Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President · COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. (COLB)

Clint Stein

A named executive officer of COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,712,345

FY2024: $6,340,928

2nd of 7 named executive officers at Columbia Banking System by FY2025 total.

7 named officers on file for COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 31, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Clint Stein compensation by year

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$349,865$385,300$423,077$445,577$817,308$826,462$879,962$1,150,000$1,150,000$1,250,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$208,068$623,572$336,458$306,286$1,277,308$1,481,188$2,068,190$3,042,229$3,173,878$3,748,027
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$152,205$220,541$245,338$249,907$826,063$1,111,968$1,602,000$1,269,600$1,711,200$2,025,000
Pension and deferred compensation$148,412$278,731$37,224$70,622$586,885$20,467$11,270$218,435$31,524$207,926
All other$40,996$41,671$45,704$50,176$66,745$90,309$55,916$663,986$274,326$481,392
Total$899,546$1,549,815$1,087,801$1,122,568$3,574,309$3,530,394$4,617,338$6,344,250$6,340,928$7,712,345

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. DEF 14A filed March 31, 2026, accession 0000887343-26-000126, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC. filed document, accession 0000887343-26-000126. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 31, 2026.

$900K
$1.5M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$3.6M
$3.5M
$4.6M
$6.3M
$6.3M
$7.7M
FY16
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FY22
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FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU272,645$7,620,428—
RSU114,228$3,192,673—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Cort O'HaverFormer Executive Chair$11,757,392
Clint Stein · this pageChair, Chief Executive Officer and President$7,712,345
Torran NixonSenior Executive Vice President, Columbia Bank President of Commercial Banking$3,452,703
Christopher MerrywellSenior Executive Vice President, Columbia Bank President of Consumer Banking$3,240,705
Andrew OgnallExecutive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer$2,950,476
Ron FarnsworthFormer Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer$2,823,067
Ivan SedaExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer$1,149,815

Board service

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM pays directors a $85,000 cash retainer and $85,000 in equity. As stated in COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM's FY2025 proxy.

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