Oregon Bankers Association and OBA Education Foundation Elect New Board Officers and Directors

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."