Lorrie L. Asker is First Interstate Bank’s Interim Chief Banking Officer (CBO), a role she was awarded in February 2023 while serving as First Interstate’s Rocky Mountain Regional President. As Interim Chief Banking Officer, Ms. Asker leads the retail, commercial, treasury management, and wealth management teams at First Interstate.
With nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, Ms. Asker has track record of building strong relationships and producing results. Her strengths include developing long-term strategic plans that address the changing landscape of banking products and services.
Prior to her role as Interim CBO, Ms. Asker served as First Interstate’s Rocky Mountain Regional President since 2019, managing a regional treasury teams, 10 commercial banking teams and more than 50 branches. Ms. Asker previously served as a commercial banking executive for First Foundation Bank and Senior Vice President and Director of Commercial Loan Underwriting at Umpqua Bank. In these roles, she led the commercial underwriting and analysis teams and was responsible for the configuration and deployment of a new commercial loan origination and filing system. Ms. Asker’s career also includes tenures with Sterling Bank, US Bank, and West One Bank.
Ms. Asker is actively involved in her community and was appointed to the Governor’s Economic Rebound Advisory Committee and is a member of the Idaho Bankers Association’s Government Affairs Committee. She also serves on the board of the United Way of Treasure Valley and the St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center Foundation.
Ms. Asker earned a Bachelor of Science in organizational communication from the University of Idaho and a Master of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary. She is a graduate and a current faculty member of the Pacific Coast Banking School.