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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
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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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