February 25, 2009

Cascade Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CASB), parent company of Cascade Bank, today announced plans to participate in a Pacific Northwest Bank Panel at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners 2009 West Coast Financial Services Conference. Carol K. Nelson, President and CEO, and the rest of the panel will present on Tuesday, March 3, at 1:15 p.m. PST.

The conference, which begins on the evening of March 2 and concludes on March 4 at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco, will be available in its entirety, both live and via 60-day replay, at Established in 1916, Cascade Bank, the only operating subsidiary of Cascade Financial Corporation, is a state chartered commercial bank headquartered in Everett, Washington.