Lori Kaliher

Lori Kaliher has been with the Oregon Bankers Association (OBA) since 2000, currently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Located in Salem, the OBA is Oregon’s only full‐service trade association representing state and national banks and trust companies. She is also Chief Operating Officer of Synergy by Association, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the OBA. Outside of her role with the Oregon Bankers Association, Lori serves as a member of the Oregon State University Finance Advisory Council and serves on the Oregon State Bar’s Professional Liability Fund Board and as the Vice Chair of Cascade Employers Association. She has previously served on the Audit Committee of the Mid-Willamette United Way, the Advisory Council of the Oregon Money Management Program, and two terms as President of the Oregon Society of Association Management. Prior to joining the Oregon Bankers Association, Lori worked in the insurance industry and in operations support at the former First Interstate Bank. Lori graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis with a B.S. in Business Finance. She is a graduate of the Oregon Bank Operations School and Northwest Bank Directors’ College. In 2013, she was recognized by the Portland Business Journal, as a recipient of the "40 Under Forty" in Oregon. She is also a past recipient of the Oregon Society of Association Management’s Presidential Award. A native Oregonian, Lori was born in Newport and raised in the neighboring town of Toledo. She currently resides in Salem.