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The Oregon Bankers Association (OBA), Oregon's only trade association dedicated to the banking industry and its customers, along with the OBA Education Foundation (“Foundation”), elected its board officers and directors during a joint annual meeting held Dec. 10. New OBA officers include: Chair: Ryan Dempster President & Chief Executive Officer Willamette Valley Bank Chair-Elect: R. Shane Correa SVP - Retail Strategy & Market Development Banner Bank Secretary-Treasurer: Joshua Lyons Market President – Oregon & SW Washington KeyBank Immediate Past Chair: Ted Austin SVP & National Director of Trust Administration U.S. Bank New OBA directors include: Gary L. Haines Regional President – Northern Oregon WaFd Bank Nicole Sherman President & Chief Executive Officer Riverview Bank During his one-year term as chair of OBA, Dempster will also have an ex-officio seat on the Community Banks of Oregon (CBO) board. In addition to the newly elected officers and directors, the OBA membership re-elected the following directors to new three-year terms: R. Shane Correa SVP - Retail Strategy & Market Development Banner Bank Jeff Lang Executive Director – Banking JPMorgan Chase & Co. Joshua Lyons Market President – Oregon & SW Washington KeyBank These new and re-elected directors join the following individuals currently serving terms on the OBA board: Jeff Bailey President & Chief Executive Officer Bank of Eastern Oregon Tracy Curtis EVP & Region Bank Director – Oregon & SW Washington Wells Fargo Jeff Deuel Chief Executive Officer Heritage Financial Ron Green President & Chief Executive Officer Oregon Pacific Bank Denise Portmann President & Chief Executive Officer Bank of the Pacific Jason Wessling President & Chief Executive Officer Pacific West Bank Ex-Officio Officer and CBO Chair: Kate Salyers EVP & Chief Credit Officer Citizens Bank Ex-Officio Officer and Synergy by Association Chair: Trey Maust Executive Chairman Lewis & Clark Bank Newly elected OBA Education Foundation director: Linda W. Navarro Director Citizens Bank Re-elected Foundation officers and directors: Chair: Richard E. Brown Retired Bank of America Vice-Chair: John Hancock Retired CPA Secretary-Treasurer: Scott Bruun President & Chief Executive Officer Oregon Bankers Association Lisa Fajardo Faust EVP & Chief Banking Officer Pacific West Bank These elected officers and directors join the following individuals currently serving terms on the Foundation board: Stuart B. Allen Chief Executive Officer Allen Trust Company Elise Bouneff SVP & Relationship Banking Officer Heritage Bank Neil T. McLaughlin EVP & Treasurer Umpqua Bank Joan Reukauf President & Chief Executive Officer Pacific Coast Banking School Becky Tymchuk Board Member Northwest Regional ESD “Oregon’s banking industry is fortunate to have such dedicated leaders guiding the OBA and the OBA Education Foundation,” said OBA President and CEO Scott Bruun. “We warmly welcome our newly elected board officers and directors, whose expertise and commitment will strengthen our advocacy and support for Oregon banks. I also want to extend my deepest gratitude to Ted Austin for his outstanding chairmanship during the recent OBA CEO transition. His steady leadership has been invaluable during this period of change.”
The Oregon Bankers Association (OBA), Oregon's only trade association dedicated to the banking industry and its customers, along with the OBA Education Foundation (“Foundation”), elected its board officers and directors during a joint annual meeting held Dec. 10. New OBA officers include:
Chair: Ryan Dempster President & Chief Executive Officer Willamette Valley Bank
Chair-Elect: R. Shane Correa SVP - Retail Strategy & Market Development Banner Bank
Secretary-Treasurer: Joshua Lyons Market President – Oregon & SW Washington KeyBank
Immediate Past Chair: Ted Austin SVP & National Director of Trust Administration U.S. Bank
New OBA directors include:
During his one-year term as chair of OBA, Dempster will also have an ex-officio seat on the Community Banks of Oregon (CBO) board. In addition to the newly elected officers and directors, the OBA membership re-elected the following directors to new three-year terms:
These new and re-elected directors join the following individuals currently serving terms on the OBA board:
Newly elected OBA Education Foundation director:
Re-elected Foundation officers and directors:
These elected officers and directors join the following individuals currently serving terms on the Foundation board:
“Oregon’s banking industry is fortunate to have such dedicated leaders guiding the OBA and the OBA Education Foundation,” said OBA President and CEO Scott Bruun. “We warmly welcome our newly elected board officers and directors, whose expertise and commitment will strengthen our advocacy and support for Oregon banks. I also want to extend my deepest gratitude to Ted Austin for his outstanding chairmanship during the recent OBA CEO transition. His steady leadership has been invaluable during this period of change.”