U.S. Bank Wealth Management has appointed Jan Hendrickson as the new regional managing director for its private wealth management unit, Ascent Private Capital Management, in Seattle.

In the new role, Hendrickson will lead the office’s nine professionals, who provide investment management, private banking, wealth impact planning, and family office advisory services to wealthy clients in the northwest region.

Hendrickson will report to Michael Cole, who is designated as the president of Ascent Private Capital Management.

Hendrickson most recently served as the managing partner and a founder of Denny Hill Capital, a Seattle-based early-stage venture capital firm.

Earlier in her career, she served as the first CFO of Sound Transit, which is a $5bn start-up responsible for financing, constructing and operating Puget Sound’s mass transit system.

Her present and former directorships include chairman, founding board member and investor of global beauty brand, butter LONDON, director of The Commerce Bank of Washington, and chairman of Tully’s Coffee.

She was formerly designated as vice president of a Seattle’s middle market investment banks, where she was responsible for managing mergers, acquisitions and recapitalizations.