Hills Bancorporation appointed Lisa A. Shileny, age 45, to the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the company’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Hills Bank and Trust Company. Ms. Shileny will also serve as principal operating officer of the Company. Ms. Shileny has been employed with the Company since 2005. In the past five years, she has served in a variety of senior positions with the Company, including Senior Vice President, General Counsel from 2015 to 2017; Senior Vice President, Director of Operations from 2017 to 2019; and Senior Vice President, Director of Administration starting in 2019. Ms. Shileny started her career in the private practice of law at Stanley, Lande & Hunter after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Central College in 1998 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2002. Ms. Shileny has a base salary of $250,000 per year. Ms. Shileny will also be eligible for discretionary annual cash bonuses, equity awards under the Company’s 2020 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and discretionary contributions to the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership and Profit-Sharing Plans. She will also be entitled to receive other employee benefits generally available to all employees of the Company and the Bank, including participation in medical plans and the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.