Joe Kesler Declared Elected to FHLB Des Moines Board of Directors

last updated on Friday, August 18, 2023 in Community News

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (Bank) is pleased to announce that Joe Kesler was recently declared elected as a director to the Bank's board of directors. Mr. Kesler will serve as the Montana member director on the Bank's board for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2024.

Mr. Kesler has served as director of First Montana Bank in Missoula, Montana, and its holding company, First National Bancorp, Inc., since 2005. Mr. Kesler served as the president and CEO of First Montana Bank from 2005 to February 2018 and has over 40 years of experience in the banking industry. He will begin serving his second full term as an FHLB Des Moines director on January 1, 2024.  

FHLB Des Moines board of directors is comprised of both member and independent directorships from Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, the U.S. Pacific territories of American Samoa and Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.