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 Association.
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Quinn
Zander-Conn
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President
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Quinn Zander-Conn has been named Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Lakewood's Northwest Commercial Bank
Zander-Conn is a graduate of Western Washington University in Bellingham
with a degree in Business Administration and an emphasis in Finance. He
has taken classes at Saint Martin’s University for related accounting
courses. He is also a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School
through the University of Washington.
Before joining Northwest Commercial Bank in 2006 as an Assistant Vice
President, Zander-Conn spent three years at Columbia Bank. He served a
number of positions including a Branch Officer and Lending Officer.
He is a native of Puyallup and graduated from Rogers High School before
attending Western Washington University.
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Cliff Rubert
Chief Lending Officer
Executive Vice President
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Cliff Rubert has been a lending officer and
branch manager
primarily in area financial institutions since 1976.
His first banking job was at First National Bank of Nevada and
after a year there he moved to Washington where he joined Puget Sound
Bank. Rubert remained with this Pierce County bank for 18 years. He went
to North Pacific Bank (now Heritage Bank) when Puget Sound Bank was
acquired by another banking company. He remained with the organization
for five years.
Rubert joined Columbia Bank in 2000,
serving as a commercial
lending officer in that institution's loan production office in Auburn.
He grew up in Alaska and attended the University of Alaska
Anchorage. Married to Renee, the couple has made their home in Puyallup
for the last 20 years. They have two grown sons. He is a graduate of the
Northwest Intermediate Banking School in Oregon and has attended
numerous special banking courses during his banking career.
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