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Columbia Bank Welcomes Thomas Kalmbach to Home Mortgage Department as Vice President and Manager

   Thom Kalmbach joins Columbia Bank as vice president and manager of residential relationship lending. (PRNewsFoto/Columbia Bank, Inc.)

TACOMA, WA UNITED STATES
    TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ - Columbia Bank welcomes Thomas
Kalmbach, as a Vice President and Manager of Residential Relationship
Lending. He will lead Columbia's Home Financing Department and will be
based in Auburn.
    (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061023/SFM147 )
    We are extremely pleased to have Thom join our Residential Lending
team. Thom's experience coupled with system management background and
excellence in customer service are precisely the ingredients that will take
our residential lending products to a new level. His commitment to quality
and service clearly represent the Columbia Bank culture.
    Kalmbach has over 10 years of mortgage lending experience and was most
recently with PHH Mortgage where he attained the level of Regional Sales
Manager after serving as an account manager and mortgage advisor for over 5
years.
    Mr. Kalmbach lives in May Valley with his wife and two daughters. He
was born in Bremerton and is a life long resident of the Puget Sound area.
He is a licensed finance instructor for the state of Washington and his
hobby is gourmet cooking.
    Columbia Bank is a Washington state-chartered, full-service commercial
bank providing 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 .
    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