Doug Jilek named to BHCA board

Douglas L. Jilek, president/CEO of the First Community Bank of Lester Prairie and Silver Lake was recently appointed to serve on the Bank Holding Company Association’s (BHCA) board for 2007 for a three-year term.

Approximately 250 members attended the BHCA spring seminar May 8-9 at the Minneapolis Airport Marriot Hotel in Bloomington.

The Bank Holding Company Association was founded in 1981 as a non-profit trade association to serve the educational needs and issues affecting bank holding companies within the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Upper Peninsula Michigan.

The primary mission of the BHCA is to educate bank owners, directors, and senior officers on ownership, regulatory, and legislative concerns involving the effective use of a bank holding company.