Northrim Bank Announces New Officers
Northrim Bank is adding two new hires to its statewide team, and a company veteran gets a promotion.
Melissa Galloway has been with Northrim since late 2020 and has thirteen years of experience in the financial industry. She is promoted to Associate Vice President, Loan Officer at the Soldotna Financial Center. Galloway earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Utah State and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. She currently serves as board treasurer of the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska.
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Davina Napier, the new Vice President, Consumer Lending Manager, comes to Northrim with twenty-four years of lending experience, most recently as chief lending officer at Credit Union 1. Napier earned an associate degree from UAA before getting her bachelor’s degree in management from University of Phoenix.
Clark Bihag, the new Vice President, Loan Officer at the Fairbank Financial Center, joins Northrim Bank with nineteen years of experience in both government and private sectors, most recently with the US Small Business Administration. He served in the US Air Force doing budget analysis and financial management. Bihag holds a master’s degree in business administration from UAA.
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