Director Biographies

William V. Humphreys, Chairman
Current term expires: 2012

Bill Humphreys is president and CEO of Citizens Bank in Corvallis, Oregon. He has more than 36 years of banking experience, including 23 years as chief executive officer of a community bank.

Mr. Humphreys has served as a director of the Oregon Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association, as well as chairman of the State of Oregon Banking Board. He is currently a faculty member at Oregon Bankers Association Directors College.

Mr. Humphreys has a bachelor’s degree from Western Oregon University and graduated with honors from the School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin.

Craig E. Dahl, Vice Chair
Current term expires: 2013

Craig Dahl is president and chief executive officer of Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (AKPB) and its subsidiary, Alaska Pacific Bank, headquartered in Juneau, Alaska. He also serves on the board of directors of both organizations.

Mr. Dahl began his banking career in 1973 with The B.M. Behrends Bank in Juneau, and he was president of the bank at the time of its sale to Key Bank in 1989. He joined Alaska Pacific Bank in 1992. The institution, formerly known as Alaska Federal Savings & Loan Association, has served Alaskans since 1935. In 1999, he led it through the process of converting to a stock-owned savings bank.

Mr. Dahl, who is a graduate of Seattle University, serves on the American Bankers Association Government Relations Council and served for two terms as president of the Alaska Bankers Association. He just completed a three-year term as assistant district governor for Rotary District 5010 and is a past president of the Glacier Valley Rotary Club.

Mr. Dahl is a member of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and is an active member of the community.

Les AuCoin
Current term expires: 2012

Les AuCoin is a visiting professor at Southern Oregon University, an author, and a retired U.S. Congressman from Oregon. During his 18-year tenure in Congress, he served on the House Appropriations Committee, the House Banking Committee, and the Housing and Community Development and International Institutions subcommittees.

From 1996 – 1998, Mr. AuCoin was president and chief executive officer of the Oregon Health Sciences Foundation, the private financial fundraising arm of the Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. From 1994 – 2005, he managed his own consulting firm, AuCoin & Associates, LLC, which focused on government affairs and planned giving. From 1998 – 2002, he served as the Glenn L. Jackson Professor of Political Science at Southern Oregon University.

Mr. AuCoin was a member of the Seattle Bank’s Board of Directors from 1994 – 2000, during which time he served as a member of the Financial Operations and Policy and Strategy committees. He was also the board’s designated representative on the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, where he served as vice chairman for two years.

Mr. AuCoin currently serves on the board of Teton Heritage Buildings, a residential construction firm based in Jackson, Wyoming, and Big Sky, Montana. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism and honorary doctor of human letters from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Mike Daly
Current term expires: 2010

Mike C. Daly is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Wheatland Bankshares, Inc., in Wheatland, Wyoming. A graduate of the University of Wyoming with a degree in business administration, Mr. Daly began his banking career in 1974 with First Wyoming Bancorporation, then went on to open First State Bank in Wheatland, Wyoming, in 1981.

He is a past president of Wyoming Bankers Association and currently serves on that organization’s Government Relations Committee. He is also past president of the Platte County Chamber of Commerce and the Wheatland Lions Club.

Mr. Daly joined the Seattle Bank’s Board of Directors in 2002 and served as chairman of the board from 2005 to 2009.

Marianne M. Emerson
Current term expires: 2010

Marianne Emerson is a highly accomplished information technology (IT) systems executive with over 15 years of experience in strategic planning and implementation of mission-critical, enterprise solutions for economists and financial services professionals.

Currently, Ms. Emerson is chief information officer for the Seattle Housing Authority, a public corporation providing affordable housing to more than 25,000 low-income Seattle residents. From 2002 – 2007, she served as chief information officer at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., where she was responsible for providing IT services to the central bank of the United States. She joined the Federal Reserve Board in 1982 and held a number of IT leadership positions during her tenure there.

Ms. Emerson earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and a master of science (computer science) and a master of business administration (finance) degree from the University of Maryland. She has also served as an adjunct lecturer in information security at the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.

