His expertise includes start-up development, strategic planning, financial management, sales and marketing, and organizational leadership within both for-profit and nonprofit environments.

Mr. Busch was a principal organizer and founding Chief Executive Officer of multiple Bankers’ Banks throughout the country, including serving as Chairman, President, and CEO of two Bankers’ Banks for a combined 25 years. Under his leadership, these institutions achieved significant market penetration, strong regulatory performance, and sustained profitability while strengthening the capacity of community banks. Earlier in his career, he also served as Executive Director and Director of Governmental Affairs for the Independent Bankers of Minnesota, where he helped double membership, expand funding, advance statewide banking legislation, and establish one of the nation’s earliest political action committees for community bankers.

In the consulting and publishing sector, Mr. Busch founded Busch and Company Communications & Consulting, LLC, and previously led Busch and Company Resource Strategies, Inc., a marketing advisory and publishing enterprise that produced a widely circulated community periodical with cumulative circulation exceeding one million. Alongside his wife, Bertina Busch, he was a co-owner of the Pine Hills Press, supporting community journalism and civic engagement in Central Florida. His consulting work has included employee assessments, leadership development, and organizational performance initiatives for banks, regional hospitals, professional associations, and national technology firms.

Mr. Busch has also demonstrated a long-standing commitment to faith-based leadership and service. He served as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America, providing financial oversight and advisory support to parishes and missions spanning from the U.S.–Mexico border to the Atlantic Coast. He previously served as a councilman within the Orthodox Church in America, chaired his parish council, and remains actively engaged in Orthodox Christian ministry.

Educationally, Mr. Busch attended St. Thomas College in Minnesota (now the University of St. Thomas), Benilde High School, and the University of Minnesota, and holds a master’s degree. He continues to contribute his expertise to family entrepreneurial initiatives and community-based organizations. Together, Noel and Bertina Busch are the proud parents of five children and grandparents to eleven, and they remain deeply committed to service, faith, and community leadership.