Deborah L. Bevier has served as one of our directors since July 2006. She also serves as senior consultant for Seattle-based human resources firm Waldron & Company. Prior to Waldon, Bevier served as president and CEO of Laird Norton Financial Group of Seattle, where she is credited with significantly increasing the corporation's assets and visibility as a provider of comprehensive wealth management services and investment strategies and products. Bevier's past experience includes CEO of Wentworth, Hauser and Violich, Inc., in Seattle; chairman and CEO of Key Bank of Washington and Key Savings Bank in Tacoma, and president of Key Bank USA N.A. in Albany, New York. She also sits on the board of directors for Coinstar, Inc., Fisher Communications, Inc., Regence BlueShield, and Puget Sound Bank. Bevier holds a B.S. in economics from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She attended Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. |