Ed Cooper

Ed Cooper is a Senior Vice President and Director of Food and Agribusiness for HTLF, a $20 billion bank holding company. In his current role, he is responsible for establishing and managing HTLF’s Midwest middle-market food and agribusiness efforts. Prior to joining HTLF Cooper spent 16 years at Wells Fargo where he helped establish their middle-market food and agribusiness, lending group. Previous work experience included positions at Cole Taylor Bank, Bank of America and BMO Harris Bank.

Ed serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation, as a member of the Posse Foundation’s Chicago Leadership Council and on the Board of Directors for John Carroll University. Ed is the past President of the Union League Club of Chicago and past chairman of the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention.

Ed received his BSBA degree from John Carroll University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.