursuing an associate degree in accounting. .Minnesota Bank & Trust, a subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa, opened April 15, 2008..Rocky Mountain Bank, Billings, Mont., has named Deanna South assistant vice president at one of its Billings' offices. South, primarily a business banker, will lead the office at 38th Street and Grand Avenue. Prior to coming to Rocky Mountain Bank, she was a commercial loan officer with Little Horn State Bank, Billings. She also spent six years as a small business development consultant at the Big Sky Economic Development Authority, Billings. South has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Montana and a bachelor's degree in health administration from MSU-Billings. South was named Montana's Women in Business Advocate of the Year from the U.S. Small Business Administration in 2003..Casil Libman has joined HTG Architects of Eden Prairie, Minn. The architect joins the firm's Mesa, Arizona office. Libman brings more than 27 years of experience to the team, working with clients on various types of commercial projects..Steve Stenehjem, chairman, president and CEO of First International Bank & Trust in Watford City, N.D., was elected chairman of ICBA Reinsurance, the captive credit life insurance company of the Independent Community Bankers of America. Stenehjem is also a director on the ICBA Services Network board of directors. Prior to joining First International Bank & Trust, Stenehjem worked as a commercial loan officer at Dakota Northwestern Bank..In Memoriam:.Sherry Lynn Henning died August 9 after a short illness. She was 45. Henning of Elkader, Iowa, joined Freedom Bank in Elkader in 1992, and served as the director of the bank's Freedom Club, which sponsored many events and travel. She is survived by her husband, Randy, two children and one granddaughter.