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Columbia Bank Welcomes Kristine Crawford to Columbia Private Banking as Vice President, Private Banking Officer

   Kristine Crawford joins Columbia Bank as Vice President and Private Banking Officer. (PRNewsFoto/Columbia Bank)

TACOMA, WA UNITED STATES
    TACOMA, Wash., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Bank welcomed Kristine
Crawford to its Columbia Private Banking team in Tacoma. She joins Columbia
as a Vice President and Private Banking Officer and will work directly with
Private Banking clients.
    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070604/AQM237)
    "Kristine joins our Tacoma Private Banking team with an extensive
academic and industry experience background in serving the affluent client
market. Her commitment to serving clients with exceptional service makes
her a great addition to our team," said Dean McSweeney, Senior Vice
President and Private Banking Manager.
    Ms. Crawford offers her Private Banking clients over 25 years of
financial services experience. She began her career at Puget Sound Bank in
1982 and was most recently with Viking Bank. She earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University and a
Master of Education Degree from the University of Puget Sound.
    A resident of Tacoma and Puyallup since 1980, Ms. Crawford and her
fiance recently built a house in Buckley. She has accepted a position on
the Audit Committee of The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.
    Columbia Bank is a Washington state-chartered, full-service commercial
bank providing financial products and services to individuals, business and
the real estate community. A wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Banking
System Inc, (Nasdaq: COLB) Columbia Bank currently operates 35 branches in
Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap and Thurston counties. More information about
Columbia can be found on its website at http://www.columbiabank.com.
    Contact: JoAnne Coy, Vice President
    Marketing and Communications Director
    Columbia Bank
    253-305-1965


SOURCE Columbia Bank




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    CONTACT:
    JoAnne Coy, Vice President, Marketing and
    Communications Director of Columbia Bank, +1-253-305-1965