LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,*
constitutes and appoints Cathy Cooper, EVP and Chief Consumer Banker and*
Kelli Holz, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Washington*
Federal, Inc. "the Company", as the undersigned's true and lawful*
attorney-in-fact "the Attorney-in-Fact", each with*
full power of substitution and resubstitution, with the power to act alone*
for the underisgned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in*
any and all capacities to:
1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's*
behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission "SEC" a*
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary*
or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned*
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered*
advisable under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 "the*
Exchange Act" or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, any national securities exchange*
or securities quotation system and the Company any and all reports,*
including any amendment thereto, of the undersigned required or considered*
advisable under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations*
thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the Company, including*
Forms 3, 4 and 5; and
3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,*
information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from*
any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee*
benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby*
authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the*
Attorney-in-Fact.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
a) This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the*
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided*
to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such*
information;
b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the*
undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form*
and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her*
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the*
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16*
of the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to*
comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for*
disgorgement of profits under Section 16b of the Exchange Act; and
d) This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from*
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under*
Section 16 of the Exchange Act,including, without limitation, the*
reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and*
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite,*
necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing,*
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or*
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the*
Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall*
lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited Power*
of Attorney.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect*
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 with*
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity*
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned*
in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Limited*
Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect*
to the subject matter of this Limited Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power*
of Attorney as of 03/10/2023.
____/s/__Brent J Beardall________
