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Mr. Zuppe has served as Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sterling since its inception and served as Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sterling Savings from 1981 until October 2003, when he was promoted to lead Sterling Savings as Chairman of the Board and CEO. He is also Vice President and Chairman of the Board of INTERVEST, Action Mortgage and Harbor Financial and a Director of Golf Savings Bank. Mr. Zuppe co-founded Sterling Savings in 1981. Mr. Zuppe brought to Sterling Savings 18 years of mortgage lending experience as Vice President of Bancshares Mortgage Company and Manager of Loan Administration of Sherwood & Roberts, Inc. of Walla Walla, Washington, a mortgage banking company. Mr. Zuppe is past Chairman of the Board for America's Community Bankers, a national trade association. He is past Chairman of the Washington Savings League Board of Directors and past member of the Federal Reserve Board - Thrift Institutions Advisory Council. | 