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Baylake Bank Vice President Helps with Rebuilding Efforts in New Orleans

Lydia Bessert, Baylake Bank Vice President pictured at right.

Lydia Bessert, Baylake Bank Vice President pictured back row, center.

May 8, 2008

Lydia Bessert, Baylake Bank Vice President of Building and Facilities, recently participated in an IFMA (International Facilities Management Association) volunteer trip to New Orleans. Bessert is IFMA Northeast Wisconsin Chapter Vice President Elect and Program Chair, and past treasurer and membership chair. She commented, “What an experience! Our local chapter volunteered to help rebuild and paint fire stations in hurricane stricken areas of New Orleans, where I participated with a team at Engine House No. 33. The long-term destruction from Hurricane Katrina is still evident, but I am so grateful to have been part of the rebuilding efforts and the city’s spirit of perseverance and hope.”

Bessert is also a member of the BICUC (Banking Institutions Credit Union Council) program committee; board member & president of the Ashwaubenon Business Association; and a board member of the Wisconsin Bankers Association – Retail Section. Her previous community involvement includes working with Junior Achievement, Jaguar Backers, Literacy Council of Brown County, YMCA board, Medal of Honor Conference, Bay Area Humane Society, Women’s Fund, Baylake Bank Tall Ship Festival, and more. She is a graduate of Lakeland College, Stonier Graduate School of Banking, and the Wisconsin Bankers Association Leadership program.

Baylake Bank employs over 320 individuals throughout northeastern and central Wisconsin and serves its communities from 28 financial centers in Brown, Door, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Waupaca, and Waushara counties and from its website at www.baylake.com. For more information call (920) 743-5551 or 1-800-267-3610.