RIGHT MOVES McDowell Group
Susan Bell re-joined McDowell Group following five years with the State of Alaska as Commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. Bell previously worked with the Alaska-based research and consulting firm.
First National Bank Alaska
Compiled by Russ Slaten First National hired Loan Officer Jason Feeken and appointed him Assistant Vice President. With more than ten years of experience in Alaska’s financial industry, Feeken will work out of Anchorage’s Corporate Headquarters. Jennifer Matthews moved from the Wasilla Branch after being promoted to Cash Management Services Specialist in Anchorage. Matthews will work with customers to formulate the best solutions to meet their business banking needs. Diane McKee is the new Parkway Branch Manager after the board promoted her to take charge of the East Anchorage branch. McKee has worked in banking for more than seventeen years, including the last five in Deposit Services.
Stantec
Longacre
Feeken
Heinz
Jack DiMarchi, CPG, joined Stantec as its Alaska mining Sector Leader based in Fairbanks. With more than twenty-five years of industry experience, DiMarchi will develop Alaska-specific mining opportunities, while expanding the firm’s DiMarchi regional and North American wide capabilities. He is a Colorado State University graduate.
Northrim Bank
Matthews
First National Bank Alaska and its Board of Directors announced a variety of promotions and appointments. Doug Longacre will lead the bank’s commercial lending operations after being named Executive Vice President. Longacre has forty years’ McKee banking experience and has successfully worked in every aspect of lending in the bank. Vice President Karl Heinz was named the Regional Branch Manager in charge of the Glennallen, Kenai, Kodiak, and Valdez branches and will work out of the Kenai Branch. Heinz previously managed branches in Glennallen, Haines, and Eagle River.
Leathers
David
Northrim Bank announced the hiring of Bradley Leathers, Branch Manager for Northrim’s Sitka Branch, and the promotion of Leary David, Branch Manager for the bank’s Huffman Branch. Leathers began his banking career in 2007 with Wells Fargo in Ketchikan as Assistant to the District President and was most recently Branch Manager for Wells Fargo in Skagway. Leathers has a bachelor’s
degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. David has worked at Northrim Bank since 2006, where he started as a Teller at the Midtown Financial Center. He has been a Personal Banker, Branch Specialist, Branch Supervisor, and Assistant Manager during his time at Northrim. David holds a degree in Marketing Management from San Beda College, Philippines.
Ahtna, Inc.
David O’Donnell joined the Ahtna team as President of Ahtna Construction & Primary Products Corporation, or AC&PPC, based out of the Ahtna Anchorage office. He brings to Ahtna twenty-five years of experience in in various types of heavy and civil construction. O’Donnell was Vice President and General Manager over civil construction for the Bristol Alliance of Companies for the last ten years.
R&M Consultants, Inc.
Black
Germer
R&M is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Black, PE, and Jenna Germer to its Anchorage office team. Black joined R&M’s Engineering Department as a Project Engineer and brings more than twenty-two years of construction and civil engineering experience to the firm. Black has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Germer joined R&M’s Environmental Group as an Environmental Specialist and previously worked as a Geologist Technician on the North Slope. Germer has a BS in Geology from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
International Tower Hill Mines
International Tower Hill Mines appointed Karl L. Hanneman as Chief Operating Officer. He’s been
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