Senior Vice President
Energy and Water Division
Rural Infrastructure Banking Group

Jake Udris is senior vice president of CoBank’s Energy and Water Division, where he leads a national team of relationship managers and credit analysts specializing in power supply and water financing. The group provides approximately $10.3 billion in financing commitments to energy systems throughout the United States. Mr. Udris is a member of the bank’s Senior Leadership Team.

Mr. Udris has specialized in energy financing since he joined CoBank in 1983, and has more than 34 years of experience in the industry. He began his energy career in 1976 as a financial analyst with United Power Association of Elk River, Minn., moving to Dairyland Power Cooperative in LaCrosse, Wisc., as its director of economic analysis in 1980. Prior to that, Mr. Udris served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.

A graduate of Cleveland State University, Mr. Udris also completed two years of graduate work at the University of North Dakota.