WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

38-year Career Banker leads the Company's Treasury Management Team in Oregon and Washington LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- West Coast Bank (NASDAQ:WCBO) has promoted Laura McKay to Senior Vice President - Manager of Treasury Management Products and Sales. The 38-year veteran banker leads the company's treasury management products and services effort in Oregon and Washington. She has been with the company since 2000 and assumed leadership of the treasury management function in 2006. Commercial Banking Executive Vice President Xandra T. McKeown said, "Laura's strong leadership skills and extensive knowledge of treasury management products and services have qualified her for this much-deserved promotion. I'm pleased to have her leading our treasury management team." McKay is a member of the National Association for Financial Professionals, the Portland Treasury Manager's Association and is listed in the 2006 issue of "2,000 Notable American Women." She graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Marketing. She is accredited by the Association for Financial Professionals as a Certified Cash Manager. She is also a certified trainer with AchieveGlobal and Edge Learning Institute. West Coast Bancorp, one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.5 billion in assets, operating 59 offices in Oregon and Washington. The company combines the sophisticated products and expertise of larger banks with the local decision making, market knowledge and customer service of a community bank. For more information, visit the Company web site at http://www.wcb.com/. DATASOURCE: West Coast Bancorp CONTACT: Xandra McKeown, Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking of West Coast Bancorp, +1-503-598-3251 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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