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Evolve, Adapt, Grow: Insights from a Community Steward-Idaho Found Welcomes Park Price

By Mark S. Young
Published April 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM MDT
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Park Price's professional journey includes significant roles in banking, automotive, and community leadership. Park moved to Pocatello as a young child and graduated from Pocatello High School and went on to earn an AB in Economics from Dartmouth College. Following college, Park served in the US Navy and was employed by General Motors. In 1979, he returned to Pocatello to open Park Price Motor Company and eventually left the automotive world in 2003 to become the President and CEO of Bank of Idaho until 2015. Park continues to serve his community through his multiple affiliations.

Additional Biographical Info:

Experience

  • 2003-2015: President & CEO of Bank of Idaho; Chairman of Bank of Idaho Holding Company. ​
  • 1979-2003: Owned Park Price Motor Company, selling brands like Buick and Mercedes-Benz.
  • 1966-1979: Worked at General Motors as Investment Manager for North America and Europe. ​
  • 1964-1966: Served as an officer in the US Navy on a destroyer in the Atlantic Fleet. ​

Other Professional Experience

  • 1999-present: Director at Bank of Idaho. ​
  • 2017-present: Chair of the Board of Trustees at College of Eastern Idaho. ​
  • 2018-present: Trustee for the Public Employees Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI). ​
  • 2006-2012: Director at Federal Home Loan Bank in Seattle. ​
  • 2015-2020: Director at Salt Lake Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. ​
  • 1990-1996: Director at WestOne/US Bank. ​
  • 1985-1990: Member of the initial Advisory Council at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. ​

Memberships/Affiliations

  • Current: Idaho Business for Education (2002-present), Eastern Idaho Regional Chairman. ​
  • Current: Delta Dental of Idaho (1986-2023), Director and former Chairman. ​
  • Former: Trustee and Chairman at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center (2013-2016). ​
  • Current: Member of Rotary Club of Idaho Falls (2003-present). ​

Former Affiliations/Community Service

  • Chairman of Idaho Community Foundation (1997-2000). ​
  • President of Rotary Club of Pocatello (2001). ​
  • Chairman of Idaho State University Foundation (1988-1994). ​
  • Chairman of Idaho Association of Commerce Industry. ​
  • Chairman of Bannock Development Corporation (1995). ​

Awards/Recognition

  • Time Magazine Quality Dealer of the Year (1991). ​
  • Idaho Business Leader of the Year from Idaho State University (1987). ​
  • Sam Walton Business Leader Award for Idaho (1996). ​
  • Lifetime Service Award from Pocatello Chamber of Commerce (1999). ​
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Mark S. Young
Mark S. Young is a native of Idaho, a graduate of Idaho State University, a community organizer, and a financial professional. For over 30 years, Mark has supported economic development on both local and state levels. Recently he completed his term as a member of the Idaho Department of Commerce Economic Advisory Council. He is currently a board member/past president of The City Club of Idaho Falls and a past president of the Idaho Falls Rotary and Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce. Mark played a vital role in the development of the Idaho State University and University of Idaho Higher Education Center (University Place) in Idaho Falls. Additionally, Mark served for six years as a lay member of the Idaho State Bar Association’s Professional Conduct Board. He has two sons, both veterans who served in Iraq: Steven is a general contractor in Montana, and Adam is involved in security at the Idaho National Laboratory.
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