Nov 03, 1995

Duncan & Ross Advisors Inc.

Duncan & Ross Advisors Inc., a new financial services firm with offices in Redmond and Gig Harbor, has been founded to serve closely-held and family-owned businesses throughout the Northwest. The firm specializes in wealth management, assisting business owners with succession plans as well as personal financial plans that address asset management and estate distribution objectives. The founding partners are John M. Duncan and Philip C. Ross, both former consultants with The Rainier Group. Duncan has been in private practice as a wealth planning counselor since 1991. Ross has been a financial services consultant for nearly 20 years, working exclusively with private corporate owners.

Clover Park Technical College

Catherine Sabin has been named coordinator/instructor of the Choices Program at Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) in Tacoma. Sabin's background includes program coordination at Pierce College as well as vocational rehabilitation counseling and adult education with private organizations. She is currently enrolled in a master's program in the social sciences at Pacific Lutheran University. Funded by a Workforce Training Grant from the Washington State Legislature, the Choices program is designed to help unemployed workers re-enter the workforce by offering career exploration, job search instruction and enhancement of skills in English, math and computer operations.

The Investment Company Institute

William G. Papesh, president of Composite Research & Management Co., has been elected to the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute. Membership in the Institute includes more than 5,600 open-end investment companies or mutual funds, 470 closed-end companies and 11 sponsors of unit trusts. Its mutual fund members have assets of about $2.5 trillion, accounting for 95 percent of total industry assets, and have more than 38 million individual shareholders. Papesh, who is also president and director of the Composite Group of Funds -- portfolios with investments totaling more than $1.1 billion by some 85,000 shareholders -- will serve a three-year term.

Nov 02, 1995

The Pacific Institute

The Pacific Institute has published a new book by Lou Tice titled "Smart Talk for Achieving Your Potential, 5 Steps to Get You From Here to There". It is available at Barnes & Noble, B. Dalton and Waldenbooks. Based on the concepts of the popular program, Investment in Excellence for the 90s, the book guides the reader through a five-step process, which leads to permanent changes in attitudes and behaviors. The Smart Talk concepts, derived from the latest research in cognitive psychology and grounded in 25 years of practical application, are illustrated in Tice's story of his successful battle with cancer, which is woven throughout the book.

Xerox of the Pacific Northwest

Seattle-headquartered Xerox of the Pacific Northwest has promoted Karen Burke to employee development manager and Denis Keller to controller in charge of financial and fiduciary activities for the company. Burke joined Xerox 21 years ago as a marketing services assistant and has held management positions throughout the Seattle district. Keller has held management positions throughout the country since joining the company in 1972. Most recently, he served as business manager for the Pacific North District.

IDD Aerospace

The assets of the Illuminated Displays Division of Bell Industries have been acquired by IDD Aerospace Corp., a manufacturer and designer of lighted displays, keyboards and integrated switch panels for commercial and military aerospace, and automotive applications. The division will remain in Redmond and be known as IDD Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Groupe Intertechnique, a French company publicly traded on the Paris Stock Exchange.

Univar

Paul H. Hough has been elected president and chief executive officer of Univar Corp., a Kirkland-headquartered multi-national distribution services company dealing in a broad range of chemicals and related services to industry. Hough succeeds James W. Bernard who has retired after 35 years with the company. Hough also has been named president of Van Waters & Rogers Inc., Univar's U.S. operating subsidiary, succeeding James P. Alampi. He had been president of Univar's Canadian operating unit since 1991. Hough, a 35-year career veteran with Van Waters & Rogers Ltd., has broad experience in sales and sales management, serving as executive vice president and general manager for Western Canadian operations from 1988 to 1991.

MWW/Savitt

Communications agency MWW/Savitt has added Olympic Capital Partners to its client base. The Seattle-based financial consulting firm was established in March to meet the corporate needs of middle-market companies ($10 million to $250 million in annual revenues).