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06/16/10
New Customer Service Officer Named
Michelle Albert has been promoted to customer
service officer at the Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust branch
at 2811 Roosevelt Road, bank president Thomas Maxwell has
announced.
Albert’s new responsibilities include assisting customers who wish to
open new accounts and renew accounts, or open IRAs. She also
handles teller and vault duties.
Albert joined the staff of Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust in 2001 as a
teller. Recently she was put in charge of the vault at the
Roosevelt Road branch.
Albert resides in Menominee. She has three sons: Josh, Chad and Jordan, a
daughter Nikki, and two grandsons Jaeden and Ethan.
02/11/10
Tom Maxwell addresses Stockholders
MARINETTE – Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust President
Tom Maxwell sees encouraging signs that the local economy is improving on
the heels of the most serious recession since World War II.
Maxwell told stockholders at the annual meeting of F&M Bankshares Inc.
Tuesday (Feb. 9), that two Marinette industries have increased production.
“(Karl Schmidt Unisia), which is one of our largest employers, has seen
orders increase. If people start buying new cars that will benefit them,”
Maxwell said. “Waupaca Foundry, another major employer, has recently seen
production increase with workers getting overtime.”
Maxwell noted, Ansul’s planned construction this year of an Engineering
Center for Excellence at its test field in Marinette will create 70 new,
high paying, engineer’s jobs.
“The best opportunity for job creation is Marinette Marine’s bid for
building Littoral Combat Ships for the Navy,” he added. “According to
their president, this would create about 1,500 jobs for at least three
years. The decision is going to be made before August and it’s going to
determine the economic health of this area.”
Despite these signs of improvement, Maxwell said unemployment locally
continues to exceed the national average of 10 percent. Menominee County’s
unemployment rate is currently 11.6 percent, while Marinette County stands
at 11.5 percent. “Many are predicting that this will be a jobless
recovery,” he added.
Maxwell offered his economic predictions for the year ahead:
Interest rates should remain low throughout most of the year, due
to the Fed’s reluctance to raise rates until unemployment figures
improve; Gross Domestic Product will increase about 3 percent;
inflation will remain low at about 3 percent; and the unemployment
rate will stay high and possibly increase, as workers who have
stopped looking for work and aren’t counted as unemployed resume
looking for work.
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05/12/10
New Accounts Representative Named
Thomas Maxwell, president of Farmers & Merchants
Bank & Trust, has announced the hiring of Brenda Gertz as new
accounts representative.
Gertz will be responsible for opening new accounts at the bank’s downtown
Marinette location at 1644 Ludington St.
“I’m very glad to be working for a hometown bank like Farmers & Merchants
Bank & Trust and be part of the bank’s friendly staff that cares
about its customers,” Gertz said.
Gertz has nine years of banking experience as a teller and supervisor.
She has been trained in opening various types of new accounts
including: Savings, checking, certificates of deposit, children’s
accounts, IRAs and the purchase of Savings Bonds.
“Brenda will strengthen our staff and with her years of experience. We’re
happy to have her as part of our team,” Maxwell said.
Gertz serves on the endowment fund board at Zion Lutheran Church in
Peshtigo.
She and her husband, Les, have resided in the Town of Peshtigo
for the past 20 years. They have a daughter Nicki and grandson
Tranden.
02/09/10
New Branch Manager Named
Shannon Parrett has been promoted to assistant vice president
and branch manager of the Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust
location at 2811 Roosevelt Road in Marinette. She assumed her
new duties on Jan. 1.
As branch manager, Parrett will be responsible for the daily operation of
the bank, new account and business development, lending, and
overseeing employees.
Parrett started with Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust as a
teller in 1984. She later moved into the operations area. In
1989, Parrett was named the bank’s internal auditor and in 1995
she was promoted to assistant vice president. She held the
positions of assistant vice president and internal auditor at
the time of her promotion.
Parrett is a graduate of the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s
compliance and operations schools, and the Bank Administration
Institute’s internal auditing school.
She attended Northeastern Wisconsin Technical College and
specialized in accounting, after graduating from Stephenson High
School.
Parrett is a volunteer member of the Wisconsin Bankers
Association Operations School Board, Menominee Catholic
Endowment Fund Board, Resurrection Parish Finance Council,
Diocesan School Board for the Diocese of Marquette, and
Stephenson High School Business Department Advisory Committee.
Parrett, her husband Ronnie, and sons Zach and Braeden live in
Menominee.
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04/16/10
Steve Votis to lead Peshtigo Chamber
"Steve Votis has been elected President
of the Peshtigo Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber's Board of
Directors.
He began a one-year term in office on
Monday. Votis served on the Chamber's Board of Directors the
past five years. Last year he was the 2nd Vice President.
He's excited about becoming the Chamber's new President.
'I will serve as the chief volunteer of the organization as well
as provide leadership to the Board' Votis said. Some
challenges that we are dealing with as a Chamber are the highway
bypass of Peshtigo, the scheduled river drawdown and bridge
removal project, and the impact that the economy has on our
local businesses." Eagle-Herald Press
release 04/16/10
02/09/10
Commercial Loan Officer Named
Steve Votis has joined Farmers & Merchants
Bank & Trust as assistant vice president and commercial loan
officer at the bank’s branch at 2811 Roosevelt Road, near Pine
Tree Mall.
Votis has 18 years of banking experience in all aspects of lending
including: Consumer, residential real-estate and commercial
lending.
“We’re please to have Steve join us because he has years of local banking
experience and he strengthens our lending team,” said Farmers &
Merchants Bank & Trust President Tom Maxwell.
Votis will be available at the bank’s Roosevelt Road branch during
business hours, Monday through Friday. He will offer lending and
advisory services to area businesses, and will be responsible
for consumer, mortgage and commercial loans.
“I’m very happy to be working for Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust,”
Votis said. “The people here have a genuine concern for their
customer’s needs and because this is a community bank, they make
decisions locally and service customers faster and more
efficiently.”
Votis graduated from Ripon College in 1992 with a degree in Business
Management.
He currently serves on the board of directors of the Peshtigo
Chamber of Commerce and Peshtigo Area Economic Development Corp.
He is a former member of the board of directors of MDDA and
Habitat for Humanity.
Votis has lived in the Peshtigo area since 1993
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