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Columbia Bank Announces Promotion of Michelle Hill to Assistant Vice President

    TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Bank recently announced
the promotion of Bank Security Manager, Michelle Hill to Assistant Vice
President.
    Her duties as Bank Security Manager involve the security of Columbia
Bank branches as well as supervising and managing the overall operations of
the department. Mrs. Hill has over 21 years of banking experience. She has
been with Columbia Bank for over nine years now.
    "Michelle is a very talented and dedicated long term employee of
Columbia Bank, and due to her leadership and talent is very deserving of
this promotion. Michelle's departments know how to take exceptional care of
our internal and external customers, that is why she is so appreciated by
the Bank, and our customers." Said Peter Wild, Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer.
    Mrs. Hill is a seven year resident of Olympia where she currently
resides with her family. She is very active in various communities
educating the public on identity theft prevention. Specifically she is a
member of NW Fraud Investigators Association, NW License, Tax & Fraud
Association, and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
    Columbia Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Banking System,
Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB), is a Washington state-chartered full-service
commercial bank providing products and services to individuals, business
and the real estate community. With the July 23, 2007 completion of the
acquisitions of Mountain Bank Holding Company and Town Center Bancorp,
Columbia Bank has 48 banking offices in Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap and
Thurston 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 7 branches in King
and Pierce 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