FORD ELSAESSER - Corporate Board Profile

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2015-03-19	Mr. Elsaesser, 63, was a member of the Intermountain board of directors from 1997 until its acquisition by Columbia, serving as its Chairman from May 2013. An attorney with extensive experience with financial service companies, Mr. Elsaesser is a senior partner at Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliott & Macdonald, 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 is active in his community and has served as Chairman of the Lake Pend Oreille Commission since 2003. His knowledge of and contacts within the local Idaho market, as well as his legal experience, make him a valuable resource to the Board.
2016-03-16	Mr. Elsaesser, 64, was a member of the Intermountain board of directors from 1997 until its acquisition by Columbia, serving as its Chairman from May 2013. An attorney with extensive experience with financial service companies, Mr. Elsaesser is a senior partner at Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliott & Macdonald, 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 is active in his community and has served as Chairman of the Lake Pend Oreille Commission since 2003. His knowledge of and contacts within the local Idaho market, as well as his legal experience, make him a valuable resource to the Board.
2017-04-13	Mr. Elsaesser, 65, was a member of the Intermountain board of directors from 1997 until its acquisition by Columbia, serving as its Chairman from May 2013. An attorney with extensive experience with financial service companies, Mr. Elsaesser is a senior partner at Elsaesser Jarzabek Anderson Elliott & Macdonald, 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 is also a Director of Food for Our Children, Bonner General Health Hospital, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. His knowledge of and contacts within the local Idaho market, as well as his legal experience, make him a valuable resource to the Board.
2018-04-13	Mr. Elsaesser, 66, 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. His knowledge of and contacts within the local Idaho market, as well as his legal experience, make him a valuable resource to the Board.
2019-04-12	Mr. Elsaesser, 67, 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. ... Mr. Elsaesser is a senior partner at Elsaesser Anderson Chtd, a Sandpoint, Idaho-based law firm founded in 1979.
2020-04-17	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. ... Committees: Audit, Corporate Governance, Trust (Chair) ... 2019 Director Compensation Table ... Ford Elsaesser ... $80,000 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash, $69,994 Stock Awards, Total $149,994.
2021-04-12	Mr. Elsaesser was a member of the Intermountain Community Bancorp board of directors from 1997 until its acquisition by Columbia in 2014. He is a senior partner at Elsaesser Anderson Chtd. He serves on the Audit Committee. 2020 Director Compensation Table shows Ford Elsaesser total compensation as $141,986.
2022-03-18	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. The Personnel and Compensation Committee current members include Ms. Lantow (Chair), Mr. Eerkes, Ms. Alvarez Schrag, Mr. Finkelstein, Mr. Forrest, Mr. Hulbert and Ms. Numata. 2021 Director Compensation Table shows Ford Elsaesser total compensation as $142,955.