Cornerstone Bank

You've seen it before and you'll see it again, another bank comes to town, gets out the gold shovels, and breaks ground on a new building. However, this isn't just any other building and Cornerstone Bank isn't just any other bank.

Jeff Thomas has been named President/Chief Executive Officer at Cornerstone Bank. Thomas will work side by side with current President/Chief Executive Officer Pete Fullerton until his retirement at the end of March 2021.

Craig Ehrmantraut has been named SVP/Chief Credit Officer at Cornerstone Bank. Ehrmantraut will work side by side with Chief Credit Officer Syd Lawler until his retirement at the end of June.

Kristine Melby has joined Cornerstone Bank as the Senior Vice President of Business Development. Melby works with businesses from across the Dakotas to help them reach their financial goals.

Cornerstone Bank is one of four banks honored by the American Bankers Association with an award recognizing the nation's best bank marketing videos. The third annual ABA Bank Marketing Video Awards featured 400 entries from banks of all sizes nationwide.

Every 3 minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with Breast Cancer. The Edith Sanford Breast Center is a leader in Breast Cancer screening and research, helping in the fight to find a cure.

Benchmark is one of the Nation's Fastest Growing Mortgage Companies and now their services are available in North and South Dakota at Cornerstone Bank locations.

"We grow as we find the right people to grow with us." That is how Cornerstone Bank Chairman Gary Petersen summed up Cornerstone Bank's expansion into Sioux Falls and Aberdeen South Dakota.

Gary Petersen, Cornerstone Bank Chairman, has accepted an appointment to the Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) honored several of its partners as Champions of Affordable Housing during its Statewide Housing Conference in February.