Oct 17, 2000

City of Seattle

Reed

Strehle

Karen Reed and Sheila Strehle have assumed new roles in the communications office at Seattle Public Utilities.

Reed, former director of communications and client relations with Walsh & Associates, joined SPU’s communications staff as branch liason for the engineering services branch.

Strehle joined the staff after serving as public information officer for the Seattle Fire Department. She is responsible for SPU’s media relations efforts.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Guinto

Foster Pepper & Shefelman, a law firm with offices in Seattle and Bellevue, announced that Nancy Guinto has joined the firm as its executive director. In her new position, Guinto serves as the chief operating officer, making recommendations regarding administrative support, management policies and strategic direction.

Richmond Public Relations

Silber

Adam Silber, former producer for KING Television’s 5 o’clock news, has joined Richmond Public Relations in Seattle as an account executive. Prior to his work at KING Television, Silber worked as a producer for the 5 o’clock news at KXTV in Sacramento, Calif.

Everett Mutual Bank

Hopkins

Bosh

Everett Mutual Bank announced the addition of Kathryn Hopkins as the Monroe branch manager and Cheryl Bosh as the manager of the North Creek branch. Hopkins has 12 years of experience in the banking industry, most recently serving as a relationship associate for Key Bank. Bosh has five years of banking experience with Everett Mutual Bank working as a personal banker.

Both Hopkins and Bosh will be responsible for all of their branch operations and assist in the development of sales and marketing plans

Oct 16, 2000

Stoel Rives

Sophia Chrusciel and Melanie Curtice have joined the Seattle law office of Stoel Rives. Both Chrusciel and Curtice practice in the firm's employee benefit group. Chrusciel joined the firm as of counsel. She concentrates her practice on employee benefit plan matters and related tax and ERISA concerns. Curtice focuses her practice on health and welfare benefit plans, tax-qualified and unqualified benefits and pensions.

Kibble & Prentice

Barb Larimer has been named vice president of Kibble & Prentice, a Seattle-based financial services firm. Larimer manages the corporate marketing, public relations and advertising efforts for the company.

Pasta & Co.

Jennifer Seversen, formerly vice president and general manager at University Village, has joined Pasta & Co. as a minority owner and executive vice president. Seversen will be primarily in charge of all the company's real estate dealings, including leading all new store openings. Pasta & Co. , a Seattle-based specialty food store, currently has five locations: downtown Seattle, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, Bellevue and University Village.

Betty Bowen Committee

The Betty Bowen Committee has selected Seattle artist Iole Alessandrini as the recipient of the 2000 Betty Bowen Memorial Award. Alessandrini was selected from among 426 applicants who competed for the $11,000 award. Betty Bowen (1918-1977) was a Washington native and a supporter of Northwest artists. Alessandrini is currently working on an installation for the Bellevue Art Museum's inaugural exhibition, opening January, 2001.

Ater Wynne

Ater Wynne, a Portland-based law firm, has named Kathy Feldman of counsel in its Seattle office. Feldman brings more than 15 years of experience in employment counseling and in defending wrongful termination and employment discrimination claims. She most recently practiced as a shareholder for the Seattle law firm Reed McClure