Louise A. Walker has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of First Northern Community Bancorp, and its subsidiary First Northern Bank, since January 1, 2011. She is a member of the Bank's Asset/Liability, Asset Management and Trust, Loan, Nominating and Corporate Governance, Information Services Steering, and Profit Sharing Committees.

Louise joined First Northern Bank in 1979, and has been a member of Senior Management since 1989. During her career, she has held a variety of positions, which included head of Operations and Data Processing and the oversight of Human Resources, Risk Management, Compliance, Accounting and Finance. Prior to becoming CEO, Ms. Walker held the position of Senior Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer for 14 years.

Louise is Vice Chairman of the California Bankers Association's State Government Relations Committee, serves on the Board of the Solano Economic Development Corporation, and is a member and past President of Soroptimist International of Dixon, where she has also served on the Education Committee, chaired the Ways & Means Committee, and held the position of Treasurer. She is also a founding board member and Treasurer of the Dixon Community Education Foundation. Louise currently serves as a member of both the Dixon Rotary Club and the Dixon Community Church. Her prior activities include serving on the Western Independent Bankers Service Corporation Board and on several local sports education boards.

Louise holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management from Saint Mary's College of California. She is a long-time resident of Dixon, where she lives with her husband and their two children.