Gender Male
Ross E. Kendell has provided us with services since January 1, 2010 in connection with fulfillment of our governance obligations arising out of our application to become a bank holding company.
Mr. Kendell retired in 1995 after a thirty-five-year career with KeyBank of Utah (and its predecessor, Commercial Security Bank (“CSB”)), where he served
as director, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1989 to 1995.
Mr. Kendell served as an officer of Commercial Security Bancorporation (“CS Bancorp”), a bank holding company, from 1972 to 1987 and as a member of the board of directors and on the Executive Committee of CSB and CS Bancorp from 1983 to 1987.
From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Kendell served as a director of the DaimlerChrysler Bank (US), a Utah Industrial Bank (which later became Chrysler Financial Bank).
Mr. Kendell previously served as Utah State Director of the Bank Administration Institute, Chairman and Director of the Utah Bankers Association, and was a member of the American Bankers Association’s Government Relations Council.
Mr. Kendell holds a BS in accounting from Utah State University and is a 1963 graduate of The NABAC School for Bank Audit and Control (later the BAI School for Bank Administration) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We believe Mr. Kendell should serve as a member of our board of directors based on his commercial and community bank leadership experience, including serving in the positions described above, his expertise in handling bank regulatory oversight and examination matters on behalf of community banks, and the perspective he would bring to our board of directors from holding positions in state and national bank associations or organizations.
