Management Briefs

The Growmark Inc. board of directors on Nov. 2 announced that Jeff Solberg has been named CEO of Growmark effective Jan. 3, 2011. Solberg will follow current CEO Bill Davisson, who has announced his retirement for the same date. Solberg is a 1974 business administration graduate of Illinois Wesleyan and received an MBA from the University of Illinois in 1976. He has held the positions of financial analyst, cash manager, assistant treasurer, treasurer, vice president of finance, and senior vice president of finance for Growmark. Solberg is past president and chairman of the Institute for Cooperative Finance Officers and serves on the board of directors for Citizens Savings Bank.