One job in college ended up steering Heather Curry’s career path.
A native Iolan, Heather Strunk graduated from Iola High School. When she was studying at Allen Community College she took a job at a bank.
“It was my intro into banking,” Curry said.
After Allen she attended Wichita State University, but wasn’t sure of her major. Banking, however, was always her default. “I thought about doing something in the business field and I even worked at a bank in Wichita,” she said.
Finance, naturally, became her major. After college she got into lending and moved back to Iola in 2000. Curry worked at Citizens Bank and recently started working at Piqua State Bank.
In early August, Curry became vice president of loans at Piqua State Bank. She currently has 19 years of banking experience. In her new position she works on mortgage loans and consumer loans at the Piqua branch.
She is married to Heath Curry who also is involved in the banking industry. His family owns Piqua State Banks. He works at the bank in Gas as a cashier.
Together they have three children: twins Ryker and Braxton, 10, and Cade, 1 1/2. Ryker is involved in sports and Braxton is in gymnastics.
“We always have something going on in the week,” she said. “We go to one thing to the next.”
Curry also stays extremely active in the community. She is the treasurer of the Iola Chamber of Commerce, a board member for Allen Community College endowment association, a member of Iola CITF and Jefferson PTO, where her children attend school.
“I like staying busy,” she said. “My employers have always encouraged me to be involved in the community. I do what I can to make it better.”
She also said she and Heath are big WSU fans and enjoy watching the team’s games.
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Curry ‘banks’ on experience
