PORT ANGELES — First Fed’s new president and CEO says the 102-year-old community bank’s future depends on leaning into its local roots while using technology to better serve customers on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Speaking during a Coffee with Colleen online forum with Clallam County Economic Development Council Executive Director Colleen McAleer, Curt Queyrouze said status comes with responsibility.

“Every dollar we put into the community through a loan turns into multiple dollars as it circulates through the community,” Queyrouze said. “That’s the real beauty of community banking.”

Queyrouze, who grew up in New Orleans and has worked at large national institutions as well as small community banks, said First Fed aims to keep money in the area rather than sending deposits to distant

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