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Show ' J !.-: 'V . i i r:fl. - 'V',' ' i 1 Debbi Fields j Mrs. Fields named bank director Debbi Fields, president of Mrs. Fields Cookies, has been chosen as a member of the Utah Firstbank Board of Directors. Mrs. Fields opened her first cookie shop six years ago in Palo Alto near Stanford University. The venture yielded $200,000 worth of business in the first year. In 1982, the privately-held privately-held company rang up sales of about $30 million. It has stores in eight states with plans to have stores in four additional states this year. Mrs. Fields Cookies is headquartered head-quartered in Park City. The operation has brought national attention to Debbi Fields. Articles have been written in publications that include People Magazine, ! Fortune, The New York j Times, the San Francisco 5 Examiner and the Chicago : Sun-Times. j Mrs. Fields gives ap- proximately one-fourth of j the company's profits to j charity. Her company is the largest corporate donor to j fight cystic fibrosis. ! As a member of the Utah 5 Firstbank Board of Direc- I tors, Debbi Fields will be involved with one of Utah's j fastest growing financial institutions. The bank, which opened in 1978, was ranked 12th in assets at the end of 1982. Utah Firstbank is j located at Number Two Main Street and 3165 South 1300 East in Salt Lake City. |
