Mid-Missouri Bank names new Springfield community president

Kim Calhoon will oversee the bank’s largest market in southwest Missouri.

Mid-Missouri Bank announced this morning that Kim Calhoon has been named community president for Springfield-area Mid-Missouri Bank locations, the largest Mid-Missouri Bank market in its 10 southwest Missouri communities. Her new role is effective Jan. 2.

Calhoon replaces longtime Springfield leader Dan Derges, who is expected to retire early next year. In a news release, Derges was credited with “transforming” the bank and meeting growth targets since he went on the job in 2011.

Calhoon was born and raised in Carthage and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Missouri Southern State College in Joplin. She joined Boatmen’s Bank of Southwest Missouri in 1991. In over three decades since then, Calhoon worked with a variety of banks before joining Mid-Missouri Bank in 2012.

Calhoon has served on nonprofit boards including Springfield Southside Kiwanis and The Victim Center, where she is currently a board member. She is also a member of the Springfield Rural Missouri, Inc. 504 loan committee.

“It’s an honor to be trusted by the leadership at MidMo, after all of these years, to continue the winning legacy we’ve established in Springfield and the rest of southwest Missouri.” Calhoon said in the release. “This area is seeing continued growth in all directions, and our community bank plays an important role in fostering that growth and success.”

Brian Riedy, CEO and President of Mid-Missouri Bank, said in the release, “Kim Calhoon is someone we’ve been excited about for many years now. She is well liked and admired by her colleagues, customers and the larger 417 community; possessing a real talent for providing her clients an exceptional customer experience.”