Christine Ryland joins First National Bank

Christine Ryland has joined First Na­tional Bank and Trust of Ardmore as administrative assistant to the chief fi­nancial officer. Her responsibilities will be investment account­ing and assisting invest­ment clients.

She is a native of St. Paul, Minn. and a grad­uate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (BBA) in sales and mar­keting. She worked for Northwest Airlines un­til 2001. She graduated from the University of Minnesota-Carlson School of Management (MBA) with a fi­nance concentration. She completed her finance internship with Target Corpora­tion, and moved to Justin, Texas, where she worked for Bell Helicopter Commer­cial Division.

She is married to David Ryland, who is a pilot for Eagle Med of Ardmore.