Judy Hatfield - Community Bank President, Douglass

Bruce Schwyhart, CornerBank President/CEO, has announced the promotion of Judy Hatfield to Community Bank President for CornerBank's Douglass location.  

"Judy has built strong and lasting relationships with our customers through her professionalism, knowledge and personalized customer service," Schwyhart said.  "She is a trusted part of the Douglass community and we are pleased to see her continue in this leadership role."   

Judy started her banking career in 1978 as secretary to the president at Exchange State Bank, which was later purchased by CornerBank.  Throughout the years, she has assisted customers in every aspect of banking, from making deposits to closing loans.   

She has been an officer of Douglass Chamber of Commerce and Douglass Lions Club and is a member of the Economic Development Board, the Frontier Days Committee and is an officer of the Douglass Senior Center Board. 

Kathi Hawkins - Lead Teller

Kathi Hawkins, Lead Teller in Arkansas City, recently graduated from the 2011 Leadership Cowley County class.

Kathi joined CornerBank in November 2007. She was promoted to Lead Teller August 2010. Prior to joining CornerBank, she had seven years of banking experience as teller and personal banker. Kathi is an Arkansas City native, who graduated from Arkansas City High School and attended Cowley College. In her position as Lead Teller, Kathi also attends Supervisor and Management Seminars. Kathi is well- known and active in our community. She has served on the Cowley County CASA Board for a few years and is currently Vice President. She also is on the Board of Christian Education serving as Social Concerns Chair for the First Baptist Church. In addition, Kathi is a volunteer for Arkansas City Habitat for Humanity.

Kim Helzer - Assistant Vice President, E-Services

Kim Helzer has been promoted to Assistant Vice President, eServices. She joined CornerBank in 2002 and worked in several areas of the bank before finding her niche in eServices in 2003. Since that time, she has worked extensively with CornerBank’s eService products, such as Personal and Business Online Banking, Bill Pay, eStatements, Mobile and Text Banking and FinanceWorks™. She is originally from Salina and graduated from Bethany College in Lindsborg with a Bachelor’s degree in psychology. Kim has served on the Relay for Life Team for CornerBank, and volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and Isle of Lights.  

Peggy Lawrence - Mortgage Loan Processor

Peggy Lawrence started her career with CornerBank in May 2009 after graduating from Kansas State University (Summa Cum Laude) with a Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness. Peggy started at CornerBank as a mortgage loan processor and was then promoted to her current position as a Credit Analyst in May 2010. Peggy’s primary duties include completing analysis on commercial and ag loans, along with completing in-house evaluations and inspections.

Roger Mericle - Community Bank President, Wichita

Roger Mericle, CornerBank's community bank president in Wichita, has received multiple awards from the Greater Wichita YMCA, including Rookie of the Year (2008), Campaigner of the Year (2010 & 2011) , and Community Development Volunteer of the Year (2009).

"Since the first year of Roger being on our board, he made an impact on all of us through his attitude and desire to serve," said Mim Wilkey, Executive Director, YMCA Community Development. "He would take the jobs and tasks that were hard and complete them with ease. Roger's values are seen every day through his actions."

As a strong advocate for the YMCA, Mericle led the Community Development Strong Kids Campaign for the third year in a row which ended in March 2011. He will take over as Chair of the Community Development Board of the YMCA beginning in the fall of 2011. Although his leadership has been an important part of his service to the Y and the community, Mericle's passion lies in donating his time to outreach programs. His favorite event is the annual We Care Dinner and Coat Drive in November.

"It lets you see the tremendous need for clothing and basically the tremendous problem the community has with the homeless and those less fortunate," Mericle said.

Mericle also mentors teens in the Y's Job Prep Program. In this free outreach program, teens develop the skills needed to obtain a job and become more independent.

"Job Prep is a great opportunity for me to help teach youth key financial skills that they probably haven't been exposed to," Mericle said.

Mericle is CornerBank's community bank president in Wichita. He has been with CornerBank 12 years and serves on its Executive Committee. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, fishing and golf. He is an active member of the Haysville United Methodist Church. Mericle resides in Bel Air with his wife, Jeanette, and their children: Jessi, Geena, Ashton, Hunter, Brenden and foster son Alex.