Ben graduated from Northern Michigan University's School of Business and completed the ABA's National Trust School at Northwestern University. He has been serving as a trust professional in Marquette, MI, since 1985 and has been our trust department manager since 1995. He brings with him over 35 years of experience in the field.

Tom graduated magna cum laude from the School of Business at Northern Michigan University. Prior to entering the trust industry in 1990, he worked as a licensed investment representative. He holds a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor designation and is a graduate of the National Trust School at Northwestern University, which is run by the American Bankers Association.

Rich has an accounting degree from the School of Business at Northern Michigan University. He worked in a commercial bank for several years before switching to the Trust field in 1995. Rich graduated with honors from the Cannon Trust School at the University of Notre Dame.

Cole graduated with cum laude honors from Northern Michigan University's School of Business in 2017. Prior to graduating, he completed an internship with the Investment Management Group. After gaining three years of experience in Trust and Investments with another local bank, he rejoined the Investment Management Group in December 2020 on a full-time basis.

Patty holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and Communications from Northern Michigan University and has nearly 30 years of combined experience in banking and trust.

Crystal has 23 years of experience in banking and trust operations. After attending Northern Michigan University, she worked at First of America and National City Bank.

Diane has over 30 years of experience in customer service, including ten years of banking.  She joined the Marquette IMG office in February of 2022.