Meet Our Business Bankers

Eric Walhof, Regional President, has the responsibility of overseeing our Sioux Center, Le Mars, Spencer, Milford, Arnolds Park, Spirit Lake, and Estherville locations and their Market Leaders. His role supports the bank’s mission of providing progressive banking services to its customer base.  Eric combines his passion of mentoring customers and employees with building a solid loan portfolio.  With over 25 years of banking experience in agricultural, commercial banking and team management, Eric shares his expertise in all aspects of community banking. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Dordt College. He also serves on the Sioux Center Health Foundation, Sioux Center Planning and Zoning Committee, ATLAS of Sioux Center, he is a member of Kiwanis and is involved with several other community entities. Eric is deeply committed to strengthening the communities that Northwest Bank serves and to support our bankers as they grow their careers.

Jason has been in banking for nearly 25 years, with a substantial background in mortgage and consumer lending.  Jason enjoys working with local businesses to help with their lending needs and enjoys watching businesses succeed with their goals.  Jason is a native of Spencer and graduated from the University of Northern Iowa.  He serves on multiple boards and service clubs, including Vice President of the Spencer Economic Development Corporation, Hope Church, Kiwanis, and many more.  Jason is a volunteer coach for multiple youth sports.

Paul has an extensive background in Treasury Management at Northwest Bank.  He also has experience in commercial lending and can help your business with equipment loans, lines of credit and commercial real estate loans.  He is also a supporter of the community as the president of the board for Clay County Pheasants Forever, serves on the committee of Love Where You Live of Spencer, and is the president of Grace United Methodist Church Foundation Board.