Bell Bank hired Jena Cogswell as senior vice president and director of marketing, with oversight of all marketing functions for Bell Bank and its divisions. Cogswell most recently served as managing director and head of product marketing and global insights at Principal Global Investors. read more

JUL 2, 2021 - 7:09 am

Lea B. Olsen of Minneapolis joined the board of directors of Bell Bank. Olsen is the company’s first board member from the Twin Cities, where Bell has been steadily building its banking presence for the past decade. read more

JUN 8, 2021 - 6:48 am

Bell Bank hired Steve Flaten as senior vice president of credit risk and regulatory affairs. Flaten recently retired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after a 33-year career. read more

FEB 23, 2021 - 6:28 am

Rodney Jordahl retired as CFO of Bell Bank on Dec. 31. With Jordahl’s retirement, Blake Nelson was named CFO and Carrie Bjorge was named SVP/controller for Bell Bank. read more

JAN 8, 2021 - 6:24 am

Bell Bank hired Latasha Causey as vice president of human resources for Bell’s South Region markets, with oversight of human resources activities, including culture and diversity efforts, for Bell Bank and its divisions. Causey previously worked for Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, USAA and U-Haul International. read more

DEC 16, 2020 - 6:09 am

Bell Bank hired Jesse Schwab as executive vice president/chief risk officer, with oversight of all non-credit related risk management for Bell Bank and its divisions. Schwab spent the past six years at TCF Bank, where he held leadership roles in both risk management and compliance. read more

NOV 11, 2020 - 7:23 am

Bell Bank hired Katie Mattis Sarver, a former two-time Executive of the Year for Major League Soccer – Corporate Partnerships, as community development officer serving Bell’s major markets nationwide. read more

SEP 1, 2020 - 6:32 am

Bell Bank expanded its presence in the Phoenix metro area, hiring Adam Christensen, Gerald Deetz, Heidi Marshall, Kevin Herbst and Ben Allen as leaders to help guide commercial lending and deposit growth at Bell’s current and upcoming locations. read more

AUG 27, 2020 - 6:38 am

Bell Bank was named Minnesota’s Best Workplace in the Large Companies category, as listed by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. read more

JUL 10, 2020 - 6:43 am

Bell Bank in Phoenix has appointed Brandon Brown as SVP/commercial banking manager and Adaliz Gimenez as VP/commercial banker. read more

MAR 18, 2020 - 6:55 am

Bell Bank named Michael LaSalle senior vice president/bank channel director for its equipment finance team. He will be officed in Minneapolis. read more

NOV 13, 2019 - 6:35 am

Bell Bank Equipment Finance moved operations onto the LTi ASPIRE platform in one of the fastest implementation projects that LTi Technology Solutions has executed. read more

JAN 25, 2019 - 7:15 am

Bell Bank launched Bell Bank Equipment Finance, a new division of the bank. Eric Zehr, president of the new division, was previously with Farm Credit Leasing, GE Capital and Merchants Bank Equipment Finance. read more

OCT 9, 2018 - 7:20 am