Our Team
Leadership
Shawn Wellnitz
President & CEO
Kurt Thompson
Chief Operating Officer
Martha Bremer
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Michael Lattery
Director of Business Finance
Janie Moore
Director of Impact & Strategic Initiatives
Carla Tichy
Director of Accounting & Compliance
Business Lending
Zack Hoy
Credit Manager
Mike Korte
Sr. Business Loan Officer
Aaron Baudeck
Business Loan Officer
Andrew Finco
Business Loan Officer
Thomas Clark
Business Loan Officer
Jennifer Ford
Business Developer
Kyle Dickinson
Business Developer
JoAnn Smith
Business Developer
Zac Swarthout
Business Developer
Michael Montgomery
Business Developer
Kara Gunderson
Business Developer
Rick Albrecht
Business Developer
Carmen Beardsley
Loan Operations Manager
Dawn Hagen
Credit Analyst
Aaron Haugen
Credit Analyst
Katherine Cole
Credit Analyst
Nate Kleist
Credit Analyst
Jake Saurdiff
Credit Analyst
Kara Sorensen
Lending Resource Manager
Luke Olson
Annual Review Intern
Business Advising
Char Conger
Manager of Quality Services and Programs
Sandi Larson
Director of Women's Business Alliance - North
Sandy Voigt
Director of Women's Business Alliance - Central
Laura Jackola
Business Advisor
Steve Gershman
Business Advisor
Jake Kuschke
Accounting Advisor
Caleb Hacker
Program Coordinator
Penny Junget
Client Resource Manager
Development & Communications
Carly Viegut
Communications & Content Manager
Nick Johnson
Data & Impact Manager
Justin Markon
Funding & Compliance Manager
Samantha Erkkila
Digital Media Specialist
Accounting
Mike Nikstad
Senior Accountant
Lindsay VanGuilder
Senior Accountant
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
- Board Chair | David Manion - VC3, Duluth, MN
- Treasurer | Tabatha Beier - A+ Contractors & Garden Center, Saginaw, MN
Directors
- Elizabeth Chapman | Art Unlimited Inc., Angora, MN
- Dustin Goslin | Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures, Brainerd, MN
- Mike Holden | Screen Graphics Uniform, Superior, WI
- Megan Kellin | Lake Time Magazine, Grand Rapids, MN
- Diane Weber | Grand Rapids, MN
- Arik Forsman | Minnesota Power, Duluth, MN
- Crystal Rohde | Northwest Regional Planning Commission, Spooner, WI
