Northrim Bank President and COO Joe Schierhorn announced on Jan. 22 the promotion of Veronica Pillans, AVP loan officer – Small Business Center, and the hiring of Bruce Tretzen, VP relationship manager- Northrim Funding Services.<\/p>\n
Pillans has over 10 years banking and lending experience. She began her banking career at First National Bank Alaska in 2005 and joined the Northrim team in 2012. A lifelong Alaskan, Pillans holds a small business degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage and completed the banking and finance program through American Bankers Association in 2015. She is a regular volunteer at Covenant House and teaches financial literacy to the youth.<\/p>\n
Tretzen joins the Northrim Funding Services team with 17 years of commercial lending experience, nine of which in the asset based lending industry. He is a former business owner who studied accounting and business at Edmonds College and the University of Washington. Tretzen is a volunteer mentor and judge for the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) that teaches high school students about business, marketing, management, entrepreneurship and finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"