Cristal Menke grew up on a farm near Lawrence, Nebraska. She has been in the banking industry since 1991 and has worked for Pinnacle Bank in Columbus since 2005. She is a 1993 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney and completed the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado in 2002. Cristal is active in her community as a Commodore for the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce and is a volunteer for Columbus Area United Way and Boy Scouts. She also is an active member of Optimist service organization.