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Umpqua Bank Appoints Judi Giem as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB), today announced the appointment of
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[{"type":"text","content":"LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB), today announced the appointment of Judi Giem to serve as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resource Officer, effective June 2, 2025. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nAs a member of Umpqua Bank's executive leadership team, Giem will oversee the bank's full human resource function, including talent recruiting and retention, professional development, compensation and benefits and succession planning. Following the completion of a recently proposed acquisition of Pacific Premier Bank, an $18B bank in Irvine, California, Umpqua Bank will employ roughly 6,500 associates across eight western states and hold $70B in assets.\n\"Judi is an accomplished executive who's helped multiple financial institutions enhance the excellence of their HR and culture programs through periods of transition and rapid growth,\" said Clint Stein, Umpqua Bank CEO. \"She's a terrific fit for our growing bank, and we are excited to have someone with her background and experience help us build toward the future.\"\nGiem brings to her new role more than 20 years of comprehensive human resource leadership experience for publicly traded companies, including overseeing the workforce and cultural integration of multiple newly combined companies. She most recently served as Chief Human Resource Officer at Tri-Counties Bank, where she led all HR functions and served on the executive leadership team. Prior to that role, Giem oversaw talent management at Banner Bank and was responsible for talent recruiting, acquisition and retention, as well as cultural assimilation initiatives following the bank's significant growth through acquisition. She has also led organizational planning and implementation of human capital programs to support cultural engagement and acquisitive growth at other publicly traded companies and banks in California and Washington, including Sterling Bank, acquired by Umpqua Bank in 2014.\nGiem holds a BA in Organizational Development from Whitworth University and earned her MA in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.\nAbout Umpqua BankUmpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Columbia Banking System, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLB), is an award-winning regional financial institution supporting businesses of all sizes and consumers across eight ...