Nov 19, 1996

Safeco

The Safeco board of directors has announced the following promotions in the company. Karl Kreitzer, resident vice president and Northeast region manager, has been named senior vice president of Safeco Insurance Companies and will head its newly-formed National Distribution Division. Ray Hughes, vice president of Safeco's Northern California branch, has been promoted to vice president of Safeco Insurance Companies and will join the National Distribution Division as a program manager. John Reeves, currently Chicago branch vice president, has been named vice president and regional manager of the Northeast Region, replacing Kreitzer. All three of these changes will be effective Jan. 1, 1997. Other promotions at Safeco include: Charles Dwyer, regional commercial lines underwriting manager for the Southwest Region, has been named region vice president for commercial lines. Jim Swegle, St. Louis branch manager, has been named branch vice president of Safeco Insurance Companies. David Farrell, division manager for Safeco Credit Company, has been promoted to division assistant vice president. David Longhurst, accounting manager, has been named assistant controller of Safeco Asset Management Company, Safeco Services Corporation and Safeco Securities, Inc.

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs

Emily Sheldrick, Lisa Wiese and Brandon Schmid has joined the Seattle firm Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, LLP as associates. Sheldrick will focus her practice of labor and employment litigation and general litigation. Wiese's practice will emphasize general litigation. Schmid will focus on general business matters, including tax, antitrust, estate planning, securities and commercial leasing.

Saint Martin's College

Clayton Smith, dean of enrollment and student services at Saint Martin's College in Lacey, has been elected president of the Northwest College Personnel Association (NWCPA). The NWCPA is a regional association for student affairs professionals. Smith's resposibilities will include planning the organization's annual conference, communication with the membership through their newsletter and programming workshops for professional development. He will serve a one-year term. Ron Noborikawa has been appointed to the newly created postion of director of admissions and financial aid at Saint Martin's College. Noborikawa, formerly director of financial aid, will supervise all college admissions and financial aid employees. He will be responsible for the college's overall admissions plan and recruitment, along with his prior duties. These include administering all financial aid programs for the college and directing financial counseling for students, parents and high school counselors.

Sequel Technology Corporation

The Sequel Technology Corporation has appointed Albert Behr as vice president of product marketing, Cleve Adams as executive vice president of sales, and Eric Peterson as chief financial officer. Sequel Technology is a Bellevue based company dedicated to the development of solutions and technologies to manage Internet, intranet and on-line use.

Association of Life Underwriters

For the fifth time the Seattle Association of Life Underwriters has received the Louis I. Dublin Community Services Award. The award was presented at the National Association of Life Underwriters' (NALU) 107th Annual Convention held in Philadelphia. The Louis I. Dublin Community Service Award is sponsored jointly by NALU and the American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI), a trade association representing life insurance companies. The award is a tribute to state and local life underwriters' association for conducting commendable community service programs throughout the association year. NALU is a federation of 1,000 state and local life underwriters associations representing 130,000 agents in life and health insurance sales and other financail services.

International Telcom Ltd.

International Telcom Ltd. (ITL), a privately held telecommunications provider located in Seattle, has appointed Darrell Hughes as president of engineering. Hughes will be responsible for managing the operations of the programming, switching, and international networking departments, as well as offering input in to future network expansion and software development efforts.

Boston Market

Boston Market, a chain of "home-style meal" restaurants, will open its 29th location on Nov. 25 in Totem Lake. The restaurant will be located at 12507 116th Ave. N.E. BC Northwest, L.P., the owners and operators of Boston Market restaurants in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, plan to have 147 locations in this region in the next five years. Presently there are 44 locations.

Seattle Youth Garden Works

Seattle Youth Garden Works has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Merck Family Fund to support garden-based education, employment, and empowerment for homeless youth and youth in need. The Merck Family Fund focuses support on programs that address the root causes of problems faced by socially and economically disadavntaged people in the U.S. They have a particular interest in connecting disadvantaged youth with others in their community on the basis of common goals and concerns. Seattle Youth Garden Works provides street youth ages 14-22 with garden based job training, horticulture education, and an introduction to small business, as well as a positive link to a continuum of valuable social services. From now until Christmas, Youth Gardeners will be working on hand-made bay and laurel wreaths. They will be on sale on Nov. 24, at St. Joseph's Church Alternative Bazaar (732 18th Ave. E.); Dec. 7 & 8, at Phinney Neighborhood Assoc. Winter Festival (6532 Phinney Ave. N.); and Dec. 14 & 15 at University Heights Center Holiday Market (5031 University Way N.E.).