Local Leadership

Thank You 2011 Corporate Walk Leaders

Seattle Co-Chair

Marco Abbruzzese
Regional Managing Director
Wells Fargo Private Bank

Marco Abbruzzese is the Regional Managing Director for Wells Fargo Private Bank in the Washington Region. Marco leads an exceptional team of investment, trust, brokerage and private bank professional serving wealthy families, business owners and corporate executives throughout the region. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Marco worked for Citigroup, Chase Manhattan, and co-founded a global macro hedge fund, Ulysses Capital Advisors, in 1999.

Marco received his Masters Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, and his Bachelor of Arts from Lewis & Clark College. He serves on the Seattle Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors and is a patron of numerous of Northwest culture, charitable, and civic organizations.

Seattle Co-Chair

Mary Knell

Mary A. Knell
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager
Wells Fargo Commercial Banking

Mary oversees the teams of relationship managers and banking professionals to provide banking solutions and services to companies in the greater Puget Sound area. A 34-year local financial services veteran, Mary's career has been focused on commercial banking for middle market and large corporate institutions. Prior to 2010, Mary was managing director of Corporate Banking for the Pacific Northwest at J.P. Morgan where she opened their Seattle office in 2007. Before that, she served as senior vice president and sales performance executive for the Western Region for Bank of America's Commercial Banking offices overseeing seven Western states. Earlier, she held several senior Commercial Banking positions within Seafirst/Bank of America where she was employed for 30 years.

A lifetime Seattle resident, Mary has been an active community leader and currently serves on the executive board of the Northwest Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) as secretary and strategic plan chair, corporate team captain for "Beat the Bridge" to Beat Diabetes, corporate walk chair for "Light the Night Walk" and a volunteer for several non-profits including United Way of King County.

Seattle Committee

Mandy Bledsoe
Team Firefly

Susan Fitzgerald
Washington Employers

Jim Hawkins
Wells Fargo

Bob Hentges
Advisors NW

Holly Hook
Sound Community Bank

Kelly Nutt
John L. Scott

South Sound Committee

Jordan Foster
Smith Alling P.S.

Rae Hansen
Print NW

Sara Jaenicke
Russell Investments

Joy King
MultiCare Health System

Shiela Marsh
Northwest Medical Specialties

Larry Rosborough
Sound Community Bank

Renee Willis
Bruce Titus Automotive

Sarah Yelenich
Tacoma Rainiers