Meet Tom Cover … husband, father of three, former Marine, retired
banker, avid golfer and a Rotarian for more than 30 years! He served in the Marine Corps 1961-1966, including the
Marine Corps Reserve. As a banker, he started his career at First
National Bank of Omaha where he worked for 10 years, then moved to Montana where
he worked for Security Banks of Montana and Wyoming . After ten years he became the CEO of Hawkeye Bank
of Council Bluffs ,Iowa. Seven years
later the bank was sold to U. S. Bank and he then became CEO of Packers Bank in
Omaha, Nebraska. Another sale happened
three years later – to Wells Fargo –
resulting in a move to Minnesota and a new assignment as CEO of Marquette
Bank. When that bank also sold to Wells
Fargo, he and his wife Carole moved to St . George where he worked 3 years for Wells
Fargo, then consulted until 2009 when he hung up his pinstriped suit and green
visor for golf, parties, travel … and whatever! Tom still has a LLC Bank Consulting firm but would
rather be golfing, participating in the Marine Corps League, the American
Legion and helping in the creation of the SunRiver Veterans Honor Park. When asked to share any interesting / serious
of funny experiences in his life with his fellow Rotarians, the graduate of the
University of Nebraska at Omaha replied, “Not in print!” Can’t wait to hear his Classification Talk!
