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Meet Our Officers
Dale
P. Repass, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Repass has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry.
Mr. Repass has been involved in all phases of banking and trust services
serving in positions as senior lender, trust department manager and President/CEO/Chairman
of two banks. Mr. Repass received his undergraduate degree from Wartburg
College and his law degree from Drake University.
Francis
A. "Chip" Murray, President & Chief Operating Officer.
Mr. Murray has over 20 years of financial and trust experience. He has
been involved in all phases of banking and trust services as a commercial
lender, trust department manager, and senior retail officer. From 1990
to 1996, he managed a regional bank’s trust division and oversaw significant
growth in trust assets. Mr. Murray received his undergraduate degree from
Loras College and graduated from the ABA National Trust School at Northwestern
University.
Paul
A. Kronlage, Senior Vice President.
Mr. Kronlage has extensive experience in pension, profit sharing, and
401(k) plan design and administration. He has been working with ERISA
related activities, including plan design, asset allocation and employee
education/enrollment, for the past nine years. Mr. Kronlage received his
undergraduate degree from the University of Northern Iowa and his M.B.A.
from the University of Iowa.
John
J. Gonner, Senior Vice President-Investments.
Mr. Gonner is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), specializing in the
selection of individual stocks, bonds, and mutual funds for client portfolios.
He has over 13 years experience in managing fiduciary assets. Prior to
that he spent three years with Arthur Andersen in Chicago where he achieved
the CPA designation. John earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting and
Finance from Loras College where he served as an adjunct faculty member.
Mr. Gonner has also achieved the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation
and is a member of the Madison Investment Management Society.
Sharlene
B. Kline, Vice President.
Ms. Kline has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry
and has extensive experience in the area of Individual Retirement Accounts
and retail banking. Ms. Kline has managed the entire IRA function of a
regional bank, including contributions, distributions, minimum required
distributions, and the investment of IRA accounts. Ms. Kline has attended
the Cannon Financial Institute.
Diane
M. Reuter, Vice President-Trust Operations.
Ms. Reuter has over 24 years of trust operations, accounting and administrative
experience. She was responsible for the administration of employee benefit
accounts including overseeing the development and supervision of the employee
benefits recordkeeping division for a major financial institution. Prior
to that time she was the manager of the Trust Department’s operations
division overseeing the recordkeeping and custodial activities for over
$500 million in trust assets. Ms. Reuter is a graduate of the University
of Dubuque with degrees in Accounting and Business Administration.
Kathleen
Donnelly, Vice President.
Ms. Donnelly has more than 17 years of experience in personal trust administration
and trust tax planning. She has worked closely with trust clients in the
areas of estate planning and risk-based investing. She is very involved
with all areas of tax planning and tax returns. Ms. Donnelly coordinates
the tax reporting function for FCT. She is a graduate of the ABA National
Trust School and Cannon Financial Institute for Personal Trust Administration.
Julie A. Ames, Vice President. Ms. Ames has many years of experience in personal trust administration and IRAs. Previously, she was a personal trust administrator at a major financial institution in Waterloo, Iowa, where she specialized in working with individual clients on their personal trust and retirement needs. Ms. Ames, who also has extensive experience in retail banking, is a life-long resident of the Waterloo area and attended the University of Northern Iowa.
Theodore
L. (Ted) Kron, Vice President.
Mr. Kron has more than 20 years of personal trust and investment expertise.
Mr. Kron has worked effectively with clients to identify their financial
goals and develop plans to reach their goals. He received his undergraduate
and law degrees from the University of Iowa. Mr. Kron also has broad technical
knowledge in estate planning and estate administration. He has attended
numerous seminars and workshops dealing with estate planning, tax planning
and estate administration.