Lafayette Bank and Trust names Kessler new chairman

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Lafayette Bank and Trust Company announced that Jeffrey L. Kessler has become the Bank’s new Chairman of the Board replacing Robert J. Weeder who retired from the post at the end of the year.

Jeffrey L. Kessler

Kessler has been on the Bank’s Board of Directors since 1998 and has served as the Bank’s Audit Committee Chairman. Kessler is co-owner of Stall & Kessler’s Diamond Center and is a Master Graduate Gemologist. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington for four years where he studied Psychology and Business. Kessler was on the Board of Directors and Treasurer for Group Homes for Children. He was on the Board of Directors, Treasurer and Chairman of the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. He was elected twice and served as a Tippecanoe County Councilman and served twice as President. He served eight years on the Tippecanoe County Area Plan Commission. He was on the Board of Directors and served as Chairperson for the 2005 United Way Campaign. He is currently a Co-Chair for the 2008 American Heart Association Gala. Kessler and his wife, Jana, are members of Faith Baptist Church and they have two children.

Lafayette Bank and Trust Company, is a financial institution with over $998 million in assets, serves Tippecanoe, Carroll, White, and Jasper Counties and is a wholly owned subsidiary of First Merchants Corporation.

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