Laurie Stewart

CEO at Sound Community Bank

Speaker

Ms. Stewart is the President /CEO of Sound Community Bank and SFBC, headquartered in Seattle. Active in the industry, Ms. Stewart was one of 14 bankers selected to serve on the inaugural FDIC Community Bank Advisory Board. Subsequently, she was appointed to the inaugural CFPB Community Banker’s Advisory Board. She is active in trade associations, serving two terms as Chair of the WBA, and she chaired the ABA flagship Governmental Affairs Committee and as Chair of the ABA, which represents the industry including banks large and small. In 2017, she was one of just nine community bankers invited to the White House for a listening session with the President. Her leadership extends nationally and locally—she served as Chair of the National Arthritis Foundation Board of Directors and is currently on the Head Office Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, following two consecutive terms on the Seattle Branch Board. She is also the former Chair of the Woodland Park Zoo and currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Jamestown S’Klallam CDFI, where she is the only non-tribal member of the Board.

Ms. Stewart has been recognized in the Most Powerful Women in Banking continuously since 2017. She also earned the prestigious Woman of Influence award from the Puget Sound Business Journal. In 2019, Seattle Business Magazine recognized her as an Executive of Excellence. In 2018, she was named Community Banker of the Year – a national recognition. In 2021, the Puget Sound Business Journal named her one of the Power 100. She is a frequent speaker and teacher. Community volunteering includes formerly serving as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, Designing and decorating Tress for the O’Christmas Tree Celebrations, and climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise money for cancer research. She also loves to sew and makes a baby quilt for every newborn in the bank family.