Dec 26, 2003

Taco Del Mar

Taco Del Mar opