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Our Management Team
Kurt Graff
President
Chief Executive Officer
Director
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Kurt Graff, a veteran Pierce
County bank executive, is president and CEO of Northwest Commercial
Bank.
A banker in Pierce County for more than 20 years, Graff was
instrumental in opening the Lakewood Branch of Columbia Bank in 1993 as
its manager. During the seven years he managed this branch, it grew to
be one of the largest bank branches in Pierce County. Prior to joining
Columbia, Graff spent 12 years with Puget Sound Bank and Key Bank after
it acquired Puget Sound. He successfully managed various offices,
including the largest of the 115-branch bank.
Following his
successful efforts at opening and managing Columbia's Lakewood branch,
Graff was promoted to Senior Vice President of Credit Administration.
During his tenure in this position, he served in various capacities,
including chairman of the bank's general loan committee, member of
executive loan committee, asset liability committee and others.
Graff was educated at the University of Washington's Pacific Coast
Banking School in Seattle, the Northwest Intermediate Commercial Lending
School at Lewis & Clark College in Portland and the American Institute
of Banking.
He has served numerous community organizations as a
member and director, including Rotary Club of Clover Park, Lakewood
Economic Development Board, Greater Lakes Mental Health Board, Lakewood
Chamber of Commerce and the Puget Sound Chapter of the Risk Management
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Robert L. Kiehl, D.D.S.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Director
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Robert L. Kiehl, D.D.S. is an
organizer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank. He has
been a dentist in private practice in Lakewood, Washington for over
thirty years.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1964
from the University of Puget Sound and his Doctor of Dental Surgery
degree in 1968 from the State University of New York at Buffalo School
of Dentistry. He was a Captain in the United States Air Force Dental
Corps. He was also an Associate Professor at the University of
Washington Dental School. He has been published in the Journal of the
American Dental Association. He has also served on the Pierce County
Dental Society’s Peer Review Committee. He is one of the co-founders of
Pacific Container Corporation.
He is active in civic and
professional organizations, including the American Dental Association,
the Washington State Dental Association, the Pierce County Dental
Society, the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, and the Tacoma Country and
Golf Club.
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Michael E. Larson
Director
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Michael E. Larson is an
organizer and a director of the Bank. He is an owner of Harold A. Allen
Company Realtors in Lakewood and serves as its President and designated
broker. Prior to his working for Harold A. Allen Company Realtors, he
served as the Government Affairs Director for the Tacoma-Pierce County
Association of Realtors, a 1,400 member trade association, as the local
level lobbyist.
Between 1986 and 1991, he served as the Sports
Information Director for Pacific Lutheran University. Between 1984 and
1986, he served in a similar position at Willamette University in Salem,
Oregon. Mr. Larson graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma,
Washington, in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism.
He is a member of the Tacoma-Pierce County Association of Realtor,
the Washington Association of Realtors, and the National Association of
Realtors. He has served on the Tacoma-Pierce County Association of
Realtors’ Board of Directors since 1998.
He is actively involved
in many civic and community organizations, including the Lakewood
Chamber of Commerce and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce.
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Richard Lackey
Director
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Richard Lackey is a director
of the bank. He previously served on the board of Cascade Community
Bank.
Lackey has been a partner in the certified public
accounting firm of Shannon & Associates LLP of Kent for 25 years. He
graduated from Michigan State University and serves as both a CPA and
certified financial planner. He is a member of WSCPA and AICPA.
Lackey has served on the City of Kent budget committee and the Kent
Public Market Development Authority board. He was a member and board
member of the Rotary Club of Kent. Additionally, he was a founding
member of the Kent Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
He and his
wife, Raquel, have two grown children and one grandchild. They live on
Mercer Island. |
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Dan Durr
Director
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Dan Durr is a director of the
Bank.
A Lakewood resident, Durr has been president and broker for
First Western Properties since 1986. At the same time, he is also
managing member and principle of D&B Retail Development LLC.
Durr attended Pierce College and then the University of Puget Sound,
studying business administration, graduating in 1980.
In
addition to his real estate related businesses, Durr has been an active
community member. He is a member of the Commercial Brokers' Association,
International Council of Shopping Centers, Lakewood Redevelopment
Council, Tacoma Narrows Rotary Club and the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber
of Commerce. |
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Roy Brooks
Director
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Roy T. Brooks is a director of
the Bank.
Brooks has a strong background in banking and
business management. He was among the group that formed Mt. Rainier
National Bank in 1988 and served as chairman of the board until the firm
was sold in 2007. In addition he temporarily filled the position of
president and CEO until a new president was recruited. When the concern
formed Mountain Bank Holding Co., Brooks served as chairman, president
and CEO and also chairman of the bank board.
The longtime
Enumclaw resident spent over 20 years with a large electronics firm,
working extensively with the US Navy and The Boeing Company. In 1989 he
and a partner founded Westmark Electronics, focused on leading edge
electronic applications for the military, aerospace, computer hardware
and cellular communications industry. The firm was sold in 2000.
Brooks is active as chairman for Enumclaw Regional Hospital, vice chair
for Franciscan Health System, chair for Emerald Home Furnishings and has
an active management consulting business. |
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Dr. Henry Reitzug
Director
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Dr. Henry Reitzug, a
pediatrician in the Puyallup area since 1979, is a director of the bank.
In addition to his personal medical practice, Dr. Reitzug founded
and is CEO of Woodcreek Healthcare, a medical practice with locations in
Puyallup, South Hill and Bonney Lake. The system employs more than 130
people. Starting in 2003, Dr. Reitzug developed the Sunrise Medical
Campus, a 16-clinic medical campus covering 15 acres on South Hill. The
medical campus is currently being further expanded to serve the growing
south Puget Sound population.
Dr. Reitzug is married and he and
his wife Anne have six children and five grandchildren. They make their
home on a farm in Graham.
Born in Germany, he came to the United
States with his parents in 1956 and became an American citizen six years
later. He grew up in Indiana and graduated from the University of Notre
Dame with a BS degree. He received his medical degree four years later
from Indiana University School of Medicine where he specialized in
pediatrics.
He served in the US Army for six years in the early
1970s and received additional pediatric training at Madigan Army
Hospital.
The Puyallup physician has served on the board of
directors of Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, the Elbe Historical
Church board and has served as a church deacon. Dr. Reitzug has also
served in disaster relief as a physician with Northwest Medical Teams in
Albania, southern Mexico, Mozambique, Viet Nam, Afghanistan and Uganda.
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