St. Paul, Minn. | February 12, 2021 – Twin Cities Business (TCB) Magazine – a leading resource for business news, insight, and inspiration – announced Laura Gevik, senior vice president, chief operations officer at Drake Bank, as one of 22 Notable Women in Commercial Banking honorees. “TCB’s 22 Notable Women in Commercial Banking were already ...
St. Paul, Minn. | January 25, 2021 – Drake Bank welcomes Justin Robinson, J.D. as vice president of compliance and risk. Robinson has over 18 years of experience in providing compliance and risk consulting to financial institutions in his previous roles at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP and McGladrey. In his most recent position at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, Robinson ...
St. Paul, Minn. | January 8, 2021 – Erin Callan has been named assistant vice president, credit administration. In the new role, Callan will oversee credit underwriting and analysis, loan operations, and reporting for board and committee meetings, and examinations and audits. Callan has worked at Drake Bank for over two years as the credit ...
St. Paul, Minn. | December 1, 2020 – Drake Bank has honored each team member as a 2020 Hero for their commitment to our community and company mission and vision. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the word ‘hero’ as “a person admired for achievements and noble qualities” and “one who shows great courage.” Community bankers ...
St. Paul, Minn. | November 16, 2020 – The Federal Reserve is temporarily offering the Main Street Lending Program to support lending to small and medium-sized for-profit businesses and nonprofit organizations that were in sound financial condition before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Main Street Lending Program aims to keep credit flowing to ...
St. Paul, Minn. | October 27, 2020 – Drake Bank welcomes Janet Alland as vice president, consumer financial services, and retail banking. Alland’s expertise and leadership from over 30 years of consumer banking experience align with Drake Bank’s vision of expanding consumer products and growing the consumer client-base. Additionally, Alland’s focus on client service has ...
St. Paul, Minn. | October 13, 2020 – Drake Bank welcomes Brianna Harstad as human resources and talent development manager. In this role, Harstad will oversee the Bank’s talent acquisition, training and development, benefits, compensation, and employee relations. Additionally, Harstad will serve as executive assistant to the senior management team and board of directors. Harstad started ...
St. Paul, Minn. | September 14, 2020 – Social Assurance — a marketing, sales, and community development software that helps banks and credit unions support their community – announced Drake Bank and Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (MSUFCU) as the winners for the 2020 Community Spark Award. The award recognizes banks and credit unions ...
St. Paul, Minn. | September 1, 2020 – Drake Bank welcomes Luke Lauer-Hunt as cash management specialist. In this new role, Lauer-Hunt will be responsible for the development, sales, and service for the Bank’s cash management products. This position will work throughout all departments in the Bank, as Drake grows the cash management relationships with ...
St. Paul, Minn. | July 9, 2020 – Bo Thao-Urabe and Richard Wanke have joined the Drake Bank Board of Directors. The addition of Bo and Richard to the Drake Bank Board is part of a strategy to expand the breadth of the Drake Bank Board by relying on experienced community business leaders from a ...