RI G First Bank Ketchikan-based First Bank has a new CFO for the first time in forty years. Rocky Elerding is promoted to the position now that longtime CFO Jim Sarvela is retiring. Elerding was born and raised in Sitka. He earned Elerding a degree in finance from the University of Washington and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington’s MBA program. He has been with First Bank since 2004. Elerding had been working as Southeast Regional Mortgage Manager. To replace Elerding as Southeast Regional Mortgage Manager, First Bank hired Dawn Wesley. Wesley moved away for twenty years but moved back in 2011, gaining experience in the mortgage and insurance sectors. Wesley
Northrim Bank Northrim Bank promoted two employees within the Executive Group. Mike Huston becomes the bank’s President, a title that Chairman and CEO Joe Schierhorn had been holding as well. Huston also remains Huston Chief Lending Offi cer, a position he attained in 2017 when he was hired as an executive vice president. Huston was previously chief banking offi cer at First Interstate Bank in Billings, Montana. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Arizona State University and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School.
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Amber Zins is promoted to COO and Executive Vice President from her previous role as chief administrative officer. Zins has been with Zins Northrim Bank for fourteen years since she was hired as internal audit manager. Zins holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from UAF and is a certified public accountant. Also, to manage a new loan production office in Nome, Northrim Bank hired Drew McCann for the position of VP, Lending Branch Manager McCann 1. McCann was previously director of the Nome Convention and Visitor Bureau. He is taking classes at UAS toward a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in management.
Mt. McKinley Bank Mt. McKinley Bank is rounding out its executive staff in Fairbanks and Delta Junction. Cindy Cevasco is the bank’s new Vice President and Human Resources Manager. Cevasco has more than thirty-six years of experience Cevasco in human resources and management in the financial industry. She now oversees payroll and all other human resources tasks for Mt. McKinley Bank. Courtney Durham is the new Assistant Vice President, Mortgage Lending at the Delta Junction branch. Durham grew up in the Delta Junction Durham area and spent twenty-two
ES years in residential, agricultural, and commercial real estate all over Alaska. Her experience also includes owning a small business in Delta Junction and developing commercial properties. Durham raises cattle and trains horses at her ranch.
Alaska Tribal Broadband The new COO at Alaska Tribal Broadband is Brad Angasan. He most recently served as president of Alaska Peninsula Corporation, the Angasan company that jointly serves the villages of Kokhanok, Newhalen, Port Heiden, Ugashik, and Angasan’s hometown of South Naknek. Angasan attended Western Colorado University and the UAF School of Management. He has more than twenty-five years of management experience in for-profit and regional nonprofit sectors.
Peter Pan Seafood Company Under new management since late 2020, Peter Pan Seafood Company has increased its focus on value-added US products. That growth created openings in top management positions. A veteran of the company returns as Vice President of Sales. Rich Wolverton first worked for Peter Pan in 1989, when “Seafood” still had a Wolverton plural “s” at the end. He had been working in food sales after earning a degree from the University of North Florida. Wolverton later served as president of the Northwest Fisheries Association and worked for Food Services of America as vice president of category management
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