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We seek to understand your vision
Our Story
At Tradition Capital Bank, we believe there is more to life than numbers. That’s why we look beyond them and seek to truly understand your vision, your passion, and your unique situation. This, combined with the personal approach we bring to banking, is what allows us to do what we do best; build relationships, businesses, communities, and futures.
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Banking with Purpose
We recognize the importance of giving back in the communities we serve. Our Keystone Giving Program is an evergreen initiative that allows us to contribute our time, talents, and financial resources to improve the communities in which we live and work.
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It's not just a business. I feel like part of a family or community.
- Lori, Opportunity International
Tradition has been outstanding because of their friendly "let's get it done" approach. We were blown away by the prompt, efficient, and courteous service.
- Peter, Customer
Tradition is so nimble. Changed my perceptions on banking.
- John, Customer
With Tradition, I actually enjoyed acquiring a mortgage for the first time in my life.
- Paul, Customer
They're values based. They're working with a bigger purpose.
- Bill, Customer
Tradition is a wonderful model of what a bank should look like - sharing resources, expertise, and support when needed.
- Julie, Barnabas Group
Tradition really bent over backwards to help us with our home purchase.
- Sally, Customer
I had always worked with a big bank. To them, I never mattered. Banking with Tradition has been a refreshing experience.
-Frank, Customer
All we have to do is call, and we are taken care of.
- Steve and Noreen, Customers
One Team
We are passionate about bringing a new level of service and success to private banking through understanding. With that understanding, comes the power to customize solutions, tailored to fit your vision or unique business situation.
CJ Becker
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Business Banking
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Golf and upland hunting! A person can’t ask for much more.
Heidi Bellefy
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Market Leader
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Mom, coach and Minnesota Gopher Enthusiast. Hoping for a Rose Bowl before I die.
Jana Letendre
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Loan Operations
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Proud mom of two boys (aka my Monsters!). I also love baking, campfires, and my hammock!
Holly Benson
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Human Resources
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I am a huge Minnesota Twins fan - I live for Opening Day.
Darleen Mendoza
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Loan Administration
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I love to travel. So far, I have visited 35 states and D.C. I have also been to Mexico, Canada, and Islands within the Caribbean. I would like to see all 50 states and visit some of the European countries before I am done traveling.
Kelly Murphy
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Treasury Management
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I may not look it, but I love loud rock music and am covered in tattoos.
Emma Onyancha
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Risk Management
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I’m a huge fan of languages. I personally speak fluently two other languages besides English. I listen to Korean music almost exclusively and have picked up some Korean, French, and Spanish along the way. Looking to learn Turkish language next.
Susana Crane
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Treasury Management
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I have lived in 4 countries and speak 3 languages
Sherri Ostman
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Client Services
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The most rewarding getaway – taking time off of work to help friends work (HARD WORK) on a ranch in Miles City, MT. This has always been a dream of mine, and it came true in June 2021.
Dee Henry-Boeck
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Private Banking
NMLS # 930879
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I live on the lake in a less than 500 square feet cabin, and spend as much time as I can fishing for large mouth bass.
Stacey Essary
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Deposit Client Services
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Iowa transplant. Dog mom. Twins fan.
Olivia Draskovich
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Treasury Management
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I used to train in powerlifting. In 2016, I threw my back out lifting over 2x my bodyweight. I haven’t touched anything over 200 lbs. since then.
Amy Kirsch
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
NMLS# 1584093
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Proud Mother.
Greg Robertson
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Private Banking
NMLS# 2430820
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Lake Life, Golf Life, Salt Life
Steve Casey
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Credit Analysis
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Attended game 7 of the 1991 World Series (arguably one the greatest WS games of all time). Never would have believed it would be the last time a professional team (men) from MN would play in a championship game/series, let alone win one……I’m sure this is the year it all changes
Amir Mashad
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Credit
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Favorite hobbies are skiing, golf and eating Thai food
Braidy Swanson
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Credit
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Spending time outdoors hunting, fishing and golfing. Skol vikes.
