Columbia Bank Appoints Jeff Singer as Senior Vice President and Eugene Market Regional Manager
July 22, 2019 at 05:00 pm EDT
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Columbia Bank announced that it has hired Jeff Singer. For the past 23 years, Jeff held multiple positions at Umpqua Bank, including his most recent position as Senior Commercial Relationship Manager. He played a major role in Umpqua's growth and success, including overseeing commercial credit exposure, managing deposit portfolios and leading a team of approximately 50 banking associates from Salem, Oregon to Northern California. Jeff will occupy the position currently held by Denise Ghazal, Columbia Bank'sGreater Eugene Regional Manager, who will retire in early 2020. Denise has been responsible for commercial and retail banking teams in the Eugene and Springfield markets and will support Jeff through the transition.
Columbia Banking System, Inc. is the bank holding company for Umpqua Bank (the Bank). Through the Bank, the Company provides a broad range of banking, private banking, mortgage, and other financial services to corporate, institutional, small business, and individual customers. The bank offers specialized loans for corporate, middle market, and small business customers, including commercial lines of credit and term loans, and others. It offers deposit products, including non-interest-bearing checking accounts, analyzed business accounts, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, insured cash sweep and other investment sweep solutions. The Bank also provides loans to individual borrowers for a variety of purposes, including secured and unsecured personal loans, home equity and personal lines of credit, and motor vehicle loans. The Bank primarily operates in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington State.