Heartland BancCorp announced that Carrie Almendinger has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 9, 2015. George Smith, who has served as Heartland's Chief Financial Officer for nearly 20 years, plans to retire in April. Almendinger is currently Senior Vice President and Controller at Heartland and has been an employee of the bank since 1996.

She has 25 years of accounting experience and 19 years of banking experience including roles as Accounting Supervisor and Assistant Controller before being promoted to her current position of Controller.