Meet our Directors . . . learn who they are, their business backgrounds, and the community activities that they are
involved in. Community Business Bank is proud of their team of
leaders.
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Alan J. Albers: Manager of Merrimac Mutual
Insurance Company and self employed farmer, Plain, Wisconsin. Board
member of Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives. Past Chairman of the Board of Wisconsin
Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. |
| Linda S. Balisle:* Founding shareholder
of Balisle & Roberson, S.C. Attorneys at Law.
Owner of 3rd Power
Communication LLC, training and publication company for lawyers, and VoVision, LLC, a voice
transcription product. Referee in attorney disciplinary
matters for the Wisconsin Supreme Court; and mediator, Dane County Mediation project.
Member of American Bar
Association, Family Law Section, International Society of Family Law, State Bar of Wisconsin,
Dane County Bar Association and Legal Association of Women. Past president of American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Wisconsin Chapter, TEMPO Madison,
Madison YWCA, and the Madison Civic Center Foundation. Former Board member and Chair of the
Wisconsin State Bar Board of Governors. Past Chair
of American Bar Association Family Law Section Task Force Federal Legislation and Lobbying.
Listed
in Best Lawyers in America for seven years (2000 - 2007); recognized as one of the Top 50
Lawyers in
Wisconsin by Super Lawyers magazine; and received the Belle Case LaFollette Award
(1996).
Graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A. and J.D.). |
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Larry L. Clark: Owner and President
of Lodi Sausage Company, Inc. Board Member of Wisconsin Association of Meat
Processors and President of the Lodi Fire Board. Past President of Wisconsin Livestock
and Meat Council and past President and Board member of the Wisconsin 4-H Foundation,
Inc. Graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S.).
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| Sidney M. Cook: Owner
and President of Carr Valley Cheese Co., Inc., LaValle, Wisconsin; Portage
Cold Storage, Inc., Portage, Wisconsin; and Wisconsin Pride Cheese Co., Mauston,
Wisconsin. Recognized as a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker. Board member Wisconsin Specialty
Whey Protein, Board President of Sauk Milk
Improvement Co-op and Board member and Vice President of Consumer Cooperative Oil
Company. Graduate of University of Wisconsin-Platteville (B.A.).
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Robert H. Cramer: Lecturer, School
of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Faculty member of the Graduate
School of Banking, and Advisory Board member of Rainbow Project. Graduate of Carleton
College (B.A.), University of Chicago (M.B.A.),
and UCLA (Ph.D.). |
| Joseph G. Henry: Owner of Henry
Farms LLC. Board member and Chairman Henry Vilas Zoological Society. Member of Lodi
Optimists, American Seed Trade Association, and Independent Seedsmen Association.
Graduate University of Notre Dame (B.B.A.).
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Donald H. Gasper: Principal Owner and
Manager of American Heritage Home Builders, LLC and member of New Leaf Properties, LLC.
Past realtor for Century 21 and retired after 31 years as an Injury Claim Specialist for
State Farm Insurance. Graduate University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S.). |
| Kim G. Kalepp: Vice President Finance /
Administration, McArthur Towel and Sports, LLC., Baraboo, Wisconsin. Currently serving
on the board of Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce, UW Baraboo/Sauk County Friends of the
Campus, and St. Clare Hospital Endowment Committee (Chairman of the Finance Committee).
For Baraboo Kiwanis Club, current member and Past Distinguished Treasurer, President-Elect
and President. Former Swim Team Coordinator Captain and former coach for Boys' and Girls'
Club. Member Baraboo Country Club and past board member and treasurer. Served on Baraboo
Long Range Planning (1986). Received Friend of Education Recipient Award from Baraboo
Business Education Advisory (1998). Twenty-eight year career in community banking as
President of Baraboo Community Bank, branch of DMB Community Bank. Graduate of Herbert V.
Prochnow Graduate School of Banking (1991), Madison, Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-
Eau Claire (B.S.) and University of Wisconsin-Platteville (B.S.)
