PORT ANGELES — First Federal President and Chief Executive Officer Levon L. Mathews has been appointed education chair by the Washington Bankers Association.
“Levon and First Federal have been and continue to be strong supporters of our professional development programming,” said Liz Wilson, executive vice president of the WBA.
Respond to community
Mathews will lead the WBA’s 12-member Education Committee, whose responsibilities include working closely with WBA staff to represent and respond to the financial community’s needs through professional development offerings, specialized leadership trainings including the Management Development Program and Executive Development Program, as well as coordination of an education and human resources conference.
Because the leadership position on the committee is key to the operations of the WBA, Mathews also was immediately appointed as an active member of the WBA board of directors, joining 14 other experienced executive-level banking professionals in helping direct and manage WBA policy, action and fiscal resources.
“We believe his ardent commitment will serve to further strengthen our positioning as the premier provider of banker education in the Pacific Northwest,” said Wilson.
Said Mathews: “The recent strategic education alliance with the Oregon Bankers Association is one example of how we are expanding and growing our available professional development offerings.”
Mathews has been president and CEO of Port Angeles-headquartered First Federal for the past three years.
Founded in 1923, First Federal recently applied to state and federal regulators to begin a process to convert from a mutual, or depositor-owned, organization to a shareholder company that will sell stock.
Mathews is a member of the American Bankers Association’s Membership Council, the ABA’s mutual institutions council, chairman of the Washington Financial League and board member of the Association of Washington Business.
He is a former member of the board of directors for the St.
Louis Federal Reserve, Memphis region.
