The Board of Directors of Mercantile Bank Corporation announced that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Robert B. Kaminski. Jr., intends to retire effective June 1, 2024. Mr. Kaminski will remain on the Board of Directors.

In conjunction with Mr. Kaminski?s retirement, Raymond E. Reitsma will be appointed CEO of the company, effective June 1, 2024. Mr. Reitsma will continue to serve in his current role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until June 1, 2024. Mr. Reitsma was appointed President of Mercantile Bank in January 2017, Executive Vice President of Mercantile Bank Corporation in May 2018, and Chief Operating Officer of Mercantile Bank Corporation in January 2022.

Mr. Reitsma joined Mercantile in 2003 as a Commercial Loan Manager and then served as Senior Lender for eight years until 2015 when he was appointed the Bank?s West Region President. Mr. Reitsma serves a number of community organizations in various capacities, including Mel Trotter Ministries, DA Blodgett Saint John?s Home and the Kent County Hospital Finance Authority. Mr. Reitsma completed his undergraduate work at Calvin University and earned his MBA from Michigan State University.