Jun 30, 2003

IAPES Individual Citation Award

Gov. Gary Locke received an Individual Citation Award from IAPES. The award recognizes Locke's contributions to workforce development programs. IAPES is a nonprofit educational association representing 17,000 professionals worldwide in workforce development programs. Former recipients of the annual award include presidents John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman and the first U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Richland's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory received an Environmental Excellence Award from the Association of Washington Business for its resource conservation program. It was recognized for making conservation and energy efficiency key elements of its Facility Energy Management Plan, as encouraged by the U.S. Department of Energy. The laboratory is a Department of Energy Office of Science research facility working on national security, energy and environmental quality. It employs more than 3,800 scientists, engineers, technicians and support staff, and has an annual budget of $550 million.

ASIX

ASIX, a software vendor and information technology consulting firm based in Bellevue, is negotiating two contracts with the County of Santa Clara, Calif., to implement its new property assessment and tax management system called Apex. ASIX will work with its partner, Valcura International of Edmonton, to customize its services for the county's tax billing, collection, and apportionment needs.

Tatum Partners

Jim Richman has joined Tatum Partners, a national firm of chief financial officers, as a partner in its Seattle office. Richman will serve companies either as an employed chief financial officer or as a consultant. Most recently he served Spacelabs Medical as CFO. Tatum Partners has over 350 partners located in 30 offices across the country, including Seattle and Portland.

Washington State University

Brett Rogers, a certified economic developer, has been named associate director of the statewide network of Small Business Development Centers housed at Washington State University in Spokane. Rogers was previously with the Columbia River Economic Development Council as director of business expansion and retention. The Small Business Development Centers provide no-charge confidential counseling and low-cost training to small business owners. It is a cooperative effort of WSU, Western Washington University, community colleges, economic development organizations and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Jun 27, 2003

City University

City University appointed Karen Powell executive vice president and head of the its new division of institutional development and resources. Powell joined City University in 1999 to provide organizational development consulting. She is president of Management Consulting and is an executive strategist for several large municipalities in the western states. Powell will be responsible for human resources, customer service, organizational development and strategic planning administration.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Robert G. Homchick has been appointed chairman of Davis Wright Tremaine's national health law practice. Homchick, who joined the firm in 1983, will provide leadership in the areas of strategic planning, hiring, professional development and client services. Homchick replaces Susan G. Duffy who has served as chair of the health law practice for several years and was recently appointed partner-in-charge of the Seattle office.

WizKids

Jordan Weisman, founder and CEO of Bellevue-based WizKids, has been named Ernst & Young Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year in the retail and consumer products division for 2003. WizKids manufactures and distributes collectable miniatures games, a category of tabletop strategy games invented by Weisman in 1999.

Pierce County

Pierce County won three 2003 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards. The awards recognize efforts to promote responsive and effective government. The county won awards for its Assessor-Treasurer's Office campaign Not a Penny More, the purchase of Puget Sound Behavioral Health for the Department of Human Services and the Solid Waste Division's campaign Pierce County Responds.

Project Cool

Project Cool for Back to School is seeking donations and volunteers for this year's program to assemble back-to-school supplies for homeless children. Volunteers are needed Aug. 18-20 to assemble backpacks for distribution. For donation and volunteer information, call (425) 861-0526. The program is sponsored by the Seattle-King County Coalition for the Homeless.

West Coast Bank

West Coast Bank named Mark Loeffler vice president and relationship manager for its Portland metro commercial banking team. He will service mid-market clients in commercial lending, cash management and other banking services. Loeffler has 25 years of banking experience, primarily with US Bank's commercial banking division. West Coast Bancorp operates 46 offices in Oregon and Washington.