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officers & directors Arthur G. Bess III Chairman of the Board, CenTrust Bank President, Bess Hardware & Sports, Inc. Mr. Bess is the Chairman of the Board of CenTrust Bank. He also chairs the Loan Committee and Executive Committee. He sits on the Compensation, Building/Technology and Asset, Liability, Investment committees. He is one of the founding investors of CenTrust Bank. Mr. Bess is President of Bess Hardware and Sports, Inc., a hardware company operating two stores in Chicago's northern suburbs for over forty five years. He is also the President of Art Bess Capital Corp., a real estate investment firm. Recently, he formed a limited partnership, e Circle Corp., a real estate development firm in which he is the majority shareholder. John A. Benson Chief Executive Officer and President John A. Benson is Chief Executive Officer and President of CenTrust Bank. Mr. Benson sits on the Asset, Liability, Investment and the Building/Technology, Loan and Executive committees. Prior to joining CenTrust Bank, Mr. Benson was President at Charter National Bank & Trust in Hoffman Estates from April 2004 to December 2005. Prior to that Mr. Benson was CEO and President at several First Colonial Banks on Chicago’s Northshore. Additionally, he established a successful equipment leasing company that was sold to a major Chicago area commercial banking organization. As an active member of the community, Mr. Benson has served on the boards of several local charitable organizations, including Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Illinois, Palatine Boy’s Baseball Association, Wheeling/Prospect Heights Chamber of Commerce and Rosemont Kiwanis & Lions Club. Mr. Benson received his Juris Doctorate Degree from John Marshall Law School in 1979, his Master of Business Administration from Loyola University in 1975 and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from University of Illinois, Chicago, in 1973. Phone: 847-267-1331 Richard J. Behls Chief Credit Officer and Executive Vice President Mr. Behls sits on the Asset, Liability, Investment and the Loan Committees. Mr. Behls brings over 19 years of banking experience to CenTrust Bank. Prior to becoming a founding Officer with CenTrust, Mr. Behls was Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Officer at Mount Prospect National Bank where he had joint responsibility for new business development as well as the administrative details of the commercial loan department. Prior to that, he held various management positions in commercial loan departments at First National Bank of Chicago/Park Ridge, NBD Bank/Wheaton. Mr. Behls received his Masters of Business Administration in finance from Roosevelt University in 1991 and Bachelors of Business Administration in finance from the University of Iowa in 1986. Phone: 224-927-1225 Robert K. Fisher Chief Lending Officer and Executive Vice President Mr. Fisher sits on the Building/Technology and the Loan Committee. Mr. Fisher brings over 26 years of experience to CenTrust Bank. Prior to becoming a founding Officer for CenTrust Bank, Mr. Fisher was Senior Vice President at Mt. Prospect National Bank. He had joint responsibility for new business development and the overall management of the commercial loan department. Prior to that, Mr. Fisher was an Assistant Vice President - Commercial Loans for the First National Bank of Chicago/NBD Bank in Northfield. Prior to that, he held various management positions at NBD Bank, First National Bank of Lake Zurich and First National Bank of Mt. Prospect. Mr. Fisher received his Bachelors of Science with a major in economics and a minor in Business Administration from Eastern Illinois University in 1985. Phone: 847-267-8301 Andrew A. Hommowun Chief Lending Officer and Executive Vice President Mr. Hommowun sits on the Compliance Committee. Mr. Hommowun brings over 15 years of banking experience to CenTrust Bank. Prior to becoming one of CenTrust Bank's founding Officers, Mr. Hommowun was Vice President of Commercial Loans at Mt. Prospect National Bank. In that capacity, he was responsible for new business development and portfolio management. Prior to joining that bank, he was an Assistant Vice President of Commercial Loans at First Midwest Bank and Second Vice President of Commercial Loans at Royal American Bank. He started his career as a Credit Analyst at Northern Trust Bank. Mr. Hommowun received his Bachelors of Science with a major in economics and a minor in Business Administration from Illinois State University in 1988. Phone: 847-267-8302 Barbara J. Peryer Chief Operations Officer and Executive Vice President Ms. Peryer sits on the Building/Technology and Compliance Committee. Ms. Peryer has over 18 years of experience in banking operations, planning, and customer service, budgeting, sales and marketing. Prior to becoming a founding Officer of CenTrust Bank, she was Vice President of Branch21, a financial institution data processing and item processing service provider. Prior to that, Ms. Peryer was Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago where she had responsibilities for various support functions in the Check Processing division. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank, she held various senior management positions at Cole Taylor Bank and First of America Corporation (now National City Bank). Ms. Peryer graduated from Eastern Illinois University, Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in communications with a secondary education teaching certificate. She completed the BAI Graduate School of Banking in 1996. Phone: 224-927-1230 Mark T. DiGanci President, DesignStudio24, LLC Mr. DiGanci Chairs the Building/Technology Committee and sits on the Compensation and Loan Committees. Mr. DiGanci is a founding investor in CenTrust Bank. Currently, Mr. DiGanci has ownership and is actively involved as a member in DCS Midwest LLC, a commercial construction and development company; Abington Builders LLC, a residential construction company; Design Studio 24 LLC, an architectural company. He is owner of 4 Arch Media, a company specializing in computerized renderings and architectural presentations. James A. Kach Partner, FGMK, LLC Mr. Kach Chairs the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and sits on the Compliance and Executive Committees. He is a founding investor in CenTrust Bank. Mr. Kach is a partner at FGMK, LLC. FGMK, LLC, is an accounting and management consulting firm. He is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and has specialty certification in estate planning and business valuation. He specializes in helping small closely held businesses. Prior to be a partner at FGMK, LLC, he headed his own CPA firm Kach, Hartman Ltd. for 25 years until they merged with FGMK, LLC. As a CPA he has been involved in the creation, management and sale of numerous businesses. Eugene B. Katz Senior Vice President, Hovde Financial, LLC Mr. Katz chairs the Asset, Liability, Investment Committee and sits on the Audit & Corporate Governance and Executive Committees. He is a founding investor in CenTrust Bank. Mr. Katz is a Senior Vice President of Hovde Financial LLC, a nationwide investment banking firm with a focus on the financial services industry. He advises managements and boards of directors of community banks and thrifts on their strategic options. Mr. Katz has served financial institutions in structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, sale assignments, branch acquisitions and divestitures, and raising equity capital and trust preferred securities. William E. Krug Executive Vice President - Sales, Stout, Krug, Krug, Ryan & Associates. Mr. Krug chairs the Compensation Committee and sits on the Loan Committee and Building/Technology Committees. Mr. Krug is a founding investor in CenTrust Bank. Mr. Krug is the Executive Vice President of Sales and owner of Stout, Krug, Krug, Ryan & Associates, a manufacturer's representative agency covering the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Michigan markets for over 50 years. He is also an equity partner of ARLB, LLC a securities and real estate investment company. Andrew M. Sandberg President, Champion Steel Corporation Mr. Sandberg chairs the Compliance Committee and sits on the Compensation and Audit & Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Sandberg is a founding investor in CenTrust Bank. Currently, Mr. Sandberg is the President and owner of Champion Steel Corporation, a steel distribution company and Midwest Steel & Services, a metal fabrication company. He is also the general partner of Premium Steel FLP and partner in Harbor Metal Products, a Fontana, California based steel fabricator. Carl E. Vander Wilt Founding Chairman of the Board, CEO and President Mr. Vander Wilt sits on the Asset, Liability, Investment and Audit & Corporate Governance Committees. Mr. Vander Wilt was the Chairman, CEO and President of CenTrust Bank until his retirement in the Fall of 2008. In 2004, Mr. Vander Wilt was appointed Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University where he developed and taught a new course "Financial Institutions and Markets". From 1970 to 2003, Mr. Vander Wilt was at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago where he began as a research economist and advanced through numerous positions of increasing responsibility leading to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the position he held when he left the Federal Reserve Bank in 2003. Mr. Vander Wilt is a Director of Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Chairman of Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago. He is a Director and Treasurer of the Executives' Club of Chicago, a member of the Board of the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University and a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and the Bankers' Club of Chicago. He also serves as an Advisory Board member of The Institute for Truth in Accounting and of the Financial Services Center of DePaul University. Mr. Vander Wilt holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Iowa State University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. |
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