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Neuenschwander, Caffee Promoted

January 2, 2008

Charles E. Isch, President of First Bank of Berne has announced two promotions for the bank for the coming year.

Sharon Neuenschwander, VP, Human Resources, Trust Officer has been named Senior Vice President/HR and Trust Officer of the bank. Sharon started her career with the bank in 1973 as a bookkeeper and teller, and later became a loan teller. In 1985 she began working in the trust department and in 1997 attained the position of Trust Officer followed by Assistant Vice President in 1998. Sharon began organizing the Human Resources department in 2000 and was promoted to Vice President. In 2004 she was named as an Executive Officer of the bank. Sharon and her husband Rick live in Berne and are members of the First Mennonite Church where she serves as church secretary and participates in the worship band.

Joe Caffee, Asst. VP Commercial Loans, has been named Vice President, Commercial Lending. Joe, a graduate of South Adams High School, graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Agricultural Education in 1999 and is a junior at the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, Wisconsin. He serves as an officer of the Indiana Society of Agri-Bankers. He is a local 4-H leader and serves on the Jefferson Township Advisory Board and is also involved with Junior Achievement. Joe and his wife Cheryl and daughters Grace and Jessa live in rural Geneva. They are members of First Missionary Church where Joe teaches Sunday school and serves as a deacon on the church board. He has been employed with First Bank of Berne since 2002.