Daniel R. Fauske
Current term expires: 2010

Dan Fauske is chief executive officer and executive director of Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC). Since he assumed that position in 1995, the organization has issued more than $6.0 billion in housing bonds and paid an annual dividend of approximately $100 million to the State of Alaska.

Mr. Fauske also serves on the National Housing Development Corporation Board of Directors and the UAA School of Nursing Advisory Board. In addition, he has chaired the Alaska Interagency Council on Homelessness and served on the Fiscal Policy Council of Alaska and Fannie Mae’s National Housing Impact Advisory Council. Prior to his career at AHFC, Mr. Fauske served as chief financial officer and chief administrative officer for Alaska’s North Slope Borough.

He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Gonzaga University.

Frederick C. Kiga
Current term expires: 2011

Frederick C. Kiga is director of tax policy at Amazon.com, Inc. in Seattle, Washington. From 2008 – February 2010, Mr. Kiga served as vice president for government relations and global corporate citizenship for The Boeing Company, and from 2003 – 2007, as director of corporate and government relations for Russell Investments in Tacoma, Washington.

Prior to his tenure at Russell, Mr. Kiga worked for the State of Washington as director of the Department of Revenue and chief of staff to Governor Gary Locke. As chief of staff, he was responsible for organizing the Governor’s Competitiveness Council, which focused on improving the state’s business climate, and implemented use of an innovative “Priorities of Government” budget process to address a $2.5 billion deficit without a tax increase. Mr. Kiga has also worked as a consultant with a large accounting firm and as a vice president at Washington Mutual.

Mr. Kiga is chair of the University of Washington Board of Regents, a member of numerous professional and civic boards and commissions, including: the Capital Hill Housing Improvement Program, the BOLD Initiative, the Association of Washington Business, the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber, the Pierce County Reading Foundation, and the American Benefits Council “Thrive by Five” Advisory Committee.

He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in business administration and a juris doctor degree from the University of Washington. He is a member of the Washington State bar.

Russell J. Lau
Current term expires: 2013

Russell J. Lau is president and chief executive officer of Finance Enterprises, Ltd. and vice chairman and chief executive officer of Finance Factors, Ltd. in Honolulu, Hawaii. As CEO of Finance Factors, the largest Hawaii-owned, financial-services loan company, he directed a major strategic restructuring effort for the institution.

Mr. Lau is a member of the Financial Executives Institute and active in Honolulu’s non-profit community, serving as treasurer/trustee of Assets School, treasurer of American Judicature Society – Hawaii Chapter, director of Palolo Chinese Home, and trustee for St. Andrews Priory.

Mr. Lau holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Puget Sound and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Oregon.

James G. Livingston
Current term expires: 2013

A vice president in the investments division at Zions First National Bank in Salt Lake City, Utah, James G. Livingston has extensive education and experience in accounting, finance, capital markets, and corporate governance.

Prior to his tenure at Zions First National Bank, Dr. Livingston worked for Zift Brothers Investments, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund in New York City, where he was director of the financial research group and served in the quantitative strategy group. He has also served as an assistant professor of accounting at Southern Methodist University and as an instructor of economics and finance at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.

Mr. Livingston holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in applied economics and a doctorate degree in business administration from the University of Rochester.

Cynthia A. Parker
Current term expires: 2013

Cynthia A. Parker is president and CEO of BRIDGE Housing, one of the nation’s largest owners and developers of affordable housing, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Previously, Ms. Parker served as regional president for Mercy Housing Inc. (MHI), which develops affordable housing for low income families, seniors, and people with special needs in Idaho and Washington.

Prior to her tenure at Mercy Housing, Ms. Parker served as senior vice president for Seattle-Northwest Securities, a public finance firm, where she oversaw affordable housing and commercial and public facility real estate financing in five Northwest states. Previously, she worked for the City of Seattle, where she established the new Office of Housing, doubled the agency’s housing production, and managed a $61 million biannual budget.

Ms. Parker has also served as executive director of Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services and general manager of Portland Student Services. She is a former president of the National Neighborhood Housing Network and a former director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She has chaired the Sound Families Initiative for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and served on the Seattle Bank’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council. She is currently a director of the National Affordable Housing Trust, Housing Partnership Network, and the OneCalifornia Foundation.

