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Betsy Lawer, the vice chair and president of First National Bank Alaska, started from the bottom at her family's bank and learned what it takes to drum up business there including hopping planes to remote parts of the state to make connections.
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Northrim Bancorp in Anchorage, Alaska, has promoted Joe Beedle to president and chief executive.
December 18
First National Bank Alaska in Anchorage has appointed Betsy Lawer as chairwoman.
Lawer succeeds her father, D.H. Cuddy, as chair of the $3.4 billion-asset company. Cuddy died on May 12 at age 94. She was unanimously elected chairwoman this week.
Lawer, the oldest of Cuddy's children, had previously been vice chairwoman. She will also retain the position of president.
Lawer has worked at First National Bank Alaska since 1974, in commercial lending, investor loan production, bank operations, electronic data processing and marketing. Lawer is also a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
In 2010, Lawer was named one of 25 Women to Watch by American Banker Magazine.
