Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 20, 2002
MARSHALL J. ALEXANDER is EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Klamath
First Bancorp, Inc. Mr. Alexander has spent the last 25 years in
banking, starting with Old National Bank of Washington in the
management trainee program. He has worked with several community
and regional commercial banks and thrifts in the west in various
capacities, including consumer and commercial lending officer,
operations and data processing positions, as well as finance and
accounting. He graduated from the University of California at
Berkeley with a degree in Economics and Finance after a short
tour of duty in the U.S. Navy at the end of the Vietnam War era. Profile
KERMIT K. HOUSER has served as President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director of Klamath First Bancorp since November, 2000.
Before accepting his current position, Mr. Houser was Senior Vice
President and Regional Manager of Bank of America's South Valley
Region, headquartered in Fresno, California. His 18 years with
Bank of America included positions of Chief Credit Officer - Bank
of America Oregon; Group Manager of Oregon's Commercial Banking
and Vice President, Team Leader in Seattle First National Bank's
Special Assets Department. Before joining Bank of America in
1983, Mr. Houser held positions at Oregon Bank for six years as
Vice President and Manager, and six years at Wells Fargo Bank. He
graduated from the California State College system in 1971 after
service in the U.S. Army. Profile
Mr. Alexander: Basically, we are a thrift, but were a thrift in transition. We were founded in 1934 as a traditional thrift to
