Heppner, Oregon, (April 26, 2024) BEO Bancorp (OTCBB:BEOB) and its subsidiary, Bank of Eastern Oregon, upon completion of the annual shareholders meeting in Heppner, elected Bob Armstrong as Chair of the Board and Gabrielle Homer as Vice Chair.

Armstrong joined the Board in 2004. He is a CPA and is an owner of Loop Ranch LLC, a family owned, purebred Angus cattle operation. Bob and his wife Lauri, who is employed by Solutions CPA’s, live near John Day.

Homer joined the Board in 2020. She is Chief Financial Officer for Painted Hills Natural Beef. She is also quite active in local, state, and national cattle organizations. Gabrielle and husband Will, who is Chief Operations Officer for Painted Hills Natural Beef, live near Fossil, OR.

“Bob and Gabrielle have proven themselves as dynamic leaders on our Board. Each have long histories with the Bank, both as customers and board members. We look forward to their continued leadership roles on the board of directors. Bob currently chairs our Audit Committee, and Gabrielle is chair of the Compensation Committee”, said President and CEO, Jeff Bailey.

About BEO Bancorp

BEO Bancorp is the holding company for Bank of Eastern Oregon. It operates 21 branches and three loan production offices in 11 eastern Oregon and four eastern Washington counties, and one western Idaho county. Branches are located in Arlington, Ione, Heppner, Condon, Irrigon, Boardman, Burns, John Day, Prairie City, Fossil, Moro, Enterprise, Athena, Hermiston, and La Grande, OR; Colfax, Dayton, LaCrosse, Pasco, and Pomeroy, WA; and Caldwell, ID. Loan production offices are located in Ontario, Pendleton, and Madras, OR. Bank of Eastern Oregon also operates a mortgage division and operates the Washington locations under the name of Bank of Eastern Washington.

The bank’s website is https://www.beobank.com .