People's Bank of Commerce announced that Julia Beattie has recently promoted to President and will be working alongside Ken Trautman who has held that position since the bank’s inception in 1998. Trautman will retain the role of Chief Executive Officer for the bank. Beattie began her banking career in 1991 at Union National Bank of Texas. After moving to Oregon in 1992, she joined the lending team at Western Bank where she worked until 2000. In 2003 she went to work for South Valley Bank and Trust until joining People’s Bank in 2013.