Pub. 7 2017-2018 Issue 1

O V E R A C E N T U R Y : B U I L D I N G B E T T E R B A N K S - H E L P I N G C O L O R A D A N S R E A L I Z E D R E A M S July • August 2017 7 Colorado Bankers Association Elects Leadership for 2017-18 Year B ankers in May voted unanimously to elect three of their own to lead theColoradoBankersAssociation in the com- ing year. A short biography of each is below. Mark Driscoll of First National Bank of Fort Collins will serve asCBAchairman for the2017-2018year.Hewill be assisted by BrendanZahl , of PeoplesBank inColoradoSpringswhowill serve as CBA chair-elect and by Joanne Sherwood, Division President of Citywide Banks who will serve as CBA Treasurer. Driscoll said he is looking forward to the task and is “pleased to have a chance to contribute to CBA’s ongoing success.” “During this next year, I plan to support our terrific staff in their efforts to provide leadership and advocacy for our indus- try by working hard to grow the bank membership rolls which can provide the team the resources they need to be successful,” Driscoll said. “I also plan to focus the member banks on involv- ing the next generation of bankers in the association, but in the Advocacy program, on committees, as part of the Government Relations committee or in service to the industry in some way.” Mark Driscoll, First National Bank Fort Collins – CBA Chairman MarkDriscoll is currentlyColoradoMarketPres- ident of FirstNational BankofOmaha. TheColorado bank is a$2.3Billion institutionwith24 retail bank- ingoffices. Duringa32-yearbankingcareer,Driscoll has servedas President of FirstNational Bank for 18 of those years with the remaining years in various management and lendingpositionswithFirstNational Bank and oneotherbank.Driscoll hasalsoworkedatColoradoStateUniver- sity for a total of seven years – four years as an assistant football coach (1976-1980), and three years (2003-2006) as Director of Athletics. Driscoll currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Innosphere, the Colorado Bankers Associ- ation, Mountain States Employers Council and Serve 6.8. He is a graduate of Colorado State University with both a Bachelors and Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Mark and his wife Neyla have three grown children and two grandchildren. Brendan Zahl, Peoples Bank – CBA Chair-Elect BrendanZahl is CEOof Peoples Bank. He began hisbankingcareer at FirstBank inColoradoSprings. After 10-years of community involvement and management progression, he moved to Peoples Na- tional Bank in 2007 to take over Retail and Lending Management. HewasnamedCEOin2012. Brendan attended the University of Nebraska on an academic scholarship and graduated with honors with a Business Administration degree. While at Nebraska he also played football under coach TomOsborne on2National ChampionshipTeams. Zahl has held several board, advisory, andvolunteer roleswithmanycommunity organizations includingPartners inHousing, JuniorAchievement, UnitedWay, Rotary International, andHabitat forHumanity. He and his wife Trina live in Monument and have three sons. Joanne Sherwood, Citywide Banks, CBA Treasurer Joanne Sherwood is Division President for Citywide Banks inDenver. She hasmore than three decades of experience inbanking andhas beenwith Citywide since 2000. AsDivisionPresident, she has contributed significantly to the growth of Citywide. She has extensive training and work experience in bank operations, loan portfoliomanagement, strategic planning, and staff development. She serves as a mentor to up-and-com- ing lenders and has developed a program to assist and support women as they progress up the ranks. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from California State University at Fullerton and an MBA from Pepperdine University. She is on the associate board of the Boys and Girls Club of Denver. She is also involved with Arrupe Jesuit High She has strong ties to construction and real estate and is an active member of the Home Builders Association. 