Associated Bank in Dallas Hires Heath Davis '05

Associated Bank hires Kevin Jordan as senior vice president to lead new Dallas Commercial Real Estate division

DALLAS - Kevin Jordan has been hired as senior vice president and market manager in the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) division of Associated Bank's new loan production office in Dallas, along with Heath Davis who was hired as a relationship manager.

"Associated Bank looks forward to building our Commercial Real Estate presence with the opening of a loan production office in Dallas," said Paul Schmidt, executive vice president in the CRE division, Associated Bank. "We're even more excited to welcome Kevin Jordan to lead the team and are confident he will be a tremendous asset."

Jordan will be responsible for managing, developing and deepening Associated Bank's Real Estate lending presence in Dallas. He brings more than 20 years of commercial banking experience. Most recently he was with Capital One Bank where he managed loan production in the Dallas market. Previous to Capital One, he established a Dallas Commercial Real Estate loan production office for Union Bank growing the portfolio over time to $800M.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Jordan holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration-Finance. In the community he is active with various education initiatives in the local school system.

Davis will be responsible for generating new commercial real estate loans and developing client relationships in the market. He has over eight years of experience, in both originations and portfolio management. Most recently he was with US Bank and began his career with Union Bank.

Davis is a graduate of Texas A&M University and is active in The Real Estate Council.

Jordan and Davis are located in the Preston Commons at 8117 Preston Road, Suite 300, Dallas.

ABOUT ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP

Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB) has total assets of $27 billion and is one of the top 50, publicly traded, U.S. bank holding companies. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Associated is a leading Midwest banking franchise, offering a full range of financial products and services in over 200 banking locations serving more than 100 communities throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, and commercial financial services in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Texas. Associated Bank, N.A. is an Equal Housing Lender, Equal Opportunity Lender and Member FDIC. More information about Associated Banc-Corp is available at http://www.associatedbank.com.

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201510280745M2______EUPR_____47be000007ab478b_3600-1