Anne Sheldon
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Deposit Client Services
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Manager of Sheldon Frat House since 1996. Five boys (including husband).
Chasen Dobranski
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Arizona Market
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People always tell me over the phone that I sound like I'm in my 40's or 50's
Liam Vue
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Information Technology
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Went scuba diving in Costa Rica "with whales", didn’t see any.
Josh Essert
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Information Technology
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Lived in Texas where it was too hot, then in Alaska where it was too cold, and now lives in Minnesota where it is just right!
Amy Hoover
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Chief Credit Officer
NMLS# 1198667
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Loves College Game Day and Kirk Herbstreit. Not in that order.
Dan Fagan
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President & Chief Executive Officer
NMLS# 403441
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Met wife at an exam…an FDIC audit exam.
Amintha Ratnayake
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Information Technology
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My childhood ambition to be a snake charmer was squashed when my father killed the baby cobra that wondered into our yard in Sri Lanka.
I once ran a marathon.
I will enthusiastically cheer for all sports ball teams I see live but don’t follow any team.
Sophia Forthun
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Loan Administration
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San Diego and Estes Park always have a special place in my heart.
Jessyca Bellinger
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Operations
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I always name my fur babies after candy bars. I have a dog named Butterfinger, a cat named Snickers, and a fish named Twizzler.
Kevin Howk
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Market Leader
NMLS# 586580
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I was once chased down a fairway by a black bear. Made a bogey.
Catha Radenbaugh
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Risk
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I have an affinity for frogs. They are proof that nature has a sense of humor.
Cooper Johnson
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Deposit Client Services
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Worked for an airline for 5 years and have been to over 20 different countries.
Rebecca Weber
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Loan Administration
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I am licensed to teach high school math in MN & WI. Numbers are my passion.
Dave Peterson
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Business Banking
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I love spending time with my family and officiating college women’s basketball.
Mary Vossen
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Organizational Development
NMLS# 1008804
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Two roads diverged, and I - I took the one with a Starbucks drive-thru, and that has made all the difference.
Kerry Kelzenberg
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Deposit Client Services
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Retirement trip plans – revisit all the cities where once lived: Washington, DC; Slough, England; Paris, France; Chicago, IL and Statesville, NC.
Sean Lang
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
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Life is a choice. Making a difference is someone else’s isn’t.
Hannah Regehr
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Deposit Client Services
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Once rode a camel in the Sahara Desert in Morocco and managed to not fall off.
Sovalon Torres
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Information Technology
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I listen to almost all types of music, from Elvis to Wu-Tang Clan. You will never hear me listening to country though, that is not my jam.
Andrew Krough
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Commercial Construction & Development
NMLS # 2161829
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Big Ben: Check
Eiffel Tower: Check
Colosseum: Check
Parthenon: Check
Next Stop: Pyramids in Egypt
Jen Ware
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Client Experience
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“What if I fall? Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” - Winnie the Pooh
Brad Losee
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Market Leader
NMLS # 2136544
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When not in the office, you'll find me in the woods with my golden retriever.
Chris Conati
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Loan Administration
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Will be participating in the MUDGIRL event on July 20th with a group of friends.
Alaina Boys
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Chief Experience Officer
NMLS # 826249
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I have not been everywhere, but it is on my list.
Jennifer Soens
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
NMLS #1656252
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Born and raised in Wisconsin. Yes, I love cheese and the Green Bay Packers.
Amanda Olson
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Private Client Services
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My main motivation for buying a house last spring was to make more room for more puppies!
Jenell O'Brien
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Private Client Services
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Enjoy gardening, outdoors and traveling
Matt Schmidt
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Construction & Development
NMLS # 2009033
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Favorite hobbies are golf and poker.
