President, Banner Bank Mortgage Division

Mike Larsen joined the Company in 1981 as Manager of the Residential Loan Department and was named Chief Lending Officer in 1985. Prior to joining Banner, he was First Vice President, Chief Appraiser and Home Office Branch Manager for Community Savings and Loan Association of Wenatchee. He also served as a mortgage manager for Sherwood and Roberts, Inc., a mortgage banking firm. Mike has over 40 years of real estate lending experience in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Larsen attended Washington State University and completed graduate work at the School of Mortgage Banking at Stanford University, the Leadership School at the University of Southern California and the Graduate School of Savings and Loan at Indiana University.