First Northwest Bancorp announced that Christopher J. Riffle has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of First Northwest. Mr. Riffle has been serving as interim Chief Operating Officer since the resignation of Mr. Jeffrey S. Davis, which was effective on August 28, 2018. Mr. Riffle will continue to serve as First Northwest’s General Counsel/Corporate Secretary. Mr. Riffle has been with First Northwest since September 2017 and has played an integral role in ensuring that First Northwest maintains the higher legal and regulatory compliance standards. He has established internal processes and communication standards which have improved efficiency and understanding of a wide variety of legal and regulatory concepts, while at the same time significantly reducing expenses for the Company. Prior to coming to First Northwest, Mr. Riffle was a partner with the Platt Irwin Law Firm, where he represented First Northwest as general counsel for 8 years. Overall, he has practiced law for over 12 years and has developed a wealth of legal expertise and experience which has already proven to be invaluable to First Northwest.