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Debra R. Lins: President &
Chief Executive Officer of Community Business Bancshares, Inc. and Community Business
Bank. Current appointment by Governor Doyle to the Banking Review Board. Currently serving
on the board of Wisconsin Bankers Association, American Bankers Association's
Membership Council, and MATC Farm Production Management Group. Member of TEMPO Madison and lifetime member of Friends of Sauk Prairie
Memorial Hospital and Clinics and FFA Alumni. Past Board member of American Bankers
Association's
Community Bankers Council, Wisconsin 4-H Foundation, Inc., Women In Business Council, Inc.,
Sauk Prairie Foundation for Academic Excellence, Badger
Chapter of the
American
Red Cross, Sauk Prairie United Way, Inc., Benedictine Life Foundation of Wisconsin, Inc.,
and Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital. Recognized as 2005 Professional
Business Woman of the Year by "Wisconsin Women" magazine and 2005 Business Women's
Expo; received Champion in Women's Health Honorable Mention from The Wisconsin Women's
Health Foundation in 2005 and was a 2006 area Athena nominee. Named by
"US Banker" as one of the 25 Women to Watch in banking (October 2004) and one of the
25 Most Powerful Women in banking (October 2003); "Northwestern
Financial Review" as a distinguished woman in banking (1994); the Business Forum
Outstanding Entrepreneurial Woman in Dane County (1997); the Association of Women in
Agriculture's Outstanding Woman in Agriculture (1998); professional achievement award from
Lakeland College (1998); special VIP award from RMA (1999);
listed as a Wisconsin Woman of the Century in "Wisconsin Woman"
(2000); and listed in United Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry (2006).
Graduate of Lakeland College (B.A.) and University of Wisconsin-Madison (M.B.A.). |
| Donald G. Madelung:
President of Herzing
College of Madison, Wisconsin. President of the Business & Education Partnership for
Madison and Edgewood School Systems. Vice President and Treasurer, and past President,
of the Wisconsin Council for Independent Education. Chair and member of the South Central
Work Force Development Board of the Wisconsin Council for Independent Education; Past Treasurer
and Board member Career College Association,
Washington DC., Past President
of the Missouri Association of Student Financial Aid Personnel; past Membership Chair for the National
Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington DC; and past Board member of
the National Education Cooperative, Washington DC. Served as an elected official for the
Town of Windsor, Wisconsin; past Chair for the Town Planning Commission and past member on the
Token Creek Restoration Committee. Past President of the Norski Soccer Club and 2006 Advisory
Board member for In-Business Magazine. 30 years service recognition from National
Association &
Midwest Association's of Student Financial Aid Administrators (2003). Recipient of the JC
Penney's Golden Rule Award (1997). Graduate of Augustana College (B.A.) and University of
Missouri-Kansas City (M.A.) |
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Arnold N. Rosenthal, M.D.: President
and senior partner of Orthopedic Associates of Sauk Prairie, S.C. Active medical staff
member of Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin; and courtesy
medical staff member at St. Mary's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin. Clinical Preceptor,
Department
of Family Practice and Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Associate
Clinical Professor, Division of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Member
of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, American Medical Association, Wisconsin
State Medical Society and the North American Spine Society. Graduate of Indiana University,
(B.A.), Dartmouth Medical School
(M.D.) and UW Hospital-Madison (Orthopedic Surgery Residency). |
| Larry L. Smith, DVM:
President and owner of Larry L. Smith, D.V.M., Research & Development, Inc., which conducts
product efficacy studies on veterinary pharmaceuticals and biologics; and self-employed
beef-stocker farmer, Viroqua, Wisconsin. Past founder of the Lodi Veterinary
Hospital, Lodi, Wisconsin, and member of several professional veterinary associations.
Graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S. and M.A.) and Iowa State University (D.V.M.). |
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*Chairperson of Bank's Board of Directors |
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