Office of Thrift Supervision
Darrel W. Dochow, West Region Director
Darrel W. Dochow was named Regional Director of the West Region in September 2007. He is responsible for the examination, supervision and regulation of thrift institutions and their holding companies in 10 states in the West, plus Alaska, Hawaii and the territory of Guam. Dochow began his regulatory career in 1972 with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where he was a commissioned National Bank Examiner and held various management positions in the regional and Washington, D.C., offices. His last position at the OCC was Assistant Chief National Bank Examiner in Washington, with responsibility for the OCC's national safety and soundness, compliance, and information technology examination programs, and bank accounting matters.
In 1985, Dochow joined the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Seattle as a Senior Vice President and Director of Supervision for thrift institutions and holding companies. He also served temporarily as Acting Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation while with the FHLB of Seattle. He later became Executive Director for the Office of Regulatory Activities for the Federal Home Loan Bank System in Washington, D.C. Following the creation of the OTS in 1989, Dochow held various positions at OTS headquarters in Washington and in the West Region, most recently as Regional Deputy Director in the West Region.
Dochow has a master's degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a master's degree in Business from the University of Oregon and a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Washington. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Graduate School of Banking with thesis honors and has received various regulatory accreditations and honors over the years.
