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Board of Directors

James Bowlus, Lead Director Retired	Michael Allen Sr. Retired	John Caputo Co-Owner and VP, Jack Bradley Realty Company
James Dunn Co-Owner Dunn Chevrolet Buick	James Faist Retired	John Hoty Co-Owner Hoty Enterprises, Inc.
Claire Johansen Co-Owner Lane of Dreams Farm, LLC	Daniel Lease VP, Chief Financial Officer WT Holdings, LLC	Thomas McLaughlin Retired
Allan Mehlow Chief Financial Officer The Mosser Group/WMOG, Inc.	Kendall Rieman President/Chief Executive Officer The Croghan Colonial Bank	Rick Robertson Retired
Gary Zimmerman Owner/Partner Swint-Reineck Company	Sarah Zimmerman Superintendent Sandusky County Board of Developmental Disabilities (DD)

Management Team

Kendall Rieman President/Chief Executive Officer	Brad Elfring SVP, Chief Financial Officer	Chris Kelly VP, Chief Credit Officer
Monika Lovewell SVP, Trust Officer	Chip VanDette SVP, Chief Lending Officer	Carla Waggoner SVP, Technology & Operations Officer
Jodi Albright VP, Regional Manager	Theresa Elfring VP, Regional Manager	Wayne Nault VP, Senior Product Manager
Melissa Walker VP, Retail Operations Manager	Laura Whipple VP, Human Resource Manager

Our History

Croghan Colonial Bank History

1888	Croghan Bank was founded by Augustus E. Rice and J. W. Pero on July 25th.
1890	The Croghan Bank and Savings Co. was incorporated, purchasing the assets and liabilities of the Croghan Bank.
1904	Croghan Bank and Savings Co. bought the Brainard property at 323 Croghan Street, Fremont – our current Main Office location.
1955	Consolidation of Croghan Bank and Savings Co. with the Colonial Savings Bank was approved forming the Croghan Colonial Bank. An expansion plan began with locations opening on the East and West sides of Fremont.
1958	Croghan Colonial Bank bought the Commercial Bank of Green Springs, giving us a new location in Green Springs.
1977	The Bank bought the property for Ballville Banking Center.
1984	Articles of Incorporation were approved setting up the holding company, Croghan Bancshares Inc., making Croghan Colonial Bank a wholly-owned subsidiary.
1996	Croghan Colonial Bank acquired The Union Bank & Savings Company. We gained the Bellevue, Clyde, and Monroeville Banking Centers with this acquisition.
2001	Croghan Colonial Bank expanded to gain a location in Port Clinton.
2005	Croghan Colonial Bank acquired The Custar State Bank, giving us a new location in Custar.
2006	We expanded once again, gaining a Loan Production Office in Norwalk.
2007	The Bank bought the Wilson Building in Clyde; we built a new Clyde Banking Center at that location.
2008	Croghan Colonial Bank relocated our Norwalk Banking Center to a full-service facility.
2011	Croghan Colonial Bank acquired branches from The Home Savings & Loan Company. We gained the Fremont North, Tiffin Downtown, and Tiffin Westgate Banking Centers with this acquisition.
2013	Croghan Bancshares, Inc. (parent holding company of The Croghan Colonial Bank) acquired Indebancorp (parent holding company of National Bank of Ohio). All National Bank of Ohio branches (located in Oak Harbor, Port Clinton, Oregon, and Curtice) became offices of Croghan Colonial Bank, as well as a Loan Production Office in Perrysburg. At this time we also sold our Custar Banking Center to Farmers & Merchants State Bank.
2015	Croghan Colonial Bank’s Loan Production Office relocated from Perrysburg to Maumee. The Bank also bought the Garden Restaurant in Port Clinton; we built a new Port Clinton Downtown Banking Center at this location.

Our Name Sake

Colonel George Croghan was 21 years of age when he lead troops through the Battle of Fort Stephenson on August 2, 1813. Croghan had only 160 men with just one piece of artillery, Old Betsy - a cannon, but by shifting its position from place to place he made his enemy believe that his troops were well-armed.

The British stormed the fort with 500 Red Coats and 800 Indians. After the battle, the British loss of dead and wounded was about 120, while Colonel Croghan lost only eight men.

We honor our namesake to this day, admiring his courage and leadership.