Malia Wasson Biography and Net Worth

Ms. Wasson is 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 currently serves on the
Boards of Directors of Columbia Sportswear Company, where she is the Chair of the Audit Committee, and NW
Natural, where she is also Chair of the Audit Committee. She is also a director and past Chair of the Oregon
Business Council. 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. 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 Committees of Columbia Sportswear and
NW Natural highlights her substantial experience in finance and accounting matters and positions Ms. Wasson to
provide important guidance to the Board on matters of accounting, finance, and corporate governance, as a result
of which, the Board has determined that she is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC rules.
Ms. Wasson’s extensive knowledge and experience of finance, accounting, commercial banking and regulation,
and her strong community ties, strengthen the Board’s collective knowledge, capabilities and experience.