Ms. Parker has a bachelor of science degree from Portland State University.

Park Price
Current term expires: 2010

Park Price has served as president of Bank of Idaho, an independent community bank, since June 2003 and as a director of that institution since 1999. He is also a director of Western Independent Bankers, a regional banking association serving community banks across the Western United States.
In addition, Mr. Price served as a director of West One Bank, Idaho / U.S. Bank, Idaho, from 1990 to 1996, and on the Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 1985 to 1990. He was also owner and president of Park Price Motor Company in Pocatello, Idaho, from 1979 to 2003 and has served on the boards of numerous business and civic organizations, including Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, Idaho Community Foundation, and Idaho Business Coalition for Education Excellence.

Mr. Price holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College.

Donald V. Rhodes
Current term expires: 2012

Don Rhodes is chairman of Heritage Financial Corporation in Olympia, Washington, and chairman of the corporation’s Heritage Bank and Central Valley Bank subsidiaries.

Mr. Rhodes has served as chairman of the board for four separate banking institutions. He has also held board leadership positions with several community organizations, including his service as board chairman of both South Puget Sound Community College and Community Foundation of South Puget Sound. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of South Puget Sound Community College since 1991.

Mr. Rhodes has served as chairman and/or chief executive officer for four banking institutions and has held board leadership positions with several community organizations, including his service as board chairman of South Puget Sound Community College and the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound.

Mr. Rhodes graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington and completed the Stonier Graduate School of Banking program at Rutgers University.

Jack T. Riggs, M.D.
Current term expires: 2010

Jack Riggs is a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He is also a partner in North Idaho Medical Care Centers, PLLC, which he founded as an urgent-care medical practice serving northern Idaho in 1986. Since 2005, he has been the chief executive officer of Pita Pit USA, Inc. In addition to his professional and entrepreneurial experience, Dr. Riggs served as an Idaho State Senator from 1996 to 2000 and as the state’s Lieutenant Governor from 2001 to 2003. He has also served on the Idaho State Board of Health and Welfare.

Dr. Riggs is a graduate of the University of Idaho and the University of Washington School of Medicine.

David F. Wilson
Current term expires: 2012

David F. Wilson is a commissioner of the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA), the owner of Wilson Construction LLC, and a former mayor of Sun Valley, Idaho.

As a member of IHFA’s Board of Commissioners since 1995, Mr. Wilson is actively involved in providing overall policy direction and setting long-term goals for the organization, whose mission is to provide funding for affordable housing opportunities in Idaho communities.

Mr. Wilson has been the owner of Wilson Construction, LLC, a residential and commercial development company in Ketchum, Idaho, since 1977. He is also an active member of the National Association of Home Builders and served as the organization’s president in 2005. Currently, he is an NAHB senior life director and vice chairman of the Home Building Industry Disaster Relief Fund.

Mr. Wilson served as Mayor of Sun Valley, Idaho, from 1997 - 2001 and as a city council member from 1991 until 1997.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University at Los Angeles.

Gordon Zimmerman
Current term expires: 2011

Gordon Zimmerman is president, assistant corporate secretary, and a member of the board of directors of Community Bank, Inc., a $100 million community financial institution located in Ronan, Montana.

Mr. Zimmerman began his career in the financial services industry with KPMG Peat Marwick, where as a manager in the firm’s audit department, he specialized in matters relating to real estate, financial institutions, SEC regulation, and technology. Following his tenure at KPMG, Mr. Zimmerman served as chief financial officer for several venture capital entities, including Southwest Value Partners of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Pack River Ltd. LLC, in Sandpoint, Idaho. In 1998, he joined Pend Oreille Bank in Sandpoint, Idaho, serving as its chief financial officer, president, and board member until 2003, when he joined Community Bank, Inc.

Mr. Zimmerman holds a bachelor of arts in accounting and finance from the University of Montana, a graduate degree in banking from the University of Colorado, and a professional master of banking degree from the Executive Banking Institute at Louisiana State University. He is a licensed CPA in Montana, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the Montana Bankers Association.