ACB Banker Awarded Graduate School of Banking Scholarship

CHANHASSEN, Minn. - May 8, 2023 - PRLog -- Americana Community Bank (ACB) leadership is pleased to announce that Buffalo, MN resident, Zech Klindt, ACB Digital Banking Manager, has been awarded the 2023 Graduate School of Banking (GSB) Bankers Advisory Board Scholarship. Klindt will use the scholarship to attend the 25-month GSB Bank Leadership Training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

GSB's Leadership School curriculum includes core courses addressing finance, marketing, management, and current issues important to banking.  Graduates also earn the prestigious Certificate of Executive Leadership from the Wisconsin School of Business, Professional and Executive Development.

This $4,500 scholarship, established and funded by the Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation, furthers the goal of supporting banker education.  The scholarship is made available annually to a selected individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and a commitment to their community and to the banking industry.

"The banking industry and the communities we serve have a bright future because of the leadership of bankers such as Zech," said Joe Witt, President/CEO of the Minnesota Bankers Association and GSB, Madison Trustee. "This scholarship is in recognition of Zech's leadership at Americana Community Bank and in the communities it serves".

The Herbert V. Prochnow Educational Foundation, a not-for-profit support organization to the Graduate School of Banking, has promoted the growth of banker education throughout the United States.  The Graduate School of Banking was established in 1945 and has more than 23,000 alumni.

For further information about Americana Community Bank, see www.AmericanaFinancial.com.  For additional information regarding the Graduate School of Banking, please visit www.GSB.org.

Americana Community Bank is a full-service community bank providing down-to-earth consumer and commercial financial services in Sleepy Eye, Chanhassen, and Maple Grove.  Chartered in 1881 as The State Bank of Sleepy Eye, ACB has actively participated in and supported the communities it serves for more than 140 years.  Member FDIC.