– USA, WA – Banner Corporation (NASDAQ: BANR), the parent company of Banner Bank, today announced the appointments of Margot Copeland and Paul Walsh have been to the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2022. Copeland and Walsh were also appointed to the Board of Directors of Banner Bank.
“We are very pleased to have Margot and Paul join our Boards of Directors. Margot and Paul are exceedingly well known and highly respected in our business communities. They bring different strengths and a broad depth of knowledge that should help propel us forward as we continue to position the organization for future success,” said CEO, Mark Grescovich.
Copeland will join the Compensation and Human Capital Committee and the Credit Risk Committee.
In addition, the company also announced that current Board Chairman, Brent Orrico will not be standing for re-election at 2022 AGM and that Merline Saintil will resign from the Boards effective 2022 AGM.
About Margot Copeland
Margot Copeland specializes in developing strategies in the areas of workforce development and management, leadership, diversity & inclusion, philanthropy, and community outreach & engagement. She has over 20 years of experience, with her previous positions being at KeyBank and KeyBank Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. At KeyBank, she was EVP and Director of Corporate Philanthropy and Community Engagement from 2001 through 2019; during the same period, she served as Board Chair and CEO for KeyBank Foundation. As a corporate officer and leader of corporate philanthropy and civic engagement, Copeland was a member of KeyBank’s Corporate Social Responsibility Council, which focused on philanthropic investments, corporate citizenship, and regulatory and corporate strategy. She was also a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Council and she served as KeyBank’s Chief Diversity Officer from 2001 through 2013. Before joining KeyBank, Copeland served on the Advisory Board of US Bank (formerly Firstar) from 1998 through 2001.
Margot Copeland received a Master’s degree from The Ohio State University, a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio.
About Paul J. Walsh
Paul Walsh is a technology leader with more than 25 years of experience in both scale and scope with some of the most respected brands in the industry. He is currently SVP, Head of Digital, Engineering, and IT at Sony Interactive Entertainment, which he joined in January 2022. He was an Executive-In-Residence with Adobe from 2021 to 2022. Walsh served as SVP and Global Chief Digital Officer with Lenovo from 2018 to 2020. Before Lenovo, Walsh served as SVP, Platform Strategy & Innovation for Visa Inc. from 2016 to 2018. He previously served as the Global CIO at Dell from 2013 through 2015. Walsh is also an experienced advisory board member.
Paul Walsh received a Bachelor of Science, BSc Computer Science at Griffith College, Dublin, Ireland. Walsh will serve on the Audit and Risk Committees.
About Banner Corporation
Banner Corporation is a $16.80 billion bank holding company operating one commercial bank in four Western states through a network of branches offering a full range of deposit services and business, commercial real estate, construction, residential, agricultural, and consumer loans.
For more information: https://www.bannerbank.com/
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