Jonathan Dale is the Executive Vice President/Regional Director at Umpqua Bank for the Pacific Northwest & Mountain West commercial, corporate, and healthcare specialty teams. Since joining Umpqua Bank in 2016, Jonathan has served in various capacities in several Umpqua footprints. As a Senior Corporate Banker in San Diego, he established the first de novo middle-market banking team for Umpqua Bank. Starting in 2017, he served as the Executive Director of Sales & Production where he designed & implemented sales & client-engagement methodologies as well as led strategic initiatives on production, speed-to-market, and competing differentiation. In his current role as Executive Vice President/Regional Director, Jonathan’s passion is leading inspired teams to deliver best-in-class banking partnerships to middle-market companies within the Pacific Northwest & Mountain West, including the Denver de novo banking team which already has a strong market presence just one year after launching in 2022.
Jonathan has over 27 years of experience in the banking industry. From 1996 – 2001, Jonathan served as the Operations Manager for Washington Mutual/Great Western Bank. From this point, he then had a 13 year tenure at California Bank & Trust in various roles including Senior Credit Analyst & Senior Corporate Banker, where he specialized in general C&I, sponsor-backed finance, & high-risk designated credit. In 2017, Jonathan obtained his Master’s degree in Business Administration and Executive leadership & corporate strategy from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.
