Paul W. Parker

Paul W. (Bill) Parker is the vice chairman and chief risk officer of U.S. Bancorp, where he has worked since 1984.

Parker began his U.S. Bancorp career as a commercial lending officer and has held subsequent positions as senior credit officer in retail and wholesale banking and as the executive vice president and chief credit officer.

Parker also serves on the boards for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and Como Friends, both in St. Paul, and Summit Academy, in Minneapolis. He earned his bachelor's degree at Amherst College in Massachusetts and his master's degree at The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.