Jul 18, 2002

Buck & Gordon

Richard A. Moore joined the law firm of Buck & Gordon in May as an associate in the area of real estate transactions. Moore spent the previous six years practicing law in the Seattle office of Preston Gates & Ellis.

Shelter Mortgage

Shelter Mortgage Co. of Bellevue has hired Kimberly Petersen as a loan officer. Petersen brings 12 years of mortgage banking experience to the company and most recently worked for Normandy Mortgage.

Independent Colleges and Universities

The Washington Association of Independent Colleges and Universities/Independent Colleges of Washington (WAICU/ICW) has named Ober Tyus as director of development and Karen Rosenzweig as director of communications. Coming from Oregon State University, Tyus brings over 25 years of experience in development and university relations for both public and private universities. Rosenzweig has 20 years of corporate and university public relations experience. The WAICU/ICW is an association of 10 college and university members, representing the interests of private higher education.

Wells Fargo

Donald L. Grant, a 25-year Wells Fargo employee, will serve as the company's senior vice president of commercial banking for the Eastside region, encompassing Issaquah, Redmond and Bothell, as well as Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties. Wells Fargo also promoted 19-year veteran Diane Johnson to market manager of the newly created Northshore Community Banking market, based in Woodinville, and Lisa M. Smith to manager of the Langston Landing banking store in Kent.

Jul 17, 2002

Tacoma Public Utility Board

Jake Fey has joined the Tacoma Public Utility Board as a new member. Fey is the director of the Washington State University Cooperative Extension Energy Program. Members of the board are elected by the Tacoma City Council for five-year terms. The board also elected Robert Lane to a one-year term as chair of the board. He succeeds Tim Strege who completed his five-year board term. Also elected were Tom Hilyard as vice-chair and William Barker as secretary.

Woodland Park Zoological Society

The Woodland Park Zoological Society named Deborah B. Jensen, PhD. president and chief executive officer. Most recently, Jensen served as vice president of the conservation science division for the worldwide office of the Nature Conservancy in Arlington, Va.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Col. Richard W. Hobernicht has been chosen to assume command of the Portland District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He succeeds Col. Randall J. Butler and will be installed as commander in a ceremony on July 19.

Associated Grocers

Robert P. Hermanns was named president and CEO by the board of directors of Associated Grocers. As part of a management succession plan, Hermanns succeeds Robert Hoyt who served as interim CEO. Hoyt will now serve a three-year term on the board of directors. Hermanns was most recently chief operating officer of Weis Markets which operates 163 retail food markets in the Mid-Atlantic states.

Country Insurance & Financial Services

Aaron Foster has been named an agent for Country Insurance & Financial Services. Foster will work out of his Tacoma office.