Ted Becker
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Treasury Management
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I don't really care for cheese. Except on pizza...something has to hold on the toppings!
Katrina Oehlerking
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Executive Assistant
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I once lived on a 27 square mile island yet my biggest fear is being stranded in the ocean.
Kassandra Thurow
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Treasury Management
NMLS# 953537
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Probably drinking a Starbuck’s Chai Tea Latte at this very moment.
JP Moreno
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Arizona Market
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Would love to retire to a foreign country
Jon Fisher
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Loan Operations
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Hockey isn’t a passion, it’s a way of life.
Kaylee Andersen
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Operations
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Proud dance team coach and enthusiast. Why walk through life when you can dance.
Doug Munson
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Operations
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My second car is an airplane, and it’s way more fun to drive.
Kelly McCloskey
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Construction & Development
NMLS # 2075469
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Changed 142 diapers in a single daycare shift.
Lorri Borgelt
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Private Banking
NMLS# 403463
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Twin kids. Twin labs. Twinning.
Josh Eifert
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Chief Financial Officer
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First Investment Portfolio = baseball card collection.
Kayla Renfer
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Loan Administration
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Still sad they took "That 70's Show" off of Netflix.
Steve Bringgold
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Business Banking
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I once rode an airplane to 14,000 feet and jumped out.
Margaret Kubes
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Loan Administration
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I love a good power walk on a nice 90 degree day!!
Angie Eckley
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Treasury Management
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Dream big, stay positive, work hard, and enjoy the journey.
Jamie Smith
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Credit
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I'm a Marine wife, left-handed, and a mom of three, including twins.
Nate Hanson
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
NMLS# 2102739
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My love of baseball took me to 35 different states.
Joe Bauer
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Chief Revenue Officer
NMLS # 1815502
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Played hockey at Brown.
Gregory Canfield
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Deposit Client Services
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Shook a former U.S. President’s hand whilst wearing a rabbit mascot suit.
David Boyce
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Private Banking
NMLS # 470346
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Give me a mountain or a lake, I love to ski.
Patrick Fitzgerald
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Finance
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Besides enjoying golf and campfires, I love to experiment with food and fusing different tastes together.
Molly Ingeman
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
NMLS# 1617767
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I started banking at age five, stuffing statements and rolling coin. I’m not sure I was ever paid for those hours...
Erin Larson
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Treasury Management
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Went canyoning through the Julian Alps, played Tejo in Bogotá, walked across the Marienbruke in the snow, but my biggest fear is spiders. Needless to say I am a cat person.
Hayley Monnens
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Private Banking
NMLS # 553891
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Learned to read a daily racing form at 8; I still have yet to bet enough on a winning horse.
Kari Kalkman
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Finance
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I was an au pair near New York City one summer in college. It was quite an adventure for a small town farm girl from SD! Still love NYC to this day.
Mike Richter
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Credit
NMLS # 2241954
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I have my private pilot's license.
Amy Hilgers
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Chief Risk Officer
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Diet Coke is the only true diet cola.
Bill Picka
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Loan Administration
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I've been a professional wrestler since 2008. Even with 500+ matches under my belt, I have no plans on stopping anytime soon.
Julie Pleshe
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Human Resources
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She once drove her car into a snowbank trying to see Donald Driver. She also crashed her bike trying to see his swing set. She regrets neither.
Matt Zelinsky
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Construction & Development
NMLS # 2134910
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Minneapolis restaurant bucket list: Martina – Check; Bellacour – Check; Manny’s – ; Spoon & Stable – ; The Capital Grille – . Two down, three to go.
Travis Brown
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
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Playing hockey, catching fish, swinging for par
Vicki Lindgren
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Loan Operations
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I started my Banking career in Hawaii where we lived for a short time while my husband was in the Navy.
Jarrett Isaacson
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Business Banking
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Wisconsin Transplant. Golden Gopher Alumni. The best of both worlds!
