Southern Michigan Bancorp announced that after decades of leadership and service, President Kurt Miller is planning to retire from the company. The board of directors of Southern Michigan Bancorp has appointed John Waldron to serve as President effective October 3, 2023. Waldron, who joined Southern in May 2022 to serve as president of the bank?s Jackson market, brings nearly three decades of commercial banking and leadership experience to the position.

Miller will transition to serve as vice chairman. Waldron joins an experienced executive team, including Eric Anglin, executive vice president and chief strategy officer, and Nick Grabowski, executive vice president and head of lending. Waldron has deep roots in banking, commercial finance and regulatory oversight. Before joining Southern, he spent 20 years with a community bank in the Jackson and surrounding area. Waldron also served as a national bank examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for 10 years. In that role, his focus was on the overall safety and soundness of the banking industry, wealth management and capital markets.

Waldron holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and minor in accounting from Western Michigan University. He is active in the Jackson community including sitting on boards of the Henry Ford Allegiance Health Foundation and Health Compliance Committee, Jackson Symphony Orchestra Foundation and Jackson YMCA Capital Campaign. Miller began his banking career at Southern as a teller in 1974 and has held various leadership positions until he became the 10th president of Southern in July 2002.

Miller is a graduate of Western Michigan University, where he earned a degree in business administration.