2020 Customer Appreciation
Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, Citizens Alliance Bank will be cancelling our Annual Customer Appreciation Open House events in each of our communities for 2020. As we have all experienced, the challenges of social distancing and serving food and beverages in a group setting makes getting together more difficult today. In the meantime, we encourage you to visit the drive-up at your local branch to pick-up your annual holiday gift from us.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your Relationship Officer or your local branch.
Introducing Kyle Henderson
Kyle Henderson recently joined Citizens Alliance Bank in the Great Falls, Montana location as a Vice President/Loan Officer. In this role, he will be responsible for managing customer relationships and prospecting and developing new business relationships in Great Falls and the surrounding communities.
Henderson brings over six years of banking experience with extensive Commerical Lending and Portfolio Management knowledge to Citizens Alliance Bank. Henderson started his banking career at US Bank as a Personal Banker for two years and transitioned to a Business Banker for four years.
Henderson was raised in Choteau, Montana right on the Rocky Mountain Front and now resides in Great Falls, Montana. In 2012, Henderson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a minor in Finance at Montana State University, in Havre, Montana. In his free time, Henderson enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing, snowboarding, hiking, camping, and hanging out with his family.
Citizens Alliance Bank is a family-owned community bank providing financial and related banking services within local communities in Minnesota and Montana. The Bank provides integrated products and banking services that customers seek, including local empowered decision making and personalized customer service delivered with a small-town personal touch. The Bank and its shareholders remain committed to strengthening and improving the communities that its customers and employees work and live in through financial literacy and economic and community development.
Introducing Alex Neisen
Alex Neisen recently joined Citizens Alliance Bank in the Howard Lake, Minnesota location as the Senior Vice President/Market Manager. In this role, he will be primarily responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the branch and performing primary lending functions which include servicing current loan customers and cultivating new relationships.
Neisen brings over ten years of banking experience with a primary focus on the lending side of banking. He spent nine years with Farmers State Bank of Watkins as Vice President, and was a member of the ALCO Committee, Credit Committee, Compliance Committee and Board of Directors. After Farmers State Bank of Watkins was acquired by Citizens Bank Minneosta, Neisen served as Vice President/Branch Manager.
Neisen was raised in Watkins, Minnesota and now resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Neisen graduated from Saint John’s University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a minor in Psychology. In 2016, Neisen graduated from the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, Wisconsin to further his banking career. He is married to his wife, Augusta, and together they have an 18-month-old daughter, Josephine. Neisen’s hobbies include spending time with his family, running and going to the movies.
Citizens Alliance Bank is a family-owned community bank providing financial and related banking services within local communities in Minnesota and Montana. The Bank provides integrated products and banking services that customers seek, including local empowered decision making and personalized customer service delivered with a small-town personal touch. The Bank and its shareholders remain committed to strengthening and improving the communities that its customers and employees work and live in through financial literacy and economic and community development.
Chad Forkrud Named Interim President
Chad Forkrud has been named Interim President of Citizens Alliance Bank effective immediately. Forkrud has been with the organization for over 25 years. He began his career in the fall of 1995 as an intern where he spent much of that time working in backroom operations learning about banking. Forkrud spent some time working with investments and then transitioned to lending where he has spent most of his career in various lending capacities with his most recent role being Senior Vice President/Chief Lending Officer.
Forkrud has played a large part in the organization over the years as he is a member of the Senior Credit Committee, Senior Management Team and the ALCO Committee for Citizens Alliance Bank. He is also a member of the Clara City Economic Development Authority, and recently retired from the Clara City Fire Department after 23 years of service. Forkrud graduated from St. John’s University in 1995 with a major in Political Science and a Minor in Management. In 2016, he graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin.
Forkrud grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota and moved to Clara City when he began his internship at the Clara City location. Forkrud has many family connections in western Minnesota, as his father was from Renville and his mother was from Vesta. Forkrud enjoys fishing and hunting in his spare time, along with spending time with his wife Carol.
Citizens Alliance Bank is a family-owned community bank providing financial and related banking services within local communities in Minnesota and Montana. The Bank provides integrated products and banking services that customers seek, including local empowered decision making and personalized customer service delivered with a small-town personal touch. The Bank and its shareholders remain committed to strengthening and improving the communities that its customers and employees work and live through financial literacy and economic and community development.
Introducing Dean Solem
Dean Solem recently joined Citizens Alliance Bank at the Loan and Deposit Production Office in Montevideo, Minnesota as a Senior Vice President/Market Manager. In this role, he will be responsible for managing agricultural and commercial customer relationships and prospecting and developing new business relationships in Montevideo and the surrounding communities. Solem brings over 12 years of banking experience with a primary focus on ag lending. Solem has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Minnesota State University Moorhead. He takes pride in his passion for agriculture and local decision making.
Solem was raised on a farm between Dawson and Montevideo where his family raised corn, soybeans, and feeder cattle. As a kid he always had livestock around including horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, and even a few wild turkeys. Solem currently resides only three miles away from where he grew up and has acreage that borders the Lac Qui Parle County Park. To this day he continues to farm soybeans and corn in Lac Qui Parle County.
Solem is married to his wife, Sadie and has two boys, Kade (14) and Mason (11). His boys keep him busy enjoying sports, the arts, raising sheep, and show lambs that they compete with in 4H. The two boys also operate a small business producing and selling pumpkins and gourds for fall decorating. Solem enjoys being in the woods or on water in his free time, including hunting, fishing, hiking, and camping.
Citizens Alliance Bank is a family-owned community bank providing financial and related banking services within local communities in Minnesota and Montana. The Bank provides integrated products and banking services that customers seek, including local empowered decision making and personalized customer service delivered with a small-town personal touch. The Bank and its shareholders remain committed to strengthening and improving the communities that its customers and employees work and live through financial literacy and economic and community development.
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