Glendive Market President Jim Trotter has been promoted to Eastern Montana Regional President and current Eastern Montana Regional President, Brian Cooley, Miles City, will assume a new corporate systemwide role, effective January 1, 2025.

Trotter will have oversight of all the eastern Montana Stockman Bank locations, which include Miles City, Hysham, Terry, Glendive, Richey, Wibaux, Sidney, and Plentywood. Additionally, he will help ensure Stockman continues to meet the needs of local communities, small businesses, agricultural producers and area consumers.

Trotter was raised on a third-generation family ranch near Richey and has more than a decade experience with Stockman. He has served in several leadership roles, most recently as the Glendive Market President. Trotter earned his Master of Professional Accountancy degree, as well as his Bachelor of Science degree in business with an accounting option and a minor in agricultural business from Montana State University-Bozeman. He also holds the designation of Certified Public Accountant and is actively involved with the Dawson Community College Foundation and the Richey Saddle Club.

Cooley will move into a corporate systemwide role, continuing to manage a number of his ag relationships and serve on the loan committee. This role will allow Cooley more time with family and at the ranch.

Cooley was raised on a fifth-generation family ranch in Musselshell County and has more than 36 years of Ag banking experience.  He has been with Stockman since 2011 and has served in several leadership roles, most recently as Eastern Montana Regional President. Cooley earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business, with a minor in economics, from Montana State University- Bozeman. He is also a graduate from the Northwest Ag Credit School at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington; the American Bankers Association Graduate School of Finance; and the Northwest Banking School at the University of Portland. He is involved in a variety of activities that benefit the community and youth while spending his spare time on his family’s ranch.

Trotter will remain located in Glendive at 204 West Bell Street and Cooley will work from Stockman Bank’s Miles City and Billings locations.