Reed’ s responsibilities include new business development, promoting the bank’s products and services, and serving existing customers. In addition, he will help lead the bank in developing long term relationships.

He attended Iowa State University in Ames and Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. He has degrees in business administration and finance. Prior to joining Northwest Bank, Reed was employed at Green State Credit Union in Fort Dodge, where he was vice president of commercial lending.

Reed lives in Humboldt. He is past president and current board member of the Fort Dodge Noon Sertoma, vice president of Head Start and is chairman of Lights at Kennedy. He is an Army veteran who served in Bosnia and Kosovo.

“Andy has been in the financial industry for over 13 years,” Dutcher said. “His experience and knowledge of commercial banking is valuable to our organization and will benefit our customers. Andy understands the importance of a community bank and he will provide a high quality of service which reflects our mission statement — Building Relationships, Exceeding Expectations.”

Northwest Bank is a $2.2 billion community bank that offers a full line of business, agricultural, mortgage, consumer deposit and lending services as well as wealth management and insurance services. Northwest Bank has offices in Algona, Ames, Arnolds Park, Ankeny, Estherville, Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Le Mars, Milford, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, West Des Moines and in Omaha and La Vista, Nebraska.