Willis named marketing VP for Bank of Cascades

Fran Willis of Sisters has been named vice president, marketing officer for Bank of the Cascades.

According to Patricia L. Moss, President and CEO Cascade Bancorp and CEO Bank of the Cascades, she will provide marketing, development direction and support to the bank’s Oregon branches including Central Oregon, Portland, Salem and Southern Oregon to enhance existing customer relationships and the bank’s business and community partnerships.

Willis brings over 30 years of marketing, promotion and communications experience from a variety of industries including start-up and Fortune 500 high technology, professional athletics, commercial and industrial real estate, healthcare and insurance. She most recently worked in Portland and Sisters as an independent marketing consultant.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and French from the University of California at Berkeley.