May 22, 1996

Northwest Cable Advertising

Brian F. Elert has been hired by Northwest Cable Advertising as a sales representative in the company's Regional Department. He will work with companies seeking to advertise on cable systems throughout the nation. In addition, Noel Kurtz is a new program sales representative for TV Mart, an NCA-managed shopping and information network on Viacom Channel 23. Kurtz previously worked selling segments in the independently produced "Front Page Seattle,"a program on TV Mart featuring local businesses.

Piper Jaffray

Bradley Wheeler and Steve West have joined Piper Jafray as investment executives at the company's Seattle and Bellevue offices, respectively. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, Wheeler was an international sales executive with United Parcel Service in Seattle. He holds a bachelor of science degree in aviation business administration from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. West, who holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Washington State University, previously worked at First Federated Communications in Seattle as a sales and marketing manager.

Port of Vancouver

Beth R. Reynosa has been named Port of Vancouver's Property Administrator. Reynosa reports to Patricia B. Stryker, Port Director of Property and Development. Reynosa works closely with Stryker and the environmental affairs/capital projects manager to promote utilization of Port facilities. Her responsibilities include capital project coordination, tenant relations and property development and maintenance permitting.

Linda Sellers Communications

Karen Johnson has been hired by Linda Sellers Communications as an account executive. Johnson will work with agency clients in a variety of industries, including health care, high tech, real estate development, manufacturing and professional services.

Karr Tuttle Campbell

As part of its 1996 Civic Awards luncheon ceremony held at the Seattle Sheraton, the Municipal League of King County honored Bellevue attorney and former city council member Terry Lukens with the James R. Ellis Regional Leadership Award. In addition to his work on the Bellevue City Council, Lukens is a shareholder at the law firm of Karr Tuttle Campbell, where he has practiced real estate, business and corporate law since 1974. Lukens has been active in local government since 1984, including membership in the Bellevue Planning Commission, council member for the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, president and board member of the Suburban Cities Association and a two-year term as mayor of Bellevue. He also belongs to the Bellevue Rotary.

Saint Martin's College

Saint Martin's College has hired Dick Clarke as director of construction and plant operations. Clarke will be responsible for heading the college's $6.5 million renovation project. The project encompasses renovation of Old Main, the college's primary classroom and administration building, remodeling of the former Student Union Building for use as an interim library building and reroofing of the maintenance building. The project is expected to be completed about 1997 and was formerly under the direction of Jack Thompson. Thompson was recently appointed executive vice president of the college, a newly created administrative post that will oversee most day-to-day operations at the college. Clarke comes to Saint Martin's with extensive experience. As Kent School District's director of maintenance and operations from 1983 to 1990, he was responsible for building or remodeling 22 schools and handling $100 million in construction funds.

Metropolitan King County Council

The King County Auditor's Office received the first Lennis Knighton Award for its 1994 management audit of temporary contract workers within the Department of Metropolitan Services. The national award is presented annually to the best overall audit by the National Association of Local Government Auditors. The winning audit reviewed expenditures for temporary workers and determined whether the contracts were in compliance with existing policies, procedures and regulations. The cost of temporary workers, according to the audit's findings, increased from $119,654 in 1985 to almost $9.5 million in 1994. Among other findings, auditors pointed out that budgetary controls over temporary employees were inadequate, and that temporary employees were not always more economical than full-time employees.

Seattle Housing Authority

The Seattle Housing Authority has been designated as a High Performer by the Seattle HUD Office under the "Public Housing Management Assessment Program." The assessment covered the Housing Authority's fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.

Wall Data Incorporated

Wall Data Incorporated announced the promotion of Bill Derrick to the position of vice president of operations. Derrick, a veteran in the electronic marketing and software distribution industry, will be responsible for Wall Data operations in North America and serve as a liaison for international operations coordination. He will manage electronic distribution, publishing engineering, international publishing, publishing systems, purchasing materials and product fulfillment functions at Wall Data. Derrick will report directly to Kevin Vitale, vice president of operations and services. In addition, the company has appointed Lee Klepinger to the newly created position of vice president/worldwide training. Klepinger's worldwide responsibilities include developing training programs for Wall Data customers and business partners, as well as for company employees.

King County Board of Health

The Seattle-King County Board of Health selected three non-elected members to the Board. Joseph E. Pizzorno, Jr., N.D., President of Bastyr University, is an internationally recognized expert on the practice of natural medicine and its impact within the health care system. Also appointed to the Board were Alvin J. Thompson, M.D., MACP and Karen A. VanDusen, M.S.P.H. Dr. Thompson brings 50 years of experience in clinical practice in internal medicine/gastroenterology and 42 years as clinical faculty at the UW School of Medicine. Ms. VanDusen brings 30-plus years of experience in academic, private and public sectors.

Micro Business Alliance

Every Wednesday at noon throughout the summer, Ballard residents, visitors and shopkeepers can learn more about local small businesses during "Small Business in the Park," a brown bag lunch series at Bergen Place Park. These free presentations are open to the public and are presented by the Micro Business Alliance (MBA). Each week the series, which begins May 29th, will feature a different small-business owner interviewed live by the administrator of Ballard's MBA, Ray White. All of the small businesses represented in the series are members of the Micro Business Alliance.