
OMB Bank is pleased to announce that Michelle Sullivan recently joined the bank as senior vice president and chief risk officer. Duane Farmer also joined the bank as senior vice president and director of consumer lending.
Sullivan has more than two decades of banking and compliance experience including 10 years with Kansas City-based UMB Bank, ultimately serving as senior vice president and director of corporate risk operations from 2013-2017. She was most recently head of banking compliance and risk management for Dama Financial, a role she held for the past seven years.
Farmer has 20 of years of industry experience including positions at Sun Security Bank, Great Southern Bank and was most recently chief lending officer at Metro Credit Union in Springfield, a position he had held since 2013. At OMB, Farmer will lead the bank’s growing consumer lending services.
“We are thrilled to welcome Michelle and Duane to OMB Bank,” said Mark Harrington, president of OMB. “Michelle’s deep expertise in risk management and compliance, along with Duane’s extensive experience in consumer lending, will be invaluable as we continue to grow and enhance our services. Their leadership will help strengthen our commitment to providing exceptional banking solutions to our customers and the continuously growing list of communities we serve.”
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