Patti Perkins

Director

Idaho Department of Finance

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BIOGRAPHY:

Patricia (Patti) Perkins joined the Idaho Department of Finance as Director in January 2020. More than 30 years of her career was spent in commercial banking in both California and Idaho, where she held HR roles in addition to working as a private banking relationship officer at Bank of America and SVP of Retail Banking at KeyBank.

Before joining the department, she worked full-time as a consultant in her own HR workplace consulting practice, Calyx-Weaver & Associates, served as the City of Meridian’s HR Director, and worked with T-Mobile as a Human Resources Director.

The Idaho Department of Finance has 75 employees in three bureaus that oversee and supervise a broad range of financial services in Idaho in addition to banks and credit unions. Patti serves on the board of NASCUS and the Conference for State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) to support and strengthen the dual financial institutions chartering system (state and federal charters). She is active in various community events and was the honorary Chairwoman of the 2025 Savvy Women & Money Conference in Boise.

Events:

Oct15

Regulator Dialogue (WA, ID, AZ, NCUA)

Financial regulation impacts all aspects of credit union operations. Hear from your state's financial regulators about the changing regulatory landscape, examination trends, and insight into programmatic improvements that will streamline exams and improve communication. Session qualifies for CPE Credit.