Dec 14, 1995

Paratransit Services

Bill Mahan has been named president and chief executive officer of Paratransit Services, a provider of transportation management services and brokerage operations in Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Alaska. Mahan has been filling the position during the past 10 months while the Paratransit board of directors concluded its review of the company's management. Mahan has 25 years of experience in the public sector including serving as Kitsap County Commissioner. Prior to joining Paratransit, he was the executive director of the Central Puget Sound Economic Development District for 6 years.

Soft Rock KAFE

Jim Allen has joined the Soft Rock KAFE as an advertising account executive for the radio station, which serves Bellingham and Whatcom County. Allen has more than 12 years of broadcast experience and has worked for KIRO/KSEA radio in Seattle and KVOS-TV in Bellingham.

Country Companies Insurance Group

Jon Voegele has been named agency manager of the Vancouver branch of Country Companies, a group of companies providing insurance products and services endorsed by the Washington State Farm Bureau. He replaces Bill Nichols, who has been named district director of agencies for the Country Companies in Oregon. Voegele has served as agency manager of the Federal Way agency since May 1994. He began his career with the Country Companies in 1989 as an agent in the Bellevue agency and also was an agent in the Bothell agency.

QPoint International

Bellevue-based turnkey home mortgage franchise QPoint International has added Sandee Hart to its corporate staff as franchise relations manager. Hart comes from Metlife Capital Corp., where she spent the past two years as contract administrator. Previously, she worked for Paccar Leasing Corp. as an administrative assistant for four years.

Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf

SEATTLE -- Steve Burns, former vice president of Paine Webber's Private Client Group, has announced a partnership with Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf Inc., a Seattle investment firm oriented toward Northwest investors. Burns, a Seattle native and 15-year veteran of the securities industry, brings a client portfolio in excess of $100 million to the newly established investment firm. His experience in the field includes executive service at Shearson Lehman Bros. and Kidder Peabody & Co. Burns became a vice president of Paine Webber when the company acquired Kidder Peabody in January. He joins Morton Clarke Fu & Metcalf as a full financial partner.

The Municipal Court of Seattle

Judge C. Kimi Kondo has been re-elected Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of Seattle for 1996. Kondo was appointed to the bench in 1990 by Mayor Norm Rice and has since been re-elected twice by the citizens of Seattle.

ProCyte

Kirkland-headquartered healthcare products company ProCyte Corp. has appointed David Fulle as the company's new vice president of manufacturing operations. Since joining ProCyte in 1989, Fulle has been responsible for the company's accounting, finance, purchasing and management information systems. He helped spearhead the effort to build the company's Redmond manufacturing plant, which was completed in 1994. Fulle will be responsible for operations and financial management of the facility. In other news, ProCyte has restructured other departments in the company to focus on building the wound care business based on its recent acquisition of several wound care products and an enabling wound care technology. Dr. Haig Bozigian, formerly ProCyte's director of development, has been named program manager for the Wound Care Business. Dr. Leonard Patt, formerly ProCyte's director of research, assumes responsibility for the company's overall research and development programs. ProCyte also has eliminated eight non-management positions in order to place more emphasis on its planned product introductions and client services. The company plans to begin hiring a domestic sales force in 1996, and will add to its technical development and manufacturing staffs.

Caffe Appassionato

Caffe Appassionato, a Seattle-based coffee retailer, franchisor and distributor, has opened stores in two Seattle area Safeway supermarkets. The new Safeway in the Crown Hill/Blue Ridge neighborhood has a Caffe Appassionato coffee bar, while the Safeway located at Murphy's Corner in Mill Creek features a Caffe Appassionato coffee house. The coffee company has recently launched a national franchise campaign to open 350 stores in the next five years. In addition to five Seattle area coffee stores, Caffe Appassionato has three franchised stores in Massachusetts.