NORTH BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL EVENT

Best Places to Work 2008 Awards Reception

September 25, 2008, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Doubletree Hotel, Rohnert Park

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Those based elsewhere serving the North Bay

Dorothea Dutton

U.S. Bank, 1 California St. Ste. B, San Francisco 94111, 415-273-4562, www.usbank.com

Dorothea Dutton is the Bay Area managing director for U.S. Bank’s private client group, a position she has held for two years. Prior to joining U.S. Bank, she was a wealth manager for Delaware Investment Advisors and Scudder, Stevens & Clark, and prior to that she spent 15 yeas as an institutional portfolio manager, starting her career with the California State Teachers Public Retirement System. Ms. Dutton has a bachelor’s degree in general studies from the University of Washington and received a certification from the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute.  She has served as a director of the Girl Scouts of Northern California and headed the organization’s investment committee for more than 10 years.

Kent Grubaugh

Wachovia Wealth Management, 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco 94111, 415-519-9200, www.wachovia.com/wealth

In December 2007, Kent Grubaugh was hired as the regional private banking director for the Bay Area for Wachovia Wealth Management. The move came after Wachovia transferred its private banking division from its retail bank to its wealth management arm and announced the hiring of hundreds of new private bankers. Mr. Grubaugh is charged with growing the company’s presence in the region and plans to open a Marin County office in the next two years.

Prior to joining Wachovia, Mr. Grubaugh spent 20 years at Bank of America, where he transitioned from retail banking to commercial banking to wealth management and served most recently as a premier banking market manager and global wealth and investment management market leader. Mr. Grubaugh graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Charles Leitzell

Citi Private Bank, 1 Sansome St. 24th Floor, San Francisco 94104, 415-627-6152, www.citi.com

Charles Leitzell heads the San Francisco office of Citi Private Bank, the private banking division of Citigroup. Mr. Leitzell has previously served as a corporate credit specialist for JP Morgan Securities, managing director for the West Coast office of HSBC Securities, a financial consultant for Cigna Financial Services and an analyst for L F Rothschild. Mr. Leitzell has a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Chico State University.

Mary Toomey

Silicon Valley Bank, 2400 Hanover St., Palo Alto 94304, 650-320-1106, www.svb.com/svbpcs

As managing director of Silicon Valley Bank’s private client services division, Mary Toomey specializes in providing personal loans and banking services to clients with complex, unique or unusual circumstances. Prior to beginning her current role in 1997, Ms. Toomey spent four years with the bank as a credit review officer and relationship manager in the technology division. Before that she spent 12 years with Barclays Bank.

Ms. Toomey has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Simmons College, and she received financial planning certification in 2004.

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