Jul 13, 1995

Hawkins & Company

Seattle public relations agency Hawkins & Company has promoted Amy Hansell from project assistant to account coordinator. A 1993 graduate in communications from Bowling Green State University, Hansell has completed internships in Philadelphia with Collaborations Inc. and The Institute of Contemporary Arts.

Seattle Times

SEATTLE (PRN) -- The Seattle Times Co., which publishes The Seattle Times and represents the Seattle Post Intelligencer under a joint operating agreement, will be offering classified ads from its Sunday newspaper on a World Wide Web site on the Internet by the end of 1995. The new site initially will offer a classified database in the employment, transportation and real estate categories in an easily searchable format with maps and photographs. Additional categories may be added in the future. The service will be available at no added cost to consumers or classified advertisers. The new program will be administered through the Times' advertising department under the direction of Michael C. Lemke, classified advertising manager. When completed, the site will be available on a Seattle Times web server with a seatimes.com address.

MWW/Savitt

MWW/Savitt, the West Coast office of national public relations firm MWW/Strategic Communications Inc., has announced the hiring of Karen Mensonides and David Tindall as account executives. Mensonides gained experience in event planning and management while working at the Conferences and Events Office at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. Prior to joining MWW/Savitt, Tindall was a junior associate with Beckel Cowan, a political consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. Founded in November 1993, MWW/Savitt has grown from no billings and 5 employees to current billings of more than $2.43 million and 15 employees in the past 19 months.

Jul 12, 1995

Washington Transit Advertising

Seattle Mayor Norm Rice has appointed Jann Blackbourn, president and chief executive officer of Washington Transit Advertising, to serve on a commission on the Woodland Park Zoo. Zoo Commission II will set the direction for the zoo for the next 10 years and review how it should be managed, by examining past and current operations at the zoo. The commission will report their findings to the Seattle City Council at the end of six months.

Watts-Silverstein & Associates

Executive Producer Cindy Krueger has been promoted to vice president at Watts-Silverstein & Associates (WSA). The first associate to be named vice president in the company's 15-year history, Krueger is responsible for management of WSA's corporate events, new product roll outs and multi-image productions. She also supervises staff and freelance producers. Krueger joined WSA in 1984, after moving to the Puget Sound Area from New York, where she worked as a freelance production coordinator for several companies, including Caribiner, one of the largest audio-visual production houses in the nation. In 1991, Krueger's Intel keynote event at Comdex received two Gold Awards from the New York Festival, and the following year, she received another for her work on Microsoft's launch of Windows 3.1.

Office of the Governor

Gov. Mike Lowry has named Jan Shinpoch as director of the newly reopened Washington State Office in Washington, D.C. The office was closed in 1993 as part of $704 million in cuts Lowry made to balance the budget. On reopening the office, Lowry cited the need to maintain close contact with the state's congressional delegation at a time of looming federal budget cuts that could have a significant impact on Washington. Shinpoch, 41, worked the past year-and-a-half as federal liaison for the Texas Office of State-Federal Relations in D.C. Her capitol experience also includes three years as staff director of the Subcommittee on International Development Institutions for the House Banking Committee and three years as senior associate to Idaho Representative Larry LaRocco. She previously worked for Lowry during his congressional tenure and ran his D.C. office from 1987-89.

PHAMIS Inc.

PHAMIS Inc., Seattle-based developer of on-line healthcare information system LASTWORD, announced that Frank T. Sample, company president and chief executive officer, and Dr. Malcolm Gleser, chairman and founder of PHAMIS, have been selected for the Northwest's Entrepreneur of the Year award, sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc. magazine and Merrill Lynch. Sample and Gleser were selected for their leadership approach and roles in the strategic development of the LASTWORD system. Under their reign, the company increased sales by 79 percent to $34.4 million last year, and held a public offering in late 1994 netting $14.75 million. The company has also been deemed one of "Best Companies to Work For" in the state for two years in a row by Washington CEO magazine. PHAMIS was one of three finalists in the high-tech category. Regional winners will be entered into the national contest, with the national winner featured on Inc.'s December 1995 issue.

Jul 11, 1995

Ethix

Ethix, a Pacific Northwest managed care organization that serves 250,000 people in Washington and Oregon and which will become part of national company NYLCare on Jan. 1, has made several staff changes. Mary Perreault was named to the position of client services manager, marketing for Ethix Northwest. Prior to joining the Seattle-based health care group, she was a senior client representative for Northwestern National Life Insurance Co., where she directed the annual renewal process and was responsible for the management of key account services. Reimer Douglas, who previously spent 16 years with Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska, most recently as marketing account executive in the Seattle office, has joined Ethix as an account executive. Promoted to account executive was Deyette de Jager, previously an Ethix sales representative for four years. Prior to that, she worked in various positions with St. Joseph Hospital in Tacoma. And, Julie Anderson has been promoted to community sales representative. Before joining Ethix, Anderson served as a business manager for health care products store Group Health Cooperative.

Munger & Associates

Munger & Associates, a public relations and office management consulting company, has relocated from the Greater Los Angeles area to the Skagit Valley with an office at 210 San Juan Blvd. in Anacortes. Gene Munger, president, established the company in Pasadena, Calif., in 1992 after his retirement from Shell Oil Co. Before retiring, Munger directed public affairs operations for Shell's West Coast refining and marketing organization for 11 years. His expertise is in crisis communications and community relations. Gene's wife, Cheri Munger, company vice president, has more than 20 years of experience in office management and consulting, and is recognized for her expertise in organizational effectiveness and human relations.