CEO JOHN DICKSON ABLY LED THE EXPANSION OF FRONTIER FINANCIAL TO NEW HEIGHTS, REACHING A PINNACLE THIS YEAR AS THE NUMBER-ONE BANK ON THE BANK DIRECTOR TOP 150 SCORECARD.

John Dickson, the 46-year-old chief executive and chairman of Frontier Bank, lays his cards on the table, face up: the top job was never handed to him on a silver platter.

It is true, of course, that his father, Robert Dickson, founded the bank almost 30 years ago, in 1978. And, yes, it is true that he took over the helm at the bank when, a little more than four years ago, dad retired. But the governing system at the $3.6 billion regional banking company headquartered in Everett, Wash.-seat of evergreen-rich and rainy ...

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