Carol Nelson
Director, Delta Dental of Washington, Brooks Sports, Inc., Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, NACD Northwest Chapter
Carol Kobuke Nelson currently serves as a director of Delta Dental of Washington and member of the Investment & Audit and HR/Compensation Committees, and Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines. fShe is also on the Board of Advisors of Brooks Sports Inc.-a Berkshire Hathaway Company. She was a director of Cascade Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: CASB) and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle Branch. Nelson was previously a director of Premera Blue Cross, where she chaired the Audit Committee, and vice chair of the board of Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District. She was a top executive for KeyBank (NYSE: KEY), a top-20 U.S. bank, with a leading commercial and investment banking platform for middle market clients. She served as Key’s Pacific Region Executive and Market president, one of seven regions nation-wide, managing KeyBank’s brand and success throughout the Pacific Northwest. Nelson was a member of KeyBank’s Executive Council as well as director and trustee for the KeyBank Foundation, retiring in June 2019. During her tenure, she was named to American Banker magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Banking Top Team. Previously, Nelson served as CEO, president, and director of Cascade Financial Corp. (formerly Nasdaq: CASB) and Cascade Bank.