Brad Copeland has been named senior executive vice president and chief credit officer at Umpqua Bank, Roseburg, Ore., where he has overseen the bank's mortgage, credit quality, and special assets divisions since 2000.Mr. Copeland was most recently executive vice president and chief credit officer at the bank, which is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corp. Before joining Umpqua, he was EVP and credit administrator of VRB Bancorp and Valley of the Rogue Bank from 1998 until their merger with Umpqua in 2000, the bank said. Umpqua can be found online at http://www.umpquaholdingscorp.com.
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