Stearns Bank hires chief credit officer, promotes Hopkins to general counsel

St. Cloud, Minn.-based Stearns Bank hired Erika Miller as chief credit officer and promoted Jordan Hopkins to general counsel. .Miller has 22 years of experience in banking and leadership positions, most recently as a business manager leading operations within the large bank unit in credit, regulation and supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. She has a bachelor's degree in business management from Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. .Before joining Stearns Bank in 2018, Hopkins was an associate attorney at Eckberg Lammers, P.C. She has a law degree from St. Paul-based Mitchell Hamline School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato. .Miller and Hopkins "have deep experience and impressive skillsets within their respective fields, and I know each will bring a wealth of talent and drive success to our entire organization, employee base and the customers we proudly serve across the country," said Stearns Bank President and CEO Kelly Skalicky.