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OBA Presents Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award to Jeff Bailey, President and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon At the Oregon Bankers Association’s (OBA) 113th Anniversary Convention held in Incline Village, Nevada, the Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award was presented to Jeff Bailey, president and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner. The top priority of the Oregon Bankers Association is advocacy on behalf of its member banks. This includes lobbying at the state level, regulatory relations, federal legislative advocacy, grassroots programs, political engagement, and media and public relations. The Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award was established in 2015 to recognize what it means to be an outstanding advocate for the Oregon banking industry. The Award was named after one of the most passionate advocates in the history of Oregon banking, the late Frank Brawner, CEO of OBA for 24 years beginning in 1974. Whether testifying in Salem in support of important legislation; travelling to Washington, D.C. to meet with agency leadership and lawmakers; or writing Oregon’s congressional delegation on the importance of bank regulatory reform, Bailey assured that the Oregon banking industry’s voice – and the voice of rural banks in particular – was heard loud and clear in the halls of government. “Jeff is hands-down the right person to receive this award,” stated OBA President and CEO Linda Navarro while announcing the award. She added, “The reason can be summed up in the adage, ‘He says what he means, and means what he says,’ something that is too often absent in today’s political discourse. He is as honest and authentic as they come.” ↑ Jeff Bailey, president and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon was named the 2018 recipient of the Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award for his outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of the Oregon banking industry. Contacts: Linda Navarro, President & CEOAndee Rose, Communications Director(503) 581-3522 OBA Presents Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award to Jeff Bailey
At the Oregon Bankers Association’s (OBA) 113th Anniversary Convention held in Incline Village, Nevada, the Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award was presented to Jeff Bailey, president and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner.
The top priority of the Oregon Bankers Association is advocacy on behalf of its member banks. This includes lobbying at the state level, regulatory relations, federal legislative advocacy, grassroots programs, political engagement, and media and public relations. The Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award was established in 2015 to recognize what it means to be an outstanding advocate for the Oregon banking industry. The Award was named after one of the most passionate advocates in the history of Oregon banking, the late Frank Brawner, CEO of OBA for 24 years beginning in 1974.
Whether testifying in Salem in support of important legislation; travelling to Washington, D.C. to meet with agency leadership and lawmakers; or writing Oregon’s congressional delegation on the importance of bank regulatory reform, Bailey assured that the Oregon banking industry’s voice – and the voice of rural banks in particular – was heard loud and clear in the halls of government.
“Jeff is hands-down the right person to receive this award,” stated OBA President and CEO Linda Navarro while announcing the award. She added, “The reason can be summed up in the adage, ‘He says what he means, and means what he says,’ something that is too often absent in today’s political discourse. He is as honest and authentic as they come.”
↑ Jeff Bailey, president and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon was named the 2018 recipient of the Frank E. Brawner Advocacy Award for his outstanding advocacy efforts on behalf of the Oregon banking industry.
Contacts:
Linda Navarro, President & CEOAndee Rose, Communications Director(503) 581-3522