Kate Dixon

Kate Dixon has lived in the Olympia/Lacey area for more than fifteen years. She currently holds a leadership position within the Enterprise Risk Management group at Heritage Bank as Director of Credit Review. This independent role provides an independent credit risk assessment of the bank's portfolios and communicates on an ongoing basis with the Risk and Audit committees of the bank's Board of Directors. Prior to the position at Heritage Bank, Kate has held several other leadership positions including 1) managing the litigation and loan workout area of a commercial bank portfolio 2) leading compliance, financial, and forensic examinations at the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, 3) leading the bank and cultural transformation in launching a commercial loan program, and bringing an acquired bank into compliance while growing the bank loan assets and 4) redesigning the accounting processes and control environment while serving as Finance Manager/Controller and responsible for financial statement preparation and reporting.