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Jody Klocke joined the
BaNK team as a business
Bank of North Dakota
banking associate III.
Prior to joining BND,
she worked at AgCountry
HAPPENINGS Farm Credit Services as a
loan document specialist.
Jody Klocke Jocelyn Schneider
Jocelyn Schneider
Aberdeen SD joined the Bank of North Dakota team as the education outreach
After 31 years, Chad Bergan, executive coordinator. Prior to joining BND, she worked at Capital Credit
vice president and chief financial officer, has Union as a financial education coordinator. Jocelyn attended
announced his retirement from Dacotah obtained a degree from North Dakota State University.
Bank. Bergan joined Dacotah Bank as an
internal auditor in 1993 following graduation Devils Lake
from college. He was promoted to vice
president and controller where he served in Sarah Bachmeier of First United Bank
that capacity until July of 2008 when he Chad Bergan was awarded a diploma on August 9, 2024,
became senior vice president and chief financial officer. Bergan was at commencement exercises during the 79th
promoted to executive vice president in January 2020. During his session of the prestigious Graduate School
time at Dacotah Bank, Bergan graduated from Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-
of Banking in Colorado and has served on various Dacotah Bank Madison. She also received a Certificate of
and Dacotah Bank Inc. boards and committees. Originally from Executive Leadership from the Wisconsin Sarah Bachmeier
Milbank, SD, Bergan attended Northern State University receiving School of Business Center for Professional and
a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Executive Development for completing the
rigorous GSB leadership curriculum.
Bismarck Devils Lake

Nada Hieb has joined Bravera Wealth in the Katlyn DeBauche was recently promoted to
role of financial advisor. She has been working customer service manager at Western State
in the financial industry since 2021 and is Bank. DeBauche joined the bank in March
originally from Glendive, MT. Nada earned 2024 as a customer service representative.
her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Katlyn DeBauche
University of Mary. She has completed the
Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series Fargo
6 and Series 63 registrations along with life, Nada Hieb After forty years of service in the banking
health and annuity licenses. industry, including most recently eight years of
dedicated leadership at Border Bank, David
Bismarck Felch officially retired on September 3. He

Don Morgan joined the began his career at Border Bank as the chief
strategy officer and became the CEO in 2018.
Bank of North Dakota Over his eight years, David guided Border
team as president/CEO. Bank through a period of remarkable growth
Prior to joining BND, he and positioned Border Bank for continued David Felch
worked at Starion Bank success.
as the chief executive
officer/president. Don
attended the University Don Morgan Riley Griffin Williston
of Wyoming where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in finance/ American State Bank & Trust Co. recently
accounting. He also earned a master’s in accounting at the announced that Rochelle Villa has joined the
University of Phoenix. bank as its marketing officer. Villa is originally
Riley Griffin joined the Bank of North Dakota team as a loan from Brown’s Town, Jamica, and has lived in
operations specialist II. Prior to joining BND, he worked at Gate Williston for the past 12 years. Villa holds a
City Bank as a personal banker. Riley attended Bismarck State Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the Rochelle Villa
College and obtained a degree in finance. University of the West Indies.

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