The Nordstrom department store chain has named...

The Nordstrom department store chain has named Jammie Baugh vice president and general manager of the Southern California region. She replaces Betsy Sanders, who has taken a sabbatical.

From Nordstrom’s Santa Ana regional headquarters, Baugh will oversee 13 Nordstrom’s department stores and four Rack clearance stores. In August, Seattle-based Nordstrom will open its 14th Southern California department store, in Santa Barbara.

Baugh, 37, had been in charge of Nordstrom’s San Diego region since 1981, overseeing the opening of all four San Diego County stores. A Seattle native and graduate of University of Washington, she joined Nordstrom as a sales person in 1974.