Laurie Stewart, president and CEO of Sound Community Bank, has been appointed as the Governmental Relations Vice Chair of the American Bankers Association which earns both a board and executive committee seat on the ABA Board of Directors. ABA’s board is the association’s governing body between annual conventions and is made up of CEOs from banks of all sizes.

Stewart, formerly of Sequim, has a long history in community banking and participation in industry affairs. Recognized by American Banker as one of the Most Powerful Women in Banking in 2011, she is currently chairman of the board of directors of the Washington Bankers Association and vice chairman for the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.