Kelly Culver

Much as she loves the environment, Kelly Culver found that banking was a more natural fit for her.

Kelly, the Branch Client Services Manager at our Green Bay East office, started at North Shore Bank in April 2008. She was majoring in environmental science at UW Green Bay and needed a part-time job.

“I found out I liked banking more than any of my other jobs!” she says. She didn’t switch her field of study, though, because banking classes sounded more boring than the real-life experience she was getting.

Her degree has come in handy at the bank, too. Besides giving her something to discuss with customers interested in environmental issues, on one occasion it helped some clients save money.

The customers in question were getting a loan to buy a house near a flood zone. They would have had to pay for a survey to determine whether the property was actually in danger of flooding.

“Using Brown County’s GIS system, I was able to map their land to show that the property wasn’t included in the flood zone and that they wouldn’t need flood insurance,” Kelly says. “They didn’t need to do the survey.”

Outside of work, Kelly spends her time cheering on the Brewers, watching movies and hanging out with friends and family. She met her husband, Andrew — who just completed a degree in law enforcement at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College — playing rugby in high school.

Last year, the two of them went to Cozumel, Mexico, on their honeymoon. Highlights of the trip included visiting Mayan ruins, snorkeling, and swimming with dolphins and manatees.

“I got to hug and kiss and dance with the dolphins,” she says. “It was the best thing ever.” It was also cool to feel the manatees’ skin. “Algae grows on them, because they move so slow.”

Despite the awesomeness of nature, she plans to stick with banking for now. But she might revisit her old passion as an augment to her career. “I had an internship at the New Zoo in Green Bay,” Kelly says. “I’d like to go back to volunteering there.”