Springs Valley Bank hires Paoli grad Stella Windhorst as marketing intern

Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company has added Stella Windhorst to its summer roster as a marketing intern, giving the Jasper-based lender another student hire in a season shaped by workforce development. The move also shows how the bank is using internships to identify future employees while keeping local talent connected to banking careers in Southwest Indiana.

Windhorst graduated from Paoli High School in 2024 and will be a junior this fall at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where she is studying marketing. She is not new to Springs Valley’s operation. During the summer of 2025, she worked as a personal banker at the company’s Paoli banking center before returning this summer to the marketing team.

Springs Valley has said its internship program is built to provide career connections, mentorship and networking opportunities within the bank and the broader banking industry. The company also says the program is meant to attract local talent and identify potential future employees, with the goal of encouraging students to build their careers in the communities where they grew up.

“We’re excited to welcome Stella to Springs Valley as our Marketing Intern. Her creativity and eagerness to learn make her a strong addition to our team,” said Kaleb Knepp, Springs Valley’s marketing specialist.

The internship comes from a bank with a regional footprint that reaches well beyond Dubois County. Springs Valley Bank & Trust Company is headquartered in French Lick, and its administrative offices are at 1500 Main Street in Jasper. The company says it has locations in Dubois, Orange, Daviess and Gibson counties, making its student hiring decisions relevant to the local labor market as well as to the bank’s own future staffing needs.

Windhorst is also part of a broader pattern at Springs Valley. The bank announced Lucas Brittain as a finance intern on June 4, signaling multiple student placements this summer. It also highlighted Tori Hemmerlein as a marketing intern in 2025. Taken together, those hires suggest Springs Valley is treating internships as more than short-term help. The bank appears to be building a pipeline that starts with students like Windhorst, gives them hands-on experience in banking and marketing, and potentially keeps them working close to home after graduation.