Jan 08, 1996

Red Dot Corporation

Seattle-based Red Dot Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of customized mobile heating and air conditioning for on-and off-highway heavy-duty vehicles, has announced three changes in its management team. Richard McCluskey has been named chief engineer for OEM (original equipment manufacturer) products. McCluskey joined Red Dot in 1992 as manager of advanced engineering and testing. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at Paccar Inc. Formerly Red Dot's director of quality assurance, Bill Bushbaum has been promoted to director of heavy truck OEM sales. Bushbaum has been with Red Dot for 23 years. Michael Patrick is the new manager of quality assurance and product warranty and will step in to replace Bushbaum. He has been a member of Red Dot's engineering team since 1977.

Aging and Adult Services

Ralph Smith has been appointed assistant secretary for the Aging and Adult Services Administration, a division of the Department of Social and Health Services. The agency is involved in licensing and inspecting more than 250 nursing homes and providing for chore services, senior assisted living programs, and adult protective services. Smith succeeds Charles Reed who has been named deputy secretary of the department. Smith began his state government career in 1970 and has worked in aging and adult services for the past 17 years. He became director of the administration's management services division in 1987 and was previously acting director of the former Bureau of Aging and Adult Services.

Safeco

Safeco Corporation closed out 1995 by committing more than $320,000 to special grants in Washington State. Major beneficiaries include Chief Seattle Council of the Boys Scouts of America, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Seattle Repertory Theater and Whitworth College. A $40,000 grant to the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America will fund capital improvements at Camp Parsons on Hood Canal. And a $75,000 grant to LISC will help provide loans, technical assistance, recoverable grants and pre-development loans to non-profit housing and community development organizations in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

EvansGroup

Salt Lake City-headquartered EvansGroup has named Evyn Zell vice president/account supervisor in the advertising division of its Seattle office. Her primary responsibility with the marketing communications firm will be supervising the Seafirst Bank advertising account in Washington. She also will be working with other Bank of America affiliates throughout the Northwest. Zell previously served as account supervisor for the Ben Bridge Jeweler account.

Miramar

Seattle-based Miramar, a privately owned company distributed by BMG which provides video albums, computer animation, adult contemporary music and other non-theatrical software, has added Mitch Perliss as the company's vice president, sales and marketing. Perliss is a 25-year home entertainment veteran. He comes to Miramar after a stint at Anchor Bay Entertainment, where as vice president of the West Coast operations, he developed a children's music and video division as well as Teal Entertainment, a proprietary audio/video label which currently has two charted titles. Perliss will open an office in Los Angeles as well as commute to the corporate offices in Seattle.

Jan 05, 1996

Virginia Mason/Group Health

Virginia Mason Medical Center and Group Health Cooperative will open their second jointly operated medical clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Jefferson Square in West Seattle. The new facility will offer four physicians and bring family practice, obstetrics, internal medicine, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy and on-site diagnostic services to the area. Nearly 10,000 people in the West Seattle and White Center area will be served by the clinic. Clinic manager, Elise Ernst, said "This type of facility was one of the first things Group Health and Virginia Mason began planning at the beginning of our two-year-old alliance." Management of new joint facilities will alternate by clinic between Group Health and Virginia Mason. The first joint clinic in Kent is managed by Group Health and the West Seattle clinic will be managed by Virginia Mason.

Dain Bosworth

K.C. Slichter and Joel C. Ing have joined Dain Bosworth Incorporated as investment bankers in the firm's Seattle office. Slichter, the new managing director, will be responsible for managing the firm's public finance activities in the Pacific Northwest region. He has 10 years of experience in the municipal securities industry. Joel Ing will serve as the firm's associate vice president, focusing on general obligation and revenue bond financings. Previously, Ing worked for Standard & Poor's public finance group in New York.

GlobalSoft Expo

On May 21-24 Seattle will host the first annual GlobalSoft Expo, organized by the Washington State International Trade Fair Organization. With the support of Microsoft, Cap Gemini Sogeti, and a number of local and national software groups including the Washington Software Association, GlobalSoft will host buyers and sellers from Asia, Europe and Latin America. Steve Hatch, the chief organizer and developer of GlobalSoft Expo, said "Global software business growth is staggering, and the attention we place on the international business phenomenon is not parallel anywhere in the United States. With over 46 percent of software sales occurring right here at home, we tend to overlook the opportunities abroad." GlobalSoft Expo will become an annual event for Seattle. For further information contact: GlobalSoft Expo (206)624-9743.

Gardiner & Clancy, LLC

Patrick Clancy, Mark Gardiner and Lawrence (Chip) Pierce have left Public Financial Management, Inc. (PFM) to open a new firm -- Gardiner & Clancy, LLC -- which will focus on financial advisory services in the Northwest from a new office in Portland. The firm will start business with most of the clients who have worked with Clancy, Gardiner and Pierce. It will focus on providing a full range of services to state and local governments, non-profits and public private ventures. Clancy and Gardiner were both managing directors with PFM, heading the firm's Northwest and Sports practices respectively. Pierce, a senior managing consultant with PFM, worked with clients in the Northwest and New Mexico. Clancy has been working with Portland's Tri-Met on the light rail expansions. Gardiner, who managed PFM's effort to finance the Trailblazer's arena in Portland will continue to work with West Coast arena projects. Both were lead advisors to the Washington State Department of Transportation's Public Private Initiatives Program which sought to develop private roads. They expect to continue to work with both the Washington and Oregon DOT's in their new firm.