BUSINESS BRIEFS: First Federal names new chief at Port Angeles branch . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Brad Hardy is the new manager for the First Federal’s Sixth Street branch.

Hardy has more than eight years of experience in the banking industry.

“We are pleased to have Brad joining our Port Angeles management team,” Port Angeles east-side/downtown branch manager Jesse Long said.

“He is native to Clallam County and is passionate about meeting the financial needs of his community.”

Hardy attended Peninsula and Olympic colleges, focusing on general studies with an emphasis on business.

His financial services career began in 2006 at Washington Mutual as a teller. He then expanded his knowledge and experience in such roles as senior personal financial representative, business banking specialist, assistant financial center manager and financial center manager.

Most recently, Hardy held the position of senior relationship banker and licensed representative with Union Bank.

Brad, wife, Christina, and their two children live in Sequim.

Doctor welcomed

PORT TOWNSEND — Dr. Kurt A. Norman is the latest addition to the Jefferson Healthcare Oncology Clinic.

Norman joins the team of Dr. Ann Murphy, oncologist; nurse practitioner Rebecca Kimball; registered nurse Jeinell Harper, director of the outpatient specialty clinic; and the many chemotherapy-certified and infusion-registered nurses and other health care providers that are part of the cancer care team.

Norman began seeing patients the first week of January.

He is triple board-certified by the American boards of internal medicine, hematology and oncology, having completed hematology, oncology and bone marrow transplantation fellowships at Stanford University.

Norman graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and finished his residency in internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin.

He is married with two young children.

New board member

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson Healthcare Foundation has added Kelly Liske, as a board member.

“I’ve known Kelly a long time,” Jefferson Healthcare Foundation President Dr. Todd Carlson said.

“Kelly brings her enthusiasm for our community’s well-being as well as her business acumen. We are thrilled to have her join us and our mission to improve the health and wellness of Jefferson County.”

Liske is First Federal Bank’s executive vice president and chief banking officer. She is responsible for direction and management of commercial, mortgage and consumer lending; commercial and consumer deposit products; and nondeposit investments.

She has a baccalaureate degree in accounting from Western Washington University and more than 18 years of banking experience.

She resides in Port Hadlock with her husband and children.

‘Round up’ for farms

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Food Co-op has partnered with Jefferson Land Trust to urge shoppers to “round up” at the register.

Buyers are asked to round-up the amount on their final bills to contribute the spare change to large-scale nonprofit causes.

This charitable collaboration generates donations dedicated solely to the land trust’s work conserving farmland in Jefferson County.

“Jefferson Land Trust and the Port Townsend Food Co-op are part of this community’s dedication to a vibrant and healthy local food system” trust Executive Director Sarah Spaeth said.

For more information, contact Caroline Robertson, communications director, at crobertson@saveland.org or 360-379-9501, ext. 105.

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