Brazas joined Threshold in the spring of 2008 from Wachovia (now part of Wells Fargo). She had led the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank's wealth-management business in southwest Virginia.

In enumerating Brazas' qualifications for her new position, the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina says in a press release that her "early career as an estate attorney and trust officer developed well-honed skills in compliance, budgeting, strategic planning, marketing, work plan development, implementation and measurement."

The foundation adds: "In the communities in which [Brazas] has lived and worked, she has been instrumental in forging valued alliances with community leaders and long-lasting relationships with clients and colleagues."

Gig Harbor, Wash.-based Threshold is redesigning Brazas' role of chief client-service officer, according to the firm's spokesman Chris Phillips. In the mean time, he adds, her former responsibilties "are being covered by existing management and staff."

Threshold provides family-office services and investment-advice on approximately $1.5 billion to about 55 households. In addition to its headquarters on Puget Sound, it has offices in New York and in Portland, Ore.