Mitzi Verlinde is an associate with Coulombe & Evered and currently serves as a staff loan officer with the firm. Mitzi has an extensive corporate background in both the food retail and natural resources industries. She spent 14 years with the Safeway Stores, Inc. and HEB grocery companies in Washington, California and Texas. Her career in agriculture included serving tenures with the King County Agriculture Commission and Western Washington Horticultural Association in addition to residing as president of an agricultural and chemical sales company. Mitzi received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington and her graduate business degree from the University of Southern California (USC). Her hobbies include skiing, volleyball, softball and rowing.