Banner Corporation Elected Gordon E. Budke to Board of Directors.Business Editors WALLA WALLA Walla Walla (wŏl`ə wŏl`ə), city (1990 pop. 26,478), seat of Walla Walla co., SE Wash., at the junction of the Walla Walla River and Mill Creek, near the Oregon line; inc. 1862. , Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 Banner Corporation (Nasdaq:BANR BANR Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources ), the parent company of Banner Bank Banner Bank is a Washington financial institution based in Walla Walla. Originally known as First Federal Savings And Loan Of Walla Walla, it was the oldest Savings and Loan institution in the state of Washington. , today announced that its Board of Directors has elected a new member, Gordon E. Budke. Mr. Budke, a Certified Public Accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. , retired from Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in October 1997. After his retirement, he formed Budke Consulting, specializing in general business assistance to small and growing companies. In addition, he serves as a member of the board of directors and chief financial officer (on a limited basis) of Biomedex, Inc. He also serves as a member of the board of directors and the audit and compensation committees of Yokes Washington Foods, Inc. "Gordon brings particularly strong knowledge about the banking industry -- having spent seven years as the audit team leader for a publicly held Northwest bank -- and an excellent knowledge of commercial businesses operating in the greater Spokane area, a prime target market for Banner," said D. Michael Jones, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Gordon Budke spent 17 of his 34-year accounting career as the managing partner of the Spokane office of Coopers & Lybrand. He has agreed to lend his financial expertise to the Board by accepting an appointment to serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee. Budke will stand for election at Banner Corporation's annual meeting to be held in April 2003. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University - A university 20 miles southwest of Spokane, WA on the edge of the rolling Palouse Prairie. http://ewu.edu/. Address: Cheney, Washington, USA. . He and his wife Rhoda live in Spokane, Washington. Banner Corporation is the parent of Banner Bank, a commercial bank which operates a total of 41 branch offices and six loan offices in 19 counties in Washington This is a list of counties in Washington. There are thirty-nine counties in the U.S. state of Washington. Certain residents of Snohomish County consider themselves to be part of Freedom County. , Oregon and Idaho. Banner serves the Pacific Northwest region with a full range of deposit services and business, commercial real estate, construction, residential, agricultural and consumer loans. Visit Banner Bank on the Web at www.banrbank.com. |
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