Business Notes for Sept. 28, 2025
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Business Notes for Sept. 28, 2025
The Iowa Bankers Association recently elected officers and directors to serve on its 2025-26 board of directors. Adam Manternach has joined Mercy Gastroenterology Clinic as a nurse practitioner. Luke Potter has joined GreatAmerica Financial Services as a portfolio manager. U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has announced Bannor Toys of Boone County in central Iowa as her small business of the week. The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.
New hires
Adam Manternach has joined Mercy Gastroenterology Clinic as a nurse practitioner.
Luke Potter has joined GreatAmerica Financial Services as a portfolio manager.
Elections
The Iowa Bankers Association recently elected officers and directors to serve on its 2025-26 board of directors. Officers with Eastern Iowa ties include Abram Tubbs of Ohnward Bancshares in Maquoketa, who will serve as chair of the board; Melissa Spurgin of First Iowa State Bank in Albia, who will serve as chair-elect; and Shane Zimmerman of Two Rivers Bank & Trust in Burlington, who will serve as treasurer. Officers were nominated and approved by IBA member banks from across the state. Other IBA board members with Eastern Iowa ties include Ryan Sheridan of Denver Savings Bank in Denver, representing the northeast region; Nathan Koch of Heartland Bank & Trust Company in Coralville, representing the east region; and Chip Reeves of MidWestOne Bank in Iowa City, serving as member-at-large.
Other news
Small Business of the Week: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has announced Bannor Toys of Boone County in central Iowa as her small business of the week. Stacey and Jesse Bannor founded Bannor Toys in 2011 after becoming frustrated with low-quality, overly complicated children’s toys. What began as a personal mission and hobby has since grown into a nationally recognized small business, offering high-quality, modern toys that the Bannors once enjoyed themselves in their grandparents’ homes. In 2019, Bannor Toys was honored at the White House Made in America Showcase. Ernst, chair of the Senate’s Small Business Committee, is naming one exceptional small business of the week in each of Iowa’s counties during this congressional session.
Business Notes for Sept. 28, 2025 — Adam Manternach, Luke Potter
Adam Manternach, Mercy Gastroenterology Clinic
Luke Potter, GreatAmerica Financial Services
Source: https://www.thegazette.com/business/business-notes-for-sept-28-2025/