NEBAT Announces Officer Promotions

Sarah Aellig is promoted to loan servicing officer and works out of the bank’s operations office on Second Street in Fond du Lac.

Aelling joined the bank in 2020 as a loan services documentation supervisor. She was responsible for completing internal audits and monitoring residential and commercial loan portfolios to ensure compliance with government regulations and guidelines. In her new role, Aellig will supervise the loan and lien documentation review team to ensure accuracy, compliance and efficiency of the documentation process.

Aellig grew up in Waupun, Wisconsin, and currently resides there. She obtained her associate's degree in accounting from the Milwaukee Area Technical College and has also completed courses at Martin Luther College. She serves the community as a member of the United Way Team at National Exchange Bank & Trust.

Becky Guseck is promoted to compliance officer. Guseck joined the bank in 2015 as an internal auditor. In 2021, she transitioned to compliance specialist and was promoted to compliance team lead in 2022. In her advanced role as compliance officer, Guseck will continue to help ensure compliance and reduce risk. She will play an integral part in implementing programs, conducting audits, analyzing data and supporting product development.

Guseck, originally from Porterfield, Wisconsin, attended Marinette Senior High School. She earned an associate degree in business administration from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, followed by a bachelor's degree in business management and a master's degree in business and organizational development from Silver Lake College. Today, Guseck lives in Kimberly, Wisconsin.

Desirae Jimenez is promoted to vice president of operations and project management, and she is based out of the Fond du Lac office located on South Main Street.

Jimenez joined the bank in 2004 and has held various positions. In her role as VP/operations & project management, she will continue to lead various projects across the organization, oversee card payment functions, manage the bank’s ATM network and analyze data to help support customer communication needs and other business efforts.

Jimenez grew up in Beaver Dam and attended Beaver Dam High School. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics & finance from Marian University, a certificate in Project Management from UW-Milwaukee and has recently obtained her certificate of executive leadership from the Graduate School of Banking. Jimenez currently resides in Beaver Dam with her family and is active in the community as president of the Beaver Dam Lions Club and a mentor for the Beaver Dam Unified School District Partners are Learning Mentoring Program.

Julie Stigler is promoted to vice president of eBanking and is based out of the Fond du Lac office located on North Main Street.

Stigler joined the bank in 2015 as an eBanking business specialist. She was then promoted to eBanking business lead before becoming an eBanking business officer and then AVP/eBanking. In her expanded role as VP/eBanking, she will oversee functions in both consumer and business electronic banking, help to establish and review the banks deposit rate structure, participate on cross functional teams to bring new products and services to customers, and help deliver banking solutions and services that help customers streamline their processes for efficiency and accuracy.

Stigler grew up in Oakfield where she attended Oakfield High School. She then went on to earn her bachelor's degree in communication from Carroll University and her master's degree in organizational leadership and quality from Marian University. She also holds a project management certificate from the UW – Milwaukee School of Continuing Education and a digital banking certificate from the Graduate School of Banking at UW – Madison.

She currently resides in Rosendale with her family. She is active in the community as a part of the Laconia Junior Football Club and the Fond du Lac Joint Review Board.

Dana Swiss is promoted to assistant vice president of loan servicing and is based out of the bank’s operations…