Since March 2015, Ms. Wasson has been the Chief Executive Officer of Sand Creek Advisors LLC, which provides business consulting to chief executive officers of public and private companies. Previously, Ms. Wasson was an Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking at U.S. Bank, N.A., and served as President of U.S. Bank s Oregon and Southwest Washington operations from 2005 to 2015. She also led the U.S. Bank, N.A. Advisory Board in Portland, Oregon. Ms. Wasson is a 33-year veteran of the banking industry. Prior to joining U.S. Bank in 1989, she held various commercial lending positions with the former Oregon Bank and Security Pacific Bank of Oregon. Ms. Wasson was elected as Chair of the Boards of NW Holdings and NW Natural in August 2021. Ms. Wasson currently serves on the Board of Directors of Columbia Sportswear Company (Nasdaq: COLM), where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Wasson formerly served on the boards of Oregon Health & Science University Foundation, Inc., OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland Business Alliance, Greater Portland Inc., Portland Mall Management, Inc., SOLVE Founders Circle and the American Red Cross-Oregon Trail Chapter and was past Chair of the Oregon Business Plan and Oregon Business Council. She also serves as a Senior Fellow at American Leadership Forum. Ms. Wasson holds a Bachelor of Science and Commerce degree in finance from Santa Clara University. Ms. Wasson brings to the NW Holdings Board extensive experience in commercial banking, finance and accounting and remarkable local and regional experience. Ms. Wasson s management and leadership roles in the banking industry as well as her strong community presence position her to provide insight and advice to the Board on a wide range of financial, accounting, commercial and local and regional strategic matters, including, but not limited to, regulated industry, mergers and acquisitions, consumer and commercial businesses, public and government policy and relations, human capital management and diversity, media relations, marketing, change management and compliance. In addition, Ms. Wasson s service as Chair of the Audit Committee of Columbia Sportswear and prior service as Chair of the Audit Committee of NW Natural and NW Holdings highlights her substantial experience in finance and accounting matters, which has led the Board to determine that she is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the SEC rules. Ms. Wasson s experience enables her to provide valuable guidance to the Board on accounting, finance, risk oversight, business strategy and development, and corporate governance. Together with her background in commercial banking and regulation and her strong community ties, this experience strengthens the Board s collective knowledge, capabilities and expertise.