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About
Us: Executive Team
Executive Bios
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Richard S. Swanson
President & CEO |
Dick Swanson joined FHLB Des Moines
as President and CEO June 1, 2006
equipped with years of experience as
an attorney, veteran bank CEO and
former director of the FHLBank of
Seattle.
Under his leadership as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of
HomeStreet Bank in Seattle,
Washington from 1990 until 2003,
HomeStreet became the largest
privately held bank in the coastal
Pacific Northwest, serving
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
Hawaii. Until early 2003, Dick
served as vice chair of the board of
directors of the FHLBank of Seattle.
After retiring from HomeStreet Bank,
Dick became a principal of the
Seattle law firm of Hillis, Clark,
Martin and Peterson where he
provided counsel in areas of
finance, banking law and SEC
Registration.
In addition to his professional
accomplishments, Dick has received
numerous honors for his community
work and has been a leader in
developing and implementing a
variety of affordable housing
programs. Dick serves as director of
the mortgage insurance company,
Triad Guaranty, Inc. in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He
received his undergraduate degree
from Harvard College and his law
degree from Stanford Law School. |
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Edward J. McGreen
Executive Vice President and Chief
Capital Markets Officer
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Ed McGreen is an executive vice
president and the Chief Capital
Markets Officer for the Bank. He has
held this position since July 2005
and is responsible for treasury,
capital, earnings and market value
analysis. Ed joined the Des Moines
Bank in 2004 as the director of
mortgage portfolio management.
Ed came to FHLB Des Moines from his
position as Director of Finance at
Fannie Mae in Washington, DC where
he was responsible for the risk
management and reporting of Fannie
Mae’s debt and derivative business.
He held various finance and
portfolio management positions at
Fannie Mae from 1996 to 2001 and
from 2002 to 2004. From 2001 to
2002, Ed worked as a senior interest
rate risk manager for GE Asset
Management. Ed received his
undergraduate degree in Business
Administration from Ohio State
University and an M.S. degree in
Finance from George Washington
University. |
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Steven T. Schuler
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer |
Steve Schuler is an executive vice
president and Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) for the Bank. As CFO,
Steve has management responsibility
for accounting policy and systems,
financial analysis, planning and
internal reporting and external
reporting.
Prior to joining FHLB Des Moines in
2006, Steve was chief financial
officer, treasurer and secretary for
Iowa Wireless Services. This
followed a long and distinguished
career at Brenton Banks from 1977 to
2001 when Brenton Banks were
acquired by Wells Fargo. Steve began
his tenure at Brenton as an internal
audit manager and held a variety of
positions with Brenton Banks
eventually serving as the corporate
senior vice president, chief
financial officer, secretary and
treasurer. Steve is a Certified
Public Accountant and received his
B.S. degree in Industrial
Administration from Iowa State
University. |
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Nick Spaeth joined FHLB Des
Moines in May 2007 as an executive vice president,
general counsel and chief risk
officer. Nick’s responsibilities
include the legal department,
enterprise risk management and the
project management office. He has a
strong government and regulatory
background, having served as an
elected State Attorney General in
North Dakota, his home state, for
eight years.
Nick was previously a partner at
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates
Ellis LLP in Washington, DC. Prior
to that, he served for several years
as general counsel of three Fortune
500-sized corporations. From 2004 –
2007, Spaeth was senior vice
president (SVP), law and public
policy and chief legal officer of
H&R Block, Inc.; SVP, general
counsel and secretary of Intuit,
Inc. from 2003 – 2004, and SVP and
general counsel of General
Electric’s Employers Reinsurance
Corporation from 2000 - 2003. Nick
received his undergraduate degree
from Stanford University, a master’s
degree from Oxford University as a
Rhodes Scholar and his law degree
from Stanford Law School. |
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Michael L. Wilson
Executive Vice President and
Chief Business Officer
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Mike Wilson is an executive vice
president and the chief business
officer of FHLB Des Moines. As chief
business officer, Mike has
responsibility for the Bank’s
business activities that serve its
members and their communities. This
includes credit and mortgage sales,
member financial services, community
investment, information technology,
communications and administration
and the Money Desk.
Before joining FHLB Des Moines, Mike
was the senior executive vice
president and chief operating
officer for the FHLBank of Boston.
Mike began his tenure at the Boston
Bank in 1994 and held the positions
of executive vice president for
finance from 1997 to 1999 and senior
vice president for planning and
research from 1994 to 1997. Prior to
his service at the Boston Bank, he
was the Director of the Office of
Policy and Research at the Federal
Housing Finance Board in Washington,
DC. Mike has a B.A. in Economics and
Political Science from the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
and a M.S. in Economics from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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