Executive Management

James A. Reuter has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and First Interstate Bank as well as a member of the Board of Directors since November 2024. Mr. Reuter leads with expertise drawn from more than 37 years in the banking industry. Prior to joining First Interstate Bank, Mr. Reuter was the President and Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank Holding Company of Colorado from 2017 to 2024. Mr. Reuter started his banking career at FirstBank in 1987 and, prior to CEO, served as the bank’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing many of the bank’s divisions including: loan/mortgage operations; information technology (IT); digital banking; payments; business banking; contact center; online account/loan acquisition; marketing; and treasury management. Mr. Reuter has been actively involved in the industry, serving on the Board of Directors of the American Bankers Association (ABA), ABA Government Relations Committee, ABA Payments Systems Advisory Council, and the ABA Venture Investment Committee. He also served on The Clearing House Real Time Payments Business Committee, the Board of Directors for the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, the Federal Reserve Bank Faster Payments Task Force Steering Committee, and the Colorado Bankers Association. In addition to industry-related work, Mr. Reuter has served on the boards of numerous nonprofits including: the American Cancer Society of Colorado’s CEOs Against Cancer; Women’s Foundation of Colorado; Special Olympics of Colorado; Ability Connection Colorado; Blind Institute of Technology; and Cerebral Palsy of Colorado. Mr. Reuter currently serves as Chair of the First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Board of Directors. Mr. Reuter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and attended the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin.

Mr. Della Camera joined First Interstate in 2021 and has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since June 2025. Prior to becoming CFO, Mr. Della Camera served as Deputy CFO and in other roles where he was responsible for the Company’s financial planning and analysis, investor relations, and certain strategic initiatives and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Della Camera served in various roles at other banking and financial institutions relating to financial analysis and strategic planning, among other responsibilities. Mr. Della Camera is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) chartered through the CFA Institute and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics-Finance from Bentley University. He serves as a board member of the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation.

Christopher “Chris” Shepler has been Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer since September 2025. With more than 30 years of leadership experience in commercial, business, wealth, and consumer/small business banking, Mr. Shepler brings a proven track record of driving growth, operational excellence, and client-centric innovation across some of the world’s leading financial institutions. Mr. Shepler most recently served as Managing Director and National Commercial Banking Region Coverage Executive at Wells Fargo, where he led a national team serving over 20,000 clients across four U.S. hubs. Under his leadership, the organization achieved significant gains in client growth, operational efficiency, and risk governance. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Shepler held senior executive roles at HSBC and Bank of America, where he spearheaded enterprise-wide integration initiatives, built high-performing teams, and launched scalable strategies that transformed client engagement and revenue performance. Mr. Shepler holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. 

Nathan Jones has been Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since April 2025. Mr. Jones leads the risk and credit organizations across the entirety of First Interstate’s operations with expertise drawn from more than 25 years in the banking industry. Prior to his current role with First Interstate, Mr. Jones was Chief Credit Officer at HTLF where he was responsible for leading all aspects of credit and loan operations. His career also includes executive and senior level roles at Fulton Financial, First Horizon, Marshall and Illsley, and Bank of America. Mr. Jones has been actively engaged in the industry, having served on the RMA’s Mid-Size Bank Advisory Board and Credit Advisory Board. Mr. Jones earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Masters of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

Kirk D. Jensen is Executive Vice President and General Counsel and joined First Interstate in 2016. Prior to joining First Interstate, Mr. Jensen was a founding partner of the law firm BuckleySandler LLP in Washington, D.C., where he advised financial institutions on a variety of regulatory compliance matters and represented financial institutions in federal and state government enforcement actions and in high-stakes litigation. He is a fellow of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, a member of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law, has held various leadership positions in the American Bar Association’s Business Law and Litigation Sections, and has received appointments as Senior Lecturer at Duke University School of Law. In 2018, he was recognized with the Global Counsel Award for Financial Services-Regulatory by the Association of Corporate Counsel and Lexology. Mr. Jensen clerked for the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Duke University School of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Duke Law Journal. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University.

Lori A. Meyer has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer since November 30, 2023, and as interim Chief Information Officer since June 28, 2023. Ms. Meyer previously served in several leadership roles for the Company, including Director of Enterprise Planning (2021-2023), Director of Enterprise Program Management (2018-2021), Director of IT Business Management (2017-2018), Director of IT Business Relations (2016-2017), and Business Process Improvement Lead (2013-2016). Ms. Meyer also managed the Bank’s Operations Branch Support Division from 2007 to 2013. Ms. Meyer is a graduate of Montana State University Billings with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and was recognized by the Billings Gazette as a “40 Under 40” recipient. She is Lean Six Sigma certified in process improvement/agile experience and is a graduate of the Bank Operations Institute in Dallas, Texas. An active community volunteer, Ms. Meyer regularly volunteers with Special Olympics and is passionate about supporting programs that help teens combat hunger, homelessness, and mental health challenges.

Kristina R. Robbins has been Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer since January, 2024. Ms. Robbins has extensive banking experience serving in a variety of leadership roles throughout her 25-year career. Prior to her current role, Ms. Robbins served as First Interstate's Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer from June 2022 to January 2024 and as Director of Loan Operations from August 2018 to March 2022. As Director of Loan Operations, Ms. Robbins was responsible for leading key improvement efforts in the lending channels to better align the work to support both clients and bankers. She has experience in process improvement, including Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile methods. Ms. Robbins worked as an Executive Vice President for Sterling Bank from 2007 until its merger with Umpqua Bank in April 2014, when she was named Executive Vice President and Director of Loan Operations and the Call Center. Ms. Robbins is an active community volunteer, focusing her efforts on supporting the young people and the underserved in her community. Her efforts in these areas align around safe places to assemble, quality education, and technical training offerings, all which support a healthy community.

Rachel B. Turitto has been the Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer since November of 2019. Prior to her current role, Ms. Turitto served as the bank’s Director of Human Resources from 2017 to 2019. Ms. Turitto contributes 15+ years of diverse experience across multiple human resource disciplines including compensation, benefits, employee and cultural engagement, leadership and development, employee relations, HRIS, payroll and recruitment. A native of Billings, Turitto earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Mary. She serves as a board member of the Associated Employers Group, on the DEI Advisory Board for the Billings Chamber of Commerce and enjoys volunteering with Yellowstone County 4-H.

Leslie Scharfe serves as Chief of Staff at First Interstate Bank, a role she assumed in September 2025. Over her career, Ms. Scharfe has guided company-wide initiatives that elevate client and employee experience, foster cultural integration, and strengthen leadership development.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Scharfe was Director of Organization Development, where she applied her expertise as an executive coach and consultant to guide executives and senior leaders through strategic alignment and leadership effectiveness. Her career also includes co-founding a product design company, consulting, leading large-scale student engagement programs, and coaching college volleyball.

Ms. Scharfe holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and is certified in neuroleadership, talent management, strengths-based coaching, and multiple leadership assessment tools.