Stephen M. Graham is Partner Emeritus of Fenwick & West LLP and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Washington Federal Bank, the largest bank headquartered in Washington. Graham focuses his time on corporate governance matters for a few select corporations, mentoring youth and young professionals, and service on nonprofit boards.

Graham has been recognized by Chambers USA as one of the top corporate and mergers and acquisitions lawyers in Washington. He is also a “Super Lawyer” award recipient, 2000–2021. In 2019, Mr. Graham was appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Small Business Capital Formation and co-chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies from 2011 to 2017.

He is also active in community affairs, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Institute for Systems Biology and the National Board of Friends of the Children, where he is Vice Chairman. He received his B.S. from Iowa State University and his J.D. from the Yale University School of Law.