Itasca Bank & Trust adds to management team

ITASCA — Itasca Bank & Trust Co. has announced three recent hires and promotions.

• Michael Pallares was appointed vice president, Real Estate Lending. With more than 25 years of combined banking and mortgage industry experience, he will focus his efforts on providing financing for owner-occupied and non-owner occupied residential and commercial real estate properties, along with small business and consumer loan requests.

Pallares holds a bachelor's degree both in finance and economics from Lewis University and an Executive MBA from Northern Illinois University.

• Thomas Hatzis recently joined Itasca Bank & Trust Co. as vice president, commercial loan officer. He has more than 20 years of banking experience in both underwriting and commercial lending. He was most recently employed by a large Chicago area bank.

• Claribel Veslino was named operations officer, customer service manager at the banks' Itasca branch. With over 20 years of management experience in the banking industry, she most recently served as the branch manager at a Chicago area bank.

Veslino holds a bachelor's degree in business management and computer information systems from DePaul University.

Itasca Bank & Trust Co., founded in 1948, is a locally owned, independent community bank with locations in Itasca and Roselle and assets of $746 million.