Columbia Bancorp Announces Appointment of Greg B. Spear as Chief Financial Officer.Business Editors THE DALLES dalles pl.n. The rapids of a river that runs between the steep precipices of a gorge or narrow valley. [French, pl. of dalle, gutter, from Old French, from Old Norse dæla.] , Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2001 Columbia Bancorp (Nasdaq:CBBO) today announced the appointment of Greg B. Spear as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective June 15, 2001. He succeeds Neal McLaughlin, who left to join a larger Oregon financial institution in his hometown of Portland, Oregon. Prior to joining Columbia Bancorp, Spear served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Linn-Benton Bank, a community bank based in Albany, Oregon Albany is a city in Linn County, western Oregon, United States. It is located in the Willamette Valley and is the county seat of Linn County.GR6 As of the 2000 census, the city population was 42,280 making it the 12th largest city in Oregon. . Roger Christensen, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very pleased to have Greg join our team. He is a proven leader with strong financial, operational and managerial expertise. His solid and broad financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. experience, as well as his understanding of community banking, will be invaluable to Columbia River Columbia River River, southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S. Rising in the Canadian Rockies, it flows through Washington state, entering the Pacific Ocean at Astoria, Ore.; it has a total length of 1,240 mi (2,000 km). Bank." "I am very pleased to be joining the Columbia River Bank team," said Greg Spear. "The company's strategic objectives and customer focus approach to banking will compliment my prior experience and understanding of banking." As chief financial officer, Spear will oversee all financial aspects of both Columbia Bancorp and Columbia River Bank. He brings more than 12 years of financial service expertise to Columbia Bancorp and is a Certified Public Accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. . Columbia Bancorp is the holding company for Columbia River Bank, which operates 13 branches located in The Dalles, Hood River The Hood River is a tributary of the Columbia River in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Approximately 25 mi (40 km) long from its mouth to its farthest headwaters on the East Fork, the river descends from wilderness areas in the Cascade Range on Mount Hood and flows , Bend, Madras, Redmond, Pendleton Hermiston, McMinnville and Newberg, Oregon Newberg is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. A tradition holds that this town was named by its first postmaster, Sebastian Brutscher, for his former hometown of Neuberg in Germany. One of the current streets, Brutscher Street, is named after him. , and in Goldendale and White Salmon, Washington White Salmon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,193 at the 2000 census. History White Salmon was officially incorporated on June 3, 1907. . In addition to its community banking services, Columbia River Bank also provides mortgage lending services through its Columbia River Bank Mortgage Group, and brokerage services through its affiliation with PrimeVest Financial Services, Inc. and LaSalle St. Securities. In addition, Columbia Bancorp's news releases, 10-Qs and 10-Ks for the last twelve months are available on the Web site at www.columbiabancorp.com, or via Fax-on-Demand. Call 800-683-0074 to request documents. Forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and the business of Columbia are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in such statements. These include, without limitation: Columbia's ability to manage new and acquired branches; the impact of competition on revenues and margins; and other risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the year 2000, as may be detailed from time to time in Columbia's public announcements and filings with the SEC. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "continue", "plans", "intends", or other similar terminology. Columbia does not intend to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the Report, other than in its periodic filings with the SEC, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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