Dunne joins Farm Credit team as chief risk officer

MAHOMET, Ill. — Farm Credit Illinois recently hired Jim Dunne, of Lakeville, Minnesota, as senior vice president and chief risk officer based at the financial cooperative’s central office in Mahomet.

Dunne was raised in Wisconsin and graduated from Southwestern High School in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, before receiving his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Dunne then earned a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also a certified public accountant.

Dunne previously worked for 12 years at TCF Bank in Wayzata, Minnesota, most recently as senior vice president director of enterprise risk management. He currently serves as an ERM council member with the Risk Management Association.