Jacqueline M. Ruge-Perkins is president and CEO of First State Bank of Porter. She joined the bank in 1986 and has held positions as teller, loan clerk, insurance agent and compliance officer. She served as executive vice president from 2012 to 2018, and in 2019 she was named president and CEO. Ruge-Perkins continues to serve the bank as trust officer.
Within the community, she is a member and past treasurer of the Duneland Chamber of Commerce, as well as treasurer and past president of the Duneland Exchange Club. Additionally, she volunteers with Rebuilding Together Duneland and Westchester Neighbors Food Pantry.
Ruge-Perkins has been honored as a Duneland Distinguished Woman recipient and as a finalist of the Northwest Indiana Influential Women award in the Financial Industry category.
She is a graduate of Purdue University and of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin.