Brendan Matthias is the Executive Vice President of the Roaring Fork Valley Market for FirstBank, and he has worked for the bank since 2005. In this role, he has experience in many areas of real estate lending, including residential construction and mortgage loans as well as financing commercial projects in the multi-family, office, and retail sectors, plus construction and renovation. He relocated to the Roaring Fork Valley in 2012 in order to open and establish a new Market for FirstBank. He previously worked at locations in Downtown Denver and the flagship in Lakewood.

Brendan currently serves on the board of the Roaring Fork Water and Sanitation District and is the Treasurer of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Prior non-profit involvement includes service on the boards of the Mark Ross Montessori Foundation, Community Builders, Windwalkers, Advocate Safehouse Project, Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation, the Glenwood Springs Downtown Partnership, and Community Educational Outreach.

Brendan received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 2002 from the University of Colorado and his MBA with a concentration in Real Estate from the University of Denver in 2009. He also received his Graduate Banking Degree from the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, Wisconsin.