WCBO West Coast Bancorp (MM)

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tim Whalen has joined West Coast Trust as Vice President and Client Services Manager of Asset Management and Retirement Services after managing client services for ten years in the Portland metropolitan area. He will operate from the West Coast Trust offices at 1000 SW Broadway in Portland. Whalen received a Bachelor of Science in Biology-Environmental Science from the University of California-Santa Cruz and led adventure-based wilderness education programs for Outward Bound before entering the financial services industry. He has served as a youth mentor and volunteer for SMART (Start Making a Reader Today). West Coast Bancorp, (NASDAQ:WCBO), one of Oregon Business Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For, is a Northwest bank holding company with $2.6 billion in assets, operating 61 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's web site at http://www.wcb.com/. DATASOURCE: West Coast Bank CONTACT: Sandy Mico, President of West Coast Trust, +1-503-279-3911 Web site: http://www.wcb.com/

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