WALLA WALLA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 16, 2025--
The Banner Bank board of directors announces the promotion of Dan Oxford to Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. In this role, Oxford assumes an expanded leadership role encompassing enterprise-wide risk management, including the Enterprise Risk, Model Risk, Climate Risk, Compliance, Financial Crimes (AML/BSA/OFAC), Fraud, Vendor Risk, Appraisal, and Credit Review teams. Additionally, Oxford will now chair the Bank’s Risk Management Oversight Committee.
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Oxford joined Banner in 2010 and has held several leadership roles with progressively expanded responsibilities, most recently Senior Vice President, Risk Services Director & Chief Appraiser. Over the past 15 years, Oxford has played a pivotal role in strengthening the Bank’s risk frameworks, advancing regulatory readiness, and fostering a culture of accountability and transparency. Prior to joining Banner, Oxford worked in the real estate industry, gaining valuable expertise that assisted him in excelling at his initial role within the Bank’s appraisal department.
“Dan’s promotion is well deserved,” said Jim Costa, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “Dan’s deep institutional knowledge, strategic mindset and collaborative leadership style make him exceptionally well-suited to guide our risk strategy in today’s dynamic banking environment. Filling this role through promotion reflects our commitment to thoughtful succession planning and the development of our internal talent.”
Oxford earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northwest University and his MBA from Gonzaga University. He is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School and holds multiple professional designations, including being recognized as a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) and a certified appraisal specialist (AI-GRS).
Oxford reports to the Board of Directors’ Risk Committee as well as to Jim Costa, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Risk Officer position was previously held by Costa.
About Banner Bank
Banner Bank is a Washington-chartered commercial bank conducting business in Washington, Oregon, California and Idaho. Banner offers a wide variety of banking services and financial products to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses and their employees. Banner Bank is part of Banner Corporation (NASDAQ GSM: BANR), a $16.56 billion bank holding company headquartered in Walla Walla, Washington. Visit Banner Bank at www.bannerbank.com.
Dan Oxford, Chief Risk Officer, Banner Bank
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio's capital city said Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to link a man charged in the double homicide of his ex-wife and her husband in their Columbus home last month to the killings.
Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said in an Associated Press interview that authorities now believe Michael David McKee, 39, a vascular surgeon who was living in Chicago, was the person seen walking down a dark alley near Monique and Spencer Tepe's home in video footage from the night of the murders. His vehicle has also been identified traveling near the house, and a firearm found in his Illinois residence also traced to evidence at the scene, she said.
An attorney representing McKee could not be identified through court listings.
His arrest Saturday capped off nearly two weeks of speculation surrounding the mysterious killings that attracted national attention. No obvious signs of forced entry were found at the Tepes’ home. Police also said no weapon was found there, and murder-suicide was not suspected. Further, nothing was stolen, and the couple’s two young children and their dog were left unharmed in the home.
“What we can tell you is that we have evidence linking the vehicle that he was driving to the crime scene. We also have evidence of him coming and going in that particular vehicle,” Bryant told the AP. “What I can also share with you is that there were multiple firearms taken from the property of McKee, and one of those firearms did match preliminarily from a NIBIN (ballistic) hit back to this actual homicide.”
Bryant said that the department wants the public to keep the tips coming. Investigators were able to follow up on every phone call, email and private tip shared from the community to the department and some of that information allowed them to gather enough evidence to make an arrest, she said.
That work culminated in the apprehension of McKee in Rockford, Illinois, where the hospital where he worked — OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center — has said it is cooperating with the investigation. He has been charged with premeditated aggravated murder in the shooting deaths. Monique Tepe, who divorced McKee in 2017, was 39. Her husband, a dentist whose absence from work that morning prompted the first call to police, was 37.
McKee waived his right to an extradition hearing on Monday during an appearance in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Winnebago County, Illinois, where he remains in jail. Bryant said officials are working out details of his return to Ohio, with no exact arrival date set. His next hearing in Winnebago County is scheduled for Jan. 23.
Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said Wednesday that the city doesn't prioritize high-profile cases any more than others, noting that the city's closure rate on criminal cases exceeds the national average. The city also celebrated in 2025 its lowest level of homicides and violent crime since 2007, Ginther said.
“Every case matters. Ones that receive national attention, and those that don’t,” he told the AP. “Every family deserves closure and for folks to be held accountable, and the rest of the community deserves to be safe when dangerous people are taken off the street.”
Ginther said it is vital for central Ohioans to continue to grieve with the Tepes' family, which includes two young children, and loved ones, as they cope with “such an unimaginable loss.”
“I want our community to wrap our arms around this family and these children for years to come,” he said.
This undated booking photo provided by the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, shows Michael David McKee, who was charged in the killing of his ex-wife, Monique Tepe, and her husband Spencer Tepe at their Columbus, Ohio, home on Dec. 30, 2025. (Winnebago County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Spencer and Monique Tepe's home in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos)
This image taken from video shows Michael David McKee walking into the courtroom on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Rockford, Ill. (WIFR News/Pool Photo via AP)
