Emclaire Financial Corp. and The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton announced the appointment of Milissa Bauer and Robert W. Freeman to the Boards of Directors of the company and the Bank, effective January 1, 2015. Milissa Bauer has served as Executive Vice President of the Kriebel Companies since August 2008.

Ms. Bauer has been with Kriebel since 1990. She currently manages day-to-day relationships with Kriebel's partners and many of the day-to-day operations at Kriebel. Her responsibilities include partner relations, financial and tax-related information and filings, marketing and delivering of natural gas to end users and special projects.

Robert W. Freeman is a partner in Beaconfield Consulting Group LLC, Pennsylvania that provides governance, project management, process improvement and leadership consulting services to various industries, including Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Freeman has a broad financial management and information technology background. Previously, he served as Vice President of IT at Phillips Pet Food Supplies in Easton, Pennsylvania and prior to that as Chief Financial Officer of Iron Mountains, LLC in Morgantown, Pennsylvania.

Mr. Freemen held senior management and analyst positions with IBM Global Services and Hershey Foods Corporation before joining Iron Mountains, LLC.