Feb 21, 1996

PacifiCare

PacifiCare, a managed care organization serving members in Washington and Oregon, has selected Anne Golden as director of human resources for its Northwest region. Golden formerly served as vice president of human resources at HealthSource New Hampshire, a managed care organization. She also held human resource positions at Wang Laboratories in Massachusetts and Kollsman Instrument Co. in New Hampshire.

TCI Media Services

Seattle-based TCI Media Services, a division of cable operator Tele-Communications Inc. coordinating cable advertising sales, has appointed Kathi Ainsworth-Jones to the position of regional marketing director for the company's newly formed Great Northwest region. Previously, Ainsworth-Jones was research director at TCI-and Viacom-owned Northwest Cable Advertising in Seattle.

Toll Free Cellular

Timothy J. Kregor has been named vice president of marketing for Toll Free Cellular, a locally-based company providing cellular telephone users with toll and airtime-free service. Kregor brings more than 18 years of marketing and brand management experience to Toll Free Cellular. He began his career at Kraft General Foods where he held six senior-level marketing positions over a 15 year period. As vice president and general manager of Cultured Products & Toppings, Dairy Group, Philadelphia, Kregor directed 250 people in all marketing, sales and finance functions. Prior to joining Kraft, Kregor served as senior vice president of marketing for Digital Cable Radio Associates L.P., a partnership between Sony Software, Warner Records, EMI Music, General Instrument, Cox Cable, Continental Time/Warner, and Adelphia.

Organik Technologies

TACOMA -- Organik Technologies Inc., a designer, manufacturer and seller of all natural, cotton knit products, has announced that William L. Bryson has been appointed its president and chief executive officer and that William F. Gould has been appointed its chief financial officer. Bryson replaces Jeff Harden as chief executive officer and John Lindsey as president and Gould replaces Greg McWade as chief financial officer. And, Finn E. Walstad, Organik's founder and developer of the Organik fabric process, has been named executive vice president of technology. Previously, Walstad served as chairman. Bryson has been a consultant to the apparel industry for many years and has served in executive positions with Britannia and McGregor (Botany 500), among others. Gould has served as chief financial officer to CMS Casuals and Synpac Corporation after having practiced public accounting with a Seattle accounting firm.

The Convention and Visitors Bureau

As Robert Ford, president and chief executive officer since 1991, is leaving the East King County Convention and Visitors Bureau, a facility promoting the tourism and hospitality of East King County, to pursue a new opportunity in the Portland lodging industry, the bureau has announced the beginning of a nationwide search for a new chief executive officer. The Convention and Visitors Bureau, headquartered in Bellevue, markets the Eastside to meeting and convention planners, group tours, and leisure travelers. The bureau is a marketing arm for the Meydenbauer Convention Center and currently represents over 400 businesses and communities in East King County.

Feb 20, 1996

Totem Resources Corporation

Seattle-headquartered Totem Resources Corporation (TRC), a tugboat and barge company, has appointed to its board of directors Morris Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Doyon Ltd., and Ev Trout, retired vice president of sales and operations for TRC's subsidiary Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE), which operates three cargo ships in the Alaska trade. Thompson has worked in both the public and private sectors. He is a past vice president of the Northwest Alaska Pipeline Company and has been president and co-chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN). He is currently a director of the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce and a past director of the Anchorage Chamber. Trout joined TOTE in September 1976 as a marketing representative in charge of all of the lower 48 states except Washington. In 1979, he was promoted to his most recent position, where he has been responsible for shoreside operations, sales and marketing.

Office of Governor

Liz McLaughlin, former Snohomish County Council member and longtime aide to former Congressman Al Swift, has been appointed to the state Gambling Commission by the governor. McLaughlin will serve a five-year term on the commission that regulates legal gambling. Governor Lowry has also appointed former state Rep. Barbara Cothern to the state Public Disclosure Commission. She succeeds Irene Heninger, whose term expired. He also named Mary Helen Roberts, former director of the state Women's Council and recent Democratic state Senate candidate, to the board of Edmonds Community College. She succeeds Vaughn Sherman, whose term expires, and will serve through 1998. Lowry appointed Erica Hennings, businesswoman and farmer, to the Big Bend Community College board.

Volunteer tutors needed

KidReach, a program operating in 20 schools and nine churches in the Seattle area and serving more than 900 students, needs 30 volunteer tutors to work one-on-one with children who are a part of the Bailey-Gatzert Elementary "Afterschoool Homework Club," located in Seattle's Central District. Some 25 percent of the student body at the school is homeless or in transitional housing, which increases the need for a quiet, stable environment for school work. For more information on how to volunteer with KidReach, call 622-0998.

WRQ

Dick Dorton has been named to the newly created position of director of North American sales at WRQ, a Seattle-headquartered PC software company. Dorton spent four years in sales and marketing for WRQ, previously as VAR sales manager and most recently as the general manager for European operations. Before coming to WRQ, Dorton was a sales manager at Cray Research and has worked at Digital Equipment, Hewlett Packard and Reliance Electric.

Small business award moninations due

Nominations are now being accepted for the 1996 Mayor's Small Business Task Force Awards. The awards honor the owners of 10 small businesses in the city for their outstanding achievements both in running their businesses successfully and in contributing significantly to their community. The winners will be honored by the mayor at a banquet May 1. Nomination forms are available from all Seafirst Bank branches or by calling the Office of Economic Development at 684-8090. Applications must be completed by March 15.

South Seattle Community College

The South Seattle Community College (SSCC) Foundation has named Rob Wunder and Peggy Cullor to its Foundation Board. Wunder owns a real estate appraising business. Cullor has been involved with the college in various capacities over the last 20 years.