Leadership at COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM
Browse executives, board members, and key leadership.
Executives at COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM

Clint E. Stein
President and Chief Executive Officer
CEO
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Christopher M. Merrywell
Senior Executive Vice President and Umpqua Bank President of Consumer Banking
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Ivan Seda
Chief Financial Officer (effective December 31, 2025)
Executive
Kumi Yamamoto Baruffi
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Executive
Ron L. Farnsworth
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Executive
Tom Rice
Chief Information Officer
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Torran B. Nixon
Senior Executive Vice President and Umpqua Bank President of Commercial Banking
Executive
Board Members at COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM
Anddria Varnado
Director
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Elizabeth W. Seaton
Director
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Eric S. Forrest
Director
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Hilliard C. Terry, III
Director
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Jaynie Miller Studenmund
Director
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John F. Schultz
Director
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Luis F. Machuca
Director
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M. Christian Mitchell
Director
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Maria M. Pope
Chair of the Board
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Mark A. Finkelstein
Director
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Randal L. Lund
Director
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S. Mae Fujita Numata
Director
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Steven R. Gardner
Director
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