David Gerken

David Gerken serves as F&M’s Senior Commercial Banking Manager and has 30 years of commercial banking experience. After joining the bank in 2016, he was promoted to Senior Vice President/Senior Commercial Banking Manager and joined the executive team in 2020. Mr. Gerken oversees the commercial banking activities for F&M overall, as well as the Western market group of lenders.

Mr. Gerken received a bachelor’s degree in management and finance from Defiance College, where he also played basketball. He was born and raised in Fulton County, Ohio and is a 1990 graduate from Delta. 

Dave resides in Wauseon, Ohio with his wife and their daughter. He is a long-time member of the Wauseon Rotary Club and is an elected member of the Executive Board of Directors for the Fulton County Economic Development Corporation. Dave also sits on the Triangular Processing Board and the Fulton County Health Center Foundation Board.