Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. announced the appointment of Stephen Bianchi to serve as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bianchi was also appointed President of CCFBank and a member of the board of directors of CCFBank. He replaces Edward Schaefer who recently resigned from both positions.

Since 2011, Mr. Bianchi has served as President and Chief Executive officer of HF Financial Corp. and Home Federal Bank. As a 30 year banking veteran, Mr. Bianchi also served in several senior management positions at Wells Fargo Bank and with Associated Bank.