Build on Over a Decade of Impact, Advance Education
for the Next Generation of Bank Leaders

Help the OBA Education Foundation reach its Q4 2025
fundraising goal of $50,000 to fuel our FORWARD momentum.

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The OBA Education Foundation is building on a decade of advancing the education, development and recruitment of future Oregon bankers. Since its founding in 2013, the Foundation has helped bring commercial banking curriculum, speakers, internships and/or career awareness to three Oregon universities, reaching hundreds of students (and future bankers) each year. But we aren't stopping there. With your help, the Foundation will expand our reach across Oregon.

Through the 50 Forward >> campaign, the Foundation aims to raise $50,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025 to continue this important work. With your support, we can reach more parts of the state and more diverse students.

Help us build the banking talent pipeline and inspire Oregon’s next generation of bankers by making a tax-deductible donation to the OBA Education Foundation today.

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Voices of Support

I support the OBA Education Foundation because it creates a powerful bridge between bright, motivated college students exploring career paths with Oregon’s banks.

Ann Marie Mehlum. Retired President & CEO, Summit Bank

I’m proud of the banking profession, the OBA, and the OBA Education Foundation. The Foundation is one of THE most important ways we can support the future of our industry. We’ve seen and experienced the incredible banking talent come out of our universities because of its impact. By raising awareness of banking, the Foundation is opening doors for the next generation of leaders. I can’t think of a better way to pay it forward than by supporting the OBA Education Foundation.

Randy Compton, Retired President & CEO, Pioneer Trust Bank

About Our Work

University Partnerships

The OBA Education Foundation partners with Oregon universities to raise awareness about career opportunities in banking and to ensure the availability of commercial banking curriculum where none previously existed. The Foundation also hosts banker-student roundtable events and places interns to further engage students and enhance their understanding of, and interest in, banking careers. Working together, Oregon universities and the Foundation provide opportunities for students to enter into and excel within the banking industry. As Foundation resources grow, so will the breadth of such partnerships.

Our partnerships with Oregon universities support:

Generating interest in banking
Increasing a diverse talent pipeline for Oregon banks
Developing banking knowledge for a well-prepared workforce
Actively recruit speakers for its commercial banking course from OBA's membership
Recruit industry experts from OBA's membership to speak to students
Address through curriculum and events the advancement of diversity, equity and inclusion in banking

Financial Empowerment

The Foundation supports Financial Beginnings, a nonprofit that utilizes volunteers (many of whom are bankers) to deliver free financial education to both youth and adults.

The Foundation supports Junior Achievement’s JA Finance Park, a program dedicated to educating middle and high school students the basics of financial literacy, all while reinforcing the value of
education and how it affects one’s future.

The Foundation supports FinAbility which provides trauma-informed financial resources to survivors of domestic abuse.

Meet the bankers who are where they are today thanks to the OBA Education Foundation-supported commercial banking curriculum at Oregon universities.

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