West Coast Bancorp Announces Appointment of David A. Dietzler to the Board of Directors

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today West Coast Bancorp (NASDAQ: WCBO) Chair Lloyd D. Ankeny announced that David A. Dietzler will become a member of the company's Board of Directors effective January 1, 2012.

David is a certified public accountant and graduated from the University of North Dakota with bachelor's and master's degrees. He built his career at one of the world's largest audit, tax and advisory services firms—KPMG LLP in Portland—and retired as managing partner in 2005 after 37 years of service.

He is currently a member of the Portland General Electric Company Board of Directors where he chairs the audit committee. He has also served the Portland community in the past as a board member of the Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts, Oregon Symphony Association and Oregon Symphony Foundation.

West Coast Bancorp is a publicly held, Northwest bank holding company headquartered in Oregon with $2.5 billion in assets, and the parent company of West Coast Bank and West Coast Trust Company, Inc. West Coast Bank operates 60 branches in Oregon and Washington.  The Company serves clients who seek the resources, sophisticated products and expertise of larger financial institutions, along with the local decision-making, market knowledge, and customer service orientation of a community bank.  The Company offers a broad range of banking, investment, fiduciary and trust services.  For more information, please visit the Company web site at www.wcb.com.

SOURCE West Coast Bancorp