Kari Gilkey joined Evansville, Indiana-based Old National Bank in early 2020. Based in Chaska, Gilkey worked with Old National’s Small Business Administration team, playing an instrumental role in helping navigate the Paycheck Protection Program at the beginning of Covid for the bank’s entire five-state area. In Minnesota, the bank made 2,688 PPP loans, landing Old National in the top five PPP lenders in the state by the end of 2020, according to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. When Old National merges with First Midwest Bank this year, Gilkey will be promoted to a corporate leadership role in the commercial line of business.