Joel is an Assistant Vice President and Trust Officer in our City Creek Branch. He joined the Bank of Utah team in 2023 and has over 30 years of experience in banking with expertise in commercial underwriting, loan approval, in-house examination, loan document preparation and law. He practiced law for 10 years in Texas, focusing on business litigation and banking. Joel received his B.A. from Brigham Young University and went on to earn an MBA from Rice University in Houston, TX, and a J.D. from Texas Wesleyan University (now part of Texas A&M) in Fort Worth, TX.
In his spare time, Joel loves to garden, study history, hike and watch BYU football. One of his favorite quotes is from the Rolling Stones song Ruby Tuesday, "Lose your dreams and you lose your mind."