Jan 30, 1996

GNA Corp.

Pamela Hughes has been named vice president of service and operations of Seattle-headquartered GNA, a diversified financial services holding company. Hughes has been with GNA since 1986 when she was hired as a marketing representative in California. As a regional marketing director and later as a regional vice president, Hughes conducted business development and managed relationships with key bank clients. Just prior to her current position, she was vice president of financial institution business development in the western half of the US.

KeyCorp

Ben Shandrow, special credits manager for KeyBank of Washington, has been named special credits manager for Seattle-headquartered KeyCorp's Northwest Region, comprised of banks and affiliates in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. Shandrow began his career in banking in 1976, and since then has held numerous positions, such as commercial loan officer, assistant branch manager and assistant manager of special credits. He was named KeyBank of Washington special credits manager in January 1993.

DeLaunay Communications Inc.

Seattle-based DeLaunay Communications Inc. (DCI), a marketing communications firm, has added Tod Steward, account manager, and Nikkol Nagle, account coordinator. Steward joined DCI from KYMA-TV/KSWT-TV, Yuma, Ariz., where he worked as sports director and news anchor. He was previously sports director and news anchor at KJUD-TV, Juneau, Alaska. Nagle joined DCI from RE/MAX Pacific Northwest where she worked as public relations administrator responsible for developing their newsletter, news media relations and production projects.

Midcom Communications Inc.

Seattle-headquartered Midcom Communications Inc., a long distance telecommunications service provider, has named Julie Kennedy as senior product manager. Kennedy joins the company after more than 13 years with Nynex Corp. and AT&T. Her most recent position at Nynex was product manager for ISDN multi-rate service, where she directed product information and roll-out as well as related support activities. Previously, she served in several other Nynex product development positions. She also was marketing manager for electronic databases services for Nynex information Resources (yellow pages directory publishing), and manager for AT&T information Systems. Before going to work in the telecommunications industry, Kennedy was a journalist, writing and editing for a variety of organizations and publications, including The Associated Press, Reuters Ltd., Barron's and Business Week.

Clover Park Technical College

The Travel Consultant Program, preparing students for positions in the travel industry and hold at Tacoma-based Clover Park Technical College, still has openings for its next session which begins February 20. In the five-month program, students learn how to arrange for transportation, lodging, and sightseeing around the nation and in foreign countries. They develop a knowledge of sales skills, computerized reservation systems, ticketing, tariffs, fares and modes of transportation. They also become familiar with facilities, attractions, climates and other characteristics of locations around the world. For additional information about the program, call the Clover Park Technical College at 589-5800 or instructor Charlene Matthews at 589-5649.

Holland America Line

International chef and Seattle restaurateur Reiner Greubel has joined Holland America Line as executive chef. Greubel has more than 40 years of worldwide culinary experience. He recently owned and operated Seattle's Reiner's Restaurant, which was named Best Restaurant by The Seattle Times and The Tacoma Tribune in 1991. Prior to that, he was food consultant for Opreyland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., and executive chef for Joe Baum & Associates, where he coordinated the opening of four new restaurants, including the Hudson River Club, based in New York. He also has served as executive chef for Westin Hotels, Lee Gardens Hotel in Hong Kong and The Oriental Hotel, and The Montien Hotel, both in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Seattle Central Community College

Five new members have joined the Seattle Central Community College Board of Directors, a foundation raising money from businesses and individuals to support students and student programs at the college. They are: Jerry Calhoun, vice president of human resources for the Boeing Company's Commercial Airplane Group; Lucile Carter-Perry, guidance counselor at Renton High School; Greg Draper, president of UCO Inc., in Redmond; Jesse T. Tam, president of the Asia-Europe-Americas Bank, and Judith Walker, regional employment manager at Key Bank of Washington.

Jan 29, 1996

Green Financial Corp.

Kirkland-based Green Financial Corp., providing employee benefits and financial planning, has added Steve Brown as a registered representative. Brown comes from a credit union where he was responsible for marketing financial products and services.

