Ford Elsaesser serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Elsaesser was a member of the Intermountain Community Bancorp board of directors from 1997 until its acquisition by Columbia in 2014, serving as its Chairman from May 2013. An attorney with extensive experience with financial service companies, Mr. Elsaesser is a senior partner at Elsaesser Anderson Chtd, a Sandpoint, Idaho-based law firm founded in 1979. His practice focuses on commercial law and banking, civil litigation, bankruptcy and trusteeships and receiverships. He has served as Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University School of Law since 2003, and on the Advisory Board of the University’s Bankruptcy Program since 1999. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Idaho Law School since 2005. A graduate of Goddard College and the University of Idaho Law School, Mr. Elsaesser has served as Chairman of the Lake Pend Oreille Commission since 2003 and Chairman of Bonner General Health Hospital since 2006. He is also a director of Food for Our Children, Bonner General Health Hospital, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Elsaesser is an attorney with extensive experience with financial service companies. His knowledge of and contacts within the local Idaho market, as well as his legal experience, make him a valuable resource to the Board.
As the Independent Director of Columbia Banking System, the total compensation of Ford Elsaesser at Columbia Banking System is $149,994. There are 13 executives at Columbia Banking System getting paid more, with Clint E. Stein having the highest compensation of $1,710,116.
Ford Elsaesser is 68, he's been the Independent Director of Columbia Banking System since 2015. There are 1 older and 23 younger executives at Columbia Banking System. The oldest executive at Columbia Banking System, Inc. is Thomas Hulbert, 73, who is the Independent Director.
Ford's mailing address filed with the SEC is C/O COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC., PO BOX 2156, MS 3100, TACOMA, WA, 98401-2156.
Over the last 21 years, insiders at Columbia Banking System have traded over $1,353,041 worth of Columbia Banking System stock and bought 95,689 units worth $2,214,193 . The most active insiders traders include John F Schultz, Mark A Finkelstein и Ron L Farnsworth. On average, Columbia Banking System executives and independent directors trade stock every 56 days with the average trade being worth of $39,916. The most recent stock trade was executed by Elizabeth Whitehead Seaton on 6 February 2024, trading 2,685 units of COLB stock currently worth $49,619.
columbia bank is a full-service northwest community bank headquartered in tacoma, washington, serving businesses, professionals, and individuals through more than 150 branches in washington, oregon, and idaho. we offer the sophisticated solutions and lending capacity of a regional bank, while retaining the commitment to customer satisfaction and community you expect when doing business with a local bank. for the ninth consecutive year, the bank was named one of puget sound business journal’s “washington’s best workplaces.” columbia ranked in the top 20 on the 2015 forbes list of best banks in the country, as well as ranking the best in washington and second in the pacific northwest for the fourth year in a row. at columbia bank, we truly believe that our people make the difference. our strong bank and thriving culture are built upon our ability to attract and retain talented bankers who posses industry expertise, deep knowledge of and affinity for their local community and a commit
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