TACOMA, Wash., July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbia Banking
System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB) announced today that Melanie J. Dressel,
President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 9th Annual Community Bank Investor Conference on
July 29, 2008 in New York City.
Ms. Dressel's presentation at the conference is scheduled for Tuesday,
July 29, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. PDT). The live and archived
presentation can be viewed at http://www.columbiabank.com.
About Columbia
Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Columbia Banking System, Inc. is a
Tacoma-based bank holding company whose wholly owned banking subsidiaries
are Columbia Bank and Bank of Astoria, which operate a combined total of 53
branches. Columbia Bank is a Washington state-chartered full-service
commercial bank. With the July 23, 2007 completion of the acquisitions of
Mountain Bank Holding Company and Town Center Bancorp, Columbia Bank has 50
banking offices in Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap, Thurston and Whatcom
counties in Washington State, and Clackamas and Multnomah counties in
Oregon. Included in Columbia Bank are former branches of Mt. Rainier
National Bank, doing business as Mt. Rainier Bank, with 5 branches in King
and Pierce counties. Bank of Astoria, a federally insured commercial bank
headquartered in Astoria, Oregon, operates four branches in Clatsop County:
Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside and Cannon Beach; and one branch in Manzanita
in Tillamook County. More information about Columbia can be found on its
website at http://www.columbiabank.com.
Contact: Jo Anne Coy; Vice President: Corporate Communications,
Investor & Community Relations
253-305-1965
SOURCE Columbia Banking System, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.columbiabank.com
CONTACT:
Jo Anne Coy; Vice President: Corporate
Communications, Investor & Community Relations of Columbia
Banking System, Inc., +1-253-305-1965
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