Michelle Stahle

Michelle Stahle has been with Peak Trust Company since 2018 and currently serves as Chief Operations Officer overseeing all back-office banking operations. In this leadership role, she manages fiduciary operations teams across multiple offices and is responsible for daily processing and procedures related to trust administration, account management, transaction processing, asset custody, compliance, and more.

Michelle brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry focusing specifically on fiduciary and trust operations for the past 13 years. Prior to joining Peak, she worked in increasingly senior roles at a federal credit union leading the trust operations department. There, Michelle directed her teams in account opening, money movement, brokerage interactions, annual reviews, tax form preparation, records management, and reconciliations.

As Chief Operations Officer at Peak Trust Company, Michelle leverages her expertise in fiduciary processing and client account management to lead company-wide initiatives impacting accuracy, efficiency, risk mitigation and client satisfaction. Michelle and her division are essential to ensuring seamless trust administration operations and providing excellent service levels to Peak Trust’s clients and partners.

Our Team


Abigail O’Connor, JD

Chief Fiduciary Officer


Donn Lassila, CFIRS

Chief Compliance Officer


Lisa Russell, CFA

Chief Investment Officer


Michelle Stahle

Chief Operations Officer


James Meier, CPA, CMA

Chief Financial Officer


Stephen C. Miller, JD

General Counsel, Director


Chelcie Ashwood, CSOP, CTOP

Senior Operations Specialist


Kelsey Baldridge

People Development Coordinator


Sandra Barta

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Patti Blattmachr

Executive Officer


Erica Bradley

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Johnathon Brandt

Fiduciary Officer


Josephine Cangemi

Fiduciary Assistant


Kristine Casteel

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Nanette Cool

Accounting Manager


Daria Davis

Fiduciary Tax Coordinator


Danaya Dews

Fiduciary Assistant


Heather Dolan

Fiduciary Assistant


Jeannie Fanning

Fiduciary Team Manager


Gretchen Grau, CSOP, CTOP

Senior Operations Specialist


Jenelle Green

Fiduciary Tax Coordinator


Daniel Grondahl, CIPM

Investment Relationship Officer


Amber Gunn-Holt, CTFA

Senior Fiduciary Officer


Mariam Hall, CFMP

Marketing & Communications Coordinator


Jillian Johnson

Fiduciary Officer


Nichole King, CTFA

Fiduciary Officer, Head of Nevada Office


Lars Laundrup, CISSP

Information Security Specialist


Brent Liner, JD, CTFA

Senior Fiduciary Officer


Geoffrey Longhurst, CFIRS

Compliance Specialist


Erica Martirez

Operations Specialist


Heather Popowych

Policy & Procedure Unification Specialist


Faydra Ross

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Tali Salima-Emerson

Operations Assistant


Andre Sears

Business Development Officer


Jade Statz

Executive Assistant to the CEO


Janet Tempel, JD

Senior Fiduciary Officer


Autumn Tremont

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Sabrina Volstad

Front Desk Receptionist & Fiduciary Assistant


Kate Wheeler

Fiduciary Assistant


Brianna Williams

Operations Specialist


Dawn Wilson

Fiduciary Officer

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