Emily Montgomery
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Private Client Services
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My goal is to bring my kids to all 50 states by their 18th birthday.
James Fischer
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
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An avid MN sports fan...still waiting to witness a championship
Quin Leaf
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Loan Administration
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I enjoy playing hockey in the winter and I’m becoming a bit of a scotch enthusiast
Jake Schoenberg
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Private Banking
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“Don’t play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.”
Jessica Porter
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Chief Operating Officer
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If stranded on a deserted island with wi-fi, she’d tune into Steve Winwood radio.
John Lindquist
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Business Banking
NMLS # 1755145
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Lived in Florence, Italy for a year.
Brett Ewig
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
NMLS# 553419
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Life-long Packers fan.
Johanna Pape
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Loan Administration
NMLS #709676
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I wanted to be a veterinarian when I grew up, but somehow fell into banking instead.
Tara Hall
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Risk Management
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Once performed during the halftime show at a Vikings vs. Packers game in college
Kim Stratton
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Executive Assistant
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I'm the best version of myself when I'm on cabin-time.
Jordana Lewis
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Accounting
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In June 2022 I enjoyed time at 6 amusement parks in 6 different states. On this trip I rode Fury 325, the tallest, fastest, and longest giga coaster in North America.
Mike Lundin
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Residential Mortgage & Construction
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I have lived in Canada, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, and Finland.
Kim Berger
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Loan Administration
NMLS# 2070813
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You can take the girl out of Wisconsin, but cannot take Wisconsin outta the girl
Corey Blexrud
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Commercial Construction & Development
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You name it, I probably collect it!
Pat Kasid
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Commercial Construction & Development
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Your life is an occasion... rise to it.
Eric Wergin
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Credit
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Someday, somehow, I WILL fly in one of those wing suits.
Tom Kruse
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Business Banking
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It's not a slice. It's a power fade.
Matt Kruse
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Credit
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My “before I turn 30” bucket list
- Get a hole-in-one
- Climb a “14er” in Colorado
- Swim with sharks
Brenda Skeate
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Deposit Client Services
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Once sang the National Anthem at a Twins game.
Anthony Foote
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IT
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Die hard Viking's fan since 1998, even though I'm from Beloit, Wisconsin.
Debra Nilson
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Credit
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Failed Retirement - even though it was all it was supposed to be.
Paul McGee
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Business Banking
NMLS# 1561335
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Iowa State Golf Team Alum with 3 hole in ones.
Kelley Miller
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Loan Operations
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Lover of vitamin D, Halloween enthusiast, aspiring momager.
Shannon Wynne
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Deposit Client Services
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Hallmark movies are my ultimate guilty pleasure... 100% don't feel guilty about it.
Arlo Rissman
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Deposit Client Services
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I have a family cabin in Canada, the cabin has no electricity, no running water, and is on an island.
Alysha Larkin
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Deposit Client Services
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Homegrown on Caribou Coffee and Twins Baseball.
Trina Hoover
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Loan Administration
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In March, 2019 I went on a two week African safari and stayed in a tent out on the Serengeti National Park and there was a pride of lions crossing less than 10 feet in front of the vehicle we were in.
Ryan Wilson
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Business Banking
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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Super Analyst.
Lisa Bullerman
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Loan Administration
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You haven’t really lived until you’ve shared your bed with a gassy French bulldog (or two).
Meet the team
At a glance
At Tradition Bank, we go beyond the numbers and seek to understand the bigger picture. Simply put, understanding is just good business. And when business is good, so is the bottom line.
2.00
BILLION IN ASSETS
Supported by $136 million in capital and 258 shareholders assure a strong and stable financial partner.
32.5
MILLION DOLLAR LENDING LIMIT
Accommodates a wide variety of ventures and all of your business and personal lending needs.
140
EMPLOYEES
Experienced, resourceful, and responsive banking professionals committed to the highest level of service.
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