Timberland Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Timberland Bank announced that Kathy D. Leodler, founder and CEO of the Rampart Group LLC has been appointed to the boards of directors of the company and bank.

Leodler founded the Rampart Group in 2011 after a distinguished federal law enforcement career as an FBI special agent and executive leader. The Rampart Group is a business-consulting company based in Seattle that employs highly qualified and experienced private industry experts and law enforcement personnel to advise and provide security and investigation services to businesses and individuals.

These services include consulting, personal security, safeguarding of assets, supply chain security risk management and mitigation, crisis management, business continuity, compliance audits and training and various investigative initiatives.

During her 23-year career with the FBI, Leodler held various positions, including serving as acting special agent in charge of one of the FBI’s top-12 U.S. based field offices. She maintained the highest-level national security clearance and for a time served as an FBI inspector responsible for auditing FBI field offices and headquarters divisions to ensure best practices were followed and that business operations functioned at the highest level. Leodler is also trained and proficient in crisis management response, strategic and operational planning and conducting threat assessments.

“We are pleased to add Kathy to Timberland’s board,” said Michael Sand, president and CEO of Timberland Bancorp. “She is an individual with a rich history of accomplishments in the field of security and threat assessments. Kathy’s background is broad and diverse. It includes significant experiences managing budgets and personnel and influencing strategic change initiatives.”