Elg, Johnson appointed to Cascade Bancorp board

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Bank of the Cascades has appointed Annette Elg and Dennis Johnson to the board of directors of its parent company, Cascade Bancorp. As long-time business leaders in Southwest Idaho, Elg and Johnson are strategic additions to the board.

Johnson has served since 1999 as president and CEO of United Heritage Mutual Holding Company based in Meridian. From 1994 to 1999, he served as president and CEO of United Heritage Financial Services.

Johnson is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University and University of Idaho College of Law. He is a member of the Idaho Bar Association, past president of the Idaho Insurance Council, former board chairman of Idaho Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association and former chairman for both the Boise Valley Economic Partnership and the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Elg is a certified public accountant and she has 35 years of experience as a corporate finance executive. She has served as senior vice president and CFO for J.R. Simplot Company since 2002.

A certified public accountant in the State of Idaho, Elg is a member of the Idaho Society of CPAs. She is a graduate of the Tuck School of Business Executive Program at Dartmouth University.

Elg has participated on the boards of Ballet Idaho, Boise Art Museum, Boise Philharmonic Foundation and the Idaho Community Foundation. She currently sits on the President’s Advisory Council of her undergraduate alma mater, the University of Idaho, as well as serves as the chair-elect of the university’s College of Business and Economics Advisory Board.