Jun 26, 1995

Port of Vancouver, USA

Deborah E. Taylor has been named terminal services administrator for the Port of Vancouver, USA. She replaces the retiring William G. Wilson. Taylor has been with the Port of Vancouver since 1990, working in various capacities before becoming an administrative assistant to marketing and terminal services in 1992. Prior to working for the port, she was assistant to the warehouse manager at Northwest Packing, which is located at the Port of Vancouver.

Union Gospel Mission

Thomas E. Ramsay, a former Presbyterian pastor, has been appointed shelter ministries director for Union Gospel Mission in Seattle. Ramsay replaces Michael Teague, who has become chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Rescue Mission. Rev. Ramsay will oversee the operation of three shelters which provide an average of 1200 hot meals daily for more than 400 homeless people. Two of the shelters are located in downtown Seattle and the third one, a transitional housing facility, is in Rainier Valley. Ramsay has been pastor for churches in Missouri and Texas, and three different Presbyterian churches in the greater Seattle area.

Cascade Western Representatives Inc.

Stanley Stoffel has been named manager of Kent-based Cascade Western Representatives Inc., which covers the Washington, Alaska and northern Idaho markets. Stoffel's background include 17 years within the electrical industry, and 26 years in distribution and sales.

Centric Development

Bob Fortner has joined Centric Development, a Kirkland-based multimedia development firm, as project manager. Fortner will manage Centric's Microsoft Network online application development projects. Prior to joining Centric, Fortner worked for Microsoft. Mark Peterson has also joined the company as its new manager of marketing communications. Previously, he worked for Seattle-based public relations and marketing communications firm Communication Northwest, where he represented a variety of financial, legal, high-tech and non-profit organizations.

Jun 22, 1995

Seattle Chocolate

Seattle Chocolate Company has named David Grossman as chief financial officer. Before joining the company, Grossman served as an audit and consulting partner with Seattle-based international accounting firm BDO Seidman. He also held the position of principal in the Arthur Young accounting firm.

Port of Longview

The Port of Longview has appointed George Cress as its new director of planning and development. Cress is expected to play a key role in the facility's plans to acquire and develop 130 acres of property adjacent to the port. Previously, Cress worked for Columbia County, Ore. as an economic development director. Prior to that, he held similar positions in Lake Tahoe, Nev., and with the Umatilla Tribe in Pendleton, Ore.

Potter & Associates

Seattle printer Potter & Associates has hired Caron Monks as an outside sales representative. Monks has ten years of experience in communication and marketing in the Seattle area. Most recently, she was account executive for a pre-press and design shop.

World Trade Club

Seattle World Trade Club, a non profit membership association providing a forum for the international business community, has selected Eddie Bauer Inc. as 1995 Trader of the Year. Redmond-based Eddie Bauer, a subsidiary of Spiegel Inc., and a catalog and retail company offering private-label clothing, accessories, and home furnishings, has more than doubled its worldwide annual sales in the past five years, from less than $500 million in sales in 1989 to over $1 billion in 1994. In 1994, the company added 59 stores in the U.S. and Canada, and opened three stores in Tokyo. The company also launched mail order catalogs in Germany and Japan.