Catherine Harmon joins Alerus as Arizona Commercial Banking Team Lead

November 7, 2024

Alerus is pleased to welcome Catherine Harmon to lead the commercial banking team in Arizona. Catherine is a seasoned financial professional, with more than 25 years of commercial banking experience. Before joining Alerus, she served as a commercial relationship manager at Enterprise Bank & Trust in Phoenix from 2017 to 2024. Prior to that, she served as a commercial real estate banking portfolio manager for National Bank of Arizona. Her areas of expertise include commercial and industrial lending, commercial real estate, and credit analysis. As commercial banking team lead, Catherine is responsible for generating new business opportunities and guiding the team as they serve clients in the commercial and industrial banking portfolio. She also serves clients directly.

Catherine was born and raised in Taiwan and moved to the United States on her own at age 18 to pursue higher education opportunities. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and management and a master’s degree in real estate development from the University of Utah.  She is fluent in Chinese Mandarin (her first language) and English. Passionate about giving back to her community, she currently serves as treasurer for Phoenix-based nonprofit Gabriel’s Angels. She is based in Phoenix.