Laurie Stewart

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. In 2017 she was one of nine community Bankers invited to the White House for a listening session with the President.  She served as Chair of the American Bankers national trade association.  She also served as Chair of the National Arthritis Foundation Board of Directors and is a director of the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, former Chair of the Woodland Park Zoo and Secretary/Treasurer of the Jamestown/S’Klallam CDFI.  She is the only non-tribal member of the CDFI Board.

Ms. Stewart has been recognized in the Most Powerful Women in Banking’s continuously since 2017.  She also earned the prestigious Woman of Influence award from the Puget Sound Business Journal.  In 2019 she was recognized as an Executive of Excellence by Seattle Business Magazine.  In 2018 she was named as Community banker of the year – a national recognition.  In 2021 she was named one of the Power 100 by the Puget Sound Business Journal.  She is a frequent speaker and teacher.  Community volunteering includes serving as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, designing and decorating trees 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.