Pub. 4 2016 Issue 2

(July 1, 2016—Salt Lake City, UT) The Utah Bankers Asso- ciation has elected new officers and board members for 2016-17. The new Chair of the UBA is Craig White, President & CEO of Utah Independent Bank in Beaver, Utah. Ron Ostler, Chairman of Comenity Capital Bank, was elected vice chairman and Dee O’Donnell, Regional President, Wells Fargo was elected 2nd Vice Chairman. Mr. White’s bank has branches in three small southern Utah communities. In 1995, he became President and CEO of UIB and serves on the Community Bank Advisory Board. He has been President of the Beaver Chamber of Commerce and has been very active in community, family, church and Scouting af- fairs. Currently he serves as Boy Scout District Commissioner. Mr. Ostler joined Comenity Capital Bank, a wholly-owned sub- sidiary of Alliance Data, in November 2004, just a few months after the Bank was organized. He was the Bank’s President from 2011- 2014. Prior to being named President, he was the bank’s Chief Lending and Compliance Officer. In addition to his duties at the Bank, he also has responsibility for all Banking & Governance activities for the parent company’s Card Services division. Ms. O’Donnell has been in banking for 36 years, spending the last 26 years with Wells Fargo. In 2015 she relocated from the East Coast to supervise Utah’s 125 Wells Fargo branches, plus two locations in Idaho. O’Donnell is the first woman to serve as a Wells Fargo regional president. Directors newly elected to the Utah Bankers Association Board are: Ray Dardano, President and CEO of Marlin Busi- ness Bank, has been with Marlin since 2011 and was previously with UBS Bank and Merrill Lynch Bank. He has over 20 years of leadership experi- ence in diverse banking environments. Kristin B. Dittmer is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EnerBank USA, a na- tionwide provider of unsecured home improvement loans. She was named to this position in January 2016. Craig White Elected To Head the Utah Bankers Association; Bankers Elect New Officers and Directors Craig White Chairman Ron Ostler Vice Chairman Dee O’Donnell 2 nd Vice Chairman Kent Landvatter, Chief Executive Officer/Presi- dent, Utah Community Bank, where he started in late 2010. In addition to his work at Utah Com- munity Bank, Kent’s has also presided over three industrial banks, two of which were de novo. Carla Nguyen, District Manager with U.S. Bank in the Community Banking and Branch Delivery Division. She has responsibility for 13 branches in the greater Salt Lake, Weber and Davis Counties. Curt Queyrouze, President, Transportation Alliance Bank, Inc, Mr. Queyrouze was named president in February 2016 and served as its Chief Credit Officer from January 2014 to February 2016. John Taylor, President, First Electronic Bank, which originates and services the Fry’s credit card. Prior to his work with First Electronic Bank, John was part of the original management team that started CIT Bank in October. Mike Watson, President & CEO, CCBank (Capital Community Bank). He was named President on January 1 2016. Previous to this position he was COO/CIO. Mike joined the Bank in 2008. Continuing their service as directors are: Rich- ard T. Beard, President and CEO, People’s First Bancorp and President of Bank of American Fork; Mike Fosmark, President, Leasing and Equipment Finance, Celtic Bank; K. John Jones, President & CEO, First National Bank; Donald Poulton, Presi- dent & CEO, Medallion Bank; Erich Sontag, President, Banner Bank; Frank K. Stepan, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. Also continuing as directors are: Kay Hall, Executive Vice Pres- ident and CFO, Zions Bank; Damon G. Miller, Utah Market President, US Bank; and Craig Zollinger, President & CEO, Utah and Idaho JPMorgan Chase. Immediate Past Chairman of the UBA, Jill M. Taylor, Regional President, Consumer and Small Business, KeyBank will also continue on the board Howard M. Headlee serves as President and Chief Staff Officer for the professional and trade association for Utah’s commercial banks, savings banks, and industrial loan corporations. Estab- lished in 1908, the UBA serves, represents and advocates the interests of its members, enhancing their ability to be preemi- nent providers of financial services. Through UBA, hundreds of Utah Bankers volunteer each year to serve on UBA boards, committees, and task forces, and take part in combating fiscal illiteracy by educating Utah’s consum- ers. n Issue 2. 2016 13