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7/19/2016 News Release

OBA and Affiliates Elect New Directors and Officers

Oregon Bankers Association

OBA and Affiliates Elect New Directors and Officers

The Oregon Bankers Association (OBA), Oregon's only trade association dedicated to the banking industry and its customers, elected its 2016-2017 board officers and directors during its annual meeting on July 13. The OBA membership elected the following officers:





CHAIR:  Jeff Bailey
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Heppner




CHAIR-ELECT:  Ryan Killgore
President - Community Banking Pacific West Division
U.S. Bank
Bend




SECRETARY-TREASURER:  Hadley Robbins
EVP & Chief Operating Officer
Columbia Bank
Tacoma, WA


“The Oregon banking industry is fortunate to have these talented and dedicated bankers leading the Oregon Bankers Association over the next year. Their experience and commitment to a vibrant banking industry and to the state of Oregon will be invaluable to our Association and the communities we serve,” said Linda Navarro, president and chief executive officer of the OBA.

The OBA membership also elected the following new directors to three-year terms:

• David Gorman, SVP & Regional Executive
  Bank of America, Portland

• Charles “Chip” Reeves, President & Chief Operating Officer
  Bank of the Cascades, Bend

The following existing OBA director was re-elected to a new three-year term on the board:

• Steven W. Gray, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Pacific West Bank, West Linn

Gorman, Reeves and Gray, along with the newly elected directors, join the following individuals currently serving terms on the OBA board:

• Immediate Past Chair:  Mitchell J. Hagstrom, EVP & Chief Banking Officer
  Pacific Continental Bank, Eugene

• Independent Community Banks of Oregon Chair: Steve Terjeson, EVP & Chief Lending Officer, Citizens  
  Bank, Corvallis

• Synergy by Association Chair: Trey Maust, Co-President & Chief Executive Officer
  Lewis & Clark Bank, Oregon City

• Jef Baker, President & Chief Executive Officer
  MBank, Gresham

• Cheryl L. Cebula, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Albina Community Bank, Portland

• R. Shane Correa, SVP - Retail Strategy & Market Development
  Banner Bank, Meridian, ID

• Tracy Curtis, EVP & Oregon Region President
  Wells Fargo, Portland

• Rick Roby, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Premier Community Bank, Hillsboro

• Joe Schulte, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Clatsop Community Bank, Seaside

• Craig Wanichek, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Summit Bank, Eugene 

The OBA’s wholly owned subsidiary, Synergy by Association, which provides products and services to banks and other trade association members in 37 states, also re-elected two directors at its annual shareholder meeting held July 11.  The following directors were re-elected to new three-year terms on the Synergy board:

• SECRETARY-TREASURER: Roger Busse, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Pacific Continental Bank, Eugene

• CHAIR:  Trey Maust, Co-President & Chief Executive Officer
  Lewis & Clark Bank, Oregon City

These individuals join the following officers and directors currently serving terms on the Synergy board:

• VICE CHAIR:  Bill Hubel, EVP & Chief Operating Officer
  Citizens Bank, Corvallis

• CHAIR-ELECT:  Ryan Killgore, President
  Community Banking Pacific West Division - U.S. Bank, Bend

• Jeffrey Hyde, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Evergreen Federal Bank, Grants Pass

• Linda Navarro, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Oregon Bankers Association, Salem

• Fred Postlewait, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Oregon Coast Bank, Newport

• Jeri Reno, EVP & Chief Operating Officer
  People's Bank of Commerce, Medford

• Rick Roby, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Premier Community Bank, Hillsboro

• Lisa Schrunk, EVP & Chief Lending Officer
  Willamette Valley Bank, Salem

On July 13, the following new directors were elected to three-year terms on the board of the OBA Education Foundation, an organization affiliated with the OBA

• John Hancock, Retired CPA

• Kenneth D. Trautman, Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer
  People's Bank of Commerce, Medford

The following existing directors were re-elected to new three-year terms on the OBA Education Foundation board:

• CHAIR:  Richard E. Brown, SVP - Corporate Social Responsibility
  Bank of America & OBA Past Chair, Portland 

• Stuart B. Allen, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Allen Trust Company, Portland

• VICE CHAIR:  Daniel J. Hempy, Retired Banker & OBA Past Chair, Bend

These individuals join the following directors currently serving terms on the OBA Education Foundation board:

• Chris Karlin, Retired Banker & OBA Past Chair, Portland

• Debra Ringold, Dean & JELD-WEN Professor of Free Enterprise
  Willamette University Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Salem

• SECRETARY TREASURER: Linda Navarro, President & Chief Executive Officer
  Oregon Bankers Association, Salem

• OBA PENULTIMATE CHAIR: Steve Rice, Retired Banker & OBA Past Chair

About the Oregon Bankers Association

Established in 1905, the Oregon Bankers Association is Oregon's only full-service trade association representing state and national commercial and savings banks chartered to do business in Oregon.  More information is available at www.oregonbankers.com

About Synergy by Association

Synergy by Association is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Oregon Bankers Association, providing trade association members with superior products and services through partnerships with industry-leading suppliers. More information is available at www.synergybai.com. 

About the OBA Education Foundation

The OBA Education Foundation works toward its vision of a vibrant banking and business community that attracts the best talent and empowers all Oregonians to be financially educated and secure.  It does so by enhancing educational opportunities in banking, finance, financial literacy and business. For more information or to help support the Foundation’s current initiatives, please visit www.OBAEdFoundation.org.

Past news releases can be viewed at http://web.oregonbankers.com/news.         

 

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