Succession planning

Smith will be succeeded by VP Jason Deitz.

Wendell Bontrager, formerly a regional president at Old National, will oversee operations, lending at strategy at Equity.

DeVan Ard will succeed William DeBerry when DeBerry retires in June.

Sugarman left less than two weeks after the SEC launched an investigation into company statements.

Independent members of HopFed Bancorp's board sent a letter to Joseph Stilwell complaining that their largest investor had rebuffed several efforts by CEO John Peck to schedule a meeting.

James Helt had previously served as the president of ACNB’s bank.

Robert Cera will be responsible to bringing in more business near Milwaukee.

Veteran CEO will step down after 20 years with the $217.9 million CU, 13 of them as CEO.

Andy Cecere is the new CEO-in-waiting at the Minneapolis bank, but interest in his future plans took a back seat as investors and others tried to get their heads around why the current boss, Richard Davis, is choosing to leave seven years before the typical retirement age.

From preparing Generations X and Y to replace baby boomers in leadership positions and enticing more demanding millennials to finding compliance talent and integrating divergent staffs post-merger, HR executives cited a variety of issues they expect to be tackling this year.