The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis announced that President and CEO Neel Kashkari appointed three community bank executives to its Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council in 2026. The new members are Jack Hopkins, president and CEO of CorTrust Bank in Mitchell, South Dakota, Colleen Murphy, chief operating officer of Whitefish Credit Union in Whitefish, Montana, and Mark Oldenberg, president and CEO of Security Financial Bank in Durand, Wisconsin. The council provides information, advice and recommendations to the Minneapolis Fed president from the perspective of thrifts, credit unions and banks in the Ninth Federal Reserve District with total assets of less than USD 10 billion. Hopkins, Murphy and Oldenberg will join seven returning members. The chair of the Ninth District council also represents the district at meetings of the Board of Governors’ national Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council in Washington, D.C.