Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 14, 1999

Patricia L. Moss – Cascade Bancorp

PATRICIA L. MOSS is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Bancorp. She is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of the Cascades, the principal subsidiary of Cascade Bancorp. Bank of the Cascades has received repeated national recognition as a top performing institution. She has been with the bank since its opening in 1977 and has held several positions, which included operations, lending, branch manager, human resources, CFO and COO. She earned a Bachelor's degree from Linfield College in Business Administration, is a graduate of the ABA Commercial Lending School and is a certified Senior Human Resource Professional. Ms. Moss' active involvement in local organizations is evidence of her strong commitment to community leadership. She has served as a Board member for Central Oregon Community College; Chairman, St. Charles Medial Center; President, Bend Chamber of Commerce; President-elect, Greater Bend Rotary; Vice Chair, United Way and several other community roles. She graduated from Linfield College with magna cum laude honors. She's been Central Oregon Business Woman of the Year and Quotarian of the Year. She has received two President's Awards - Bend Chamber of Commerce and was presented with the Soroptomist International Woman of Distinction Award in the areas of education and economics. Profile
TWST: Could you begin by giving us a background summary on Cascade

Bancorp, enough of a brief history to put us into context what you see

as your company and what you see as your business today?