John W. Blizzard of Bellevue has been appointed as the new president and CEO of Seattle Bank. Blizzard has more than 23 years of banking and financial services experience and replaces Patrick F. Patrick who has served as president and CEO since 2010 and is retiring.

Blizzard began his career as a teller in 1990. His experience includes seven years in the 1990s at Seattle Mortgage Company, a subsidiary of Seattle Bank, where he ran a mortgage and escrow operation. He earned an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University, a master’s degree from Seattle University, and is a graduate of University of Washington’s Pacific Coast Graduate School of Banking.