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers

Jim McGlashan has been appointed hotel manager of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers. McGlashan previously served as a regional controller for Sheraton hotels in Hawaii and California. He has held controller positions with ITT Sheraton since 1973.

MCEI

The Seattle chapter of Marketing Communications Executives (MCEI), providing a forum for the area's practitioners in marketing and communications, has elected Richard C. Bendix president for a one-year term. Bendix is vice president of marketing for Lindal Cedar Homes. Before joining Lindal, he was executive vice president of Monterey Domes, a producer of "kit homes" based in Riverside, Calif. Also elected to serve on the 1996 MCEI board of directors are: Jim McFarland, director of programs; Wendy Townsend, treasurer; Anne Foster, director of membership; Valerie Winslow, director of hospitality; Jim Spicuzza, secretary;Ted Leonhardt, director of communications; and Phelps Fisher, Bob English, and Don Morgan, members at large.

The Pacific Institute

Ken Hatch has been named president of the Pacific Institute, an international business consulting firm based in Seattle and represented in 33 countries around the world. Most recently, Hatch was senior vice president of A.H. Belo Corporation. He formerly was president and chief executive officer of KIRO Inc.

Allied Arts Foundation

The Allied Arts Foundation, supporting artists and small arts groups in the Seattle area, has announced that the 1996 spring application deadline is March 29. Grants in the 1996 spring grant cycle range from $200 to $500 and the awards will be announced in late April. The fall 1995 grant cycle awarded 13 grants to groups including Art Space, Friends of Gas Works Park, Radost Folk Ensemble, Reflex Magazine, and ReAct Theatre, and to individual artists in the visual, written and performing arts. Applicants must be local residents. To receive an application, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Allied Arts Foundation, 105 South Main Street, Room 201, Seattle, WA 98104. Applications must be either postmarked or brought into the office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 29.

Art Guide Northwest

Art Guide Northwest, a publication focusing on the fine arts scene in western Washington, has entered the World Wide Web. Now, anyone with access to the Internet can learn about the region's top museums, art galleries and its artists world via a on-line version of the magazine. Art Guide Northwest's web site features numerous items of interest to art lovers, including information not included in the magazine. The on-line version also lists every gallery and museum from Olympia to the Canadian border, as well as the Olympic Peninsula and San Juan Islands. The site can be accessed at http://www.artguidenw.com.

The Rockey Company

The Rockey Company, a public relations firm with headquarters in Seattle, and regional offices in Portland, Ore. and Spokane, has named Robert E. Hartley and John D. Hough as co-chief executive officers. The firm also promoted Arthur P. Merrick to executive vice president. Hartley spent more than 30 years in newspaper journalism before joining The Rockey Company in 1986. He was publisher of the Journal American in Bellevue, executive editor of the Toledo Blade and worked on newspapers in Illinois. Hough spent six years as executive vice president of First Interstate Bank of Washington prior to joining The Rockey Company in 1990. Earlier, he served as Northwest regional manager for ITT Corporation, principal regional officer for the U.S. Department of the Interior, and press secretary to Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus. Merrick rejoined the firm in a 1993 Rockey Company acquisition of the Pacific Northwest operations of Hill and Knowlton Inc. which Merrick directed for nine years. Before that, Merrick served as vice president and manager of corporate communications for Seafirst Bank following six years as a vice president and account executive with the Rockey Company.

Swedish Health Services

Seattle-based Swedish Health Services has hired Albert J. Alvarez as executive director of the Foundations - the fund-raising arm of the organization- and Lisa Anderson as vice president of human resources. Alvarez comes to Swedish with more than 20 years of experience in fund raising, development, marketing and public relations. For the past three years, he was president of university relations for Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage. Prior to that, Alvarez served in top-level executive positions at Northridge Hospital Foundation in Northridge, Calif. Anderson comes to Swedish from Careline Inc. of Seattle, where she has been director of human resources since 1992. She also has served as director of human resources management for Safeco Properties Inc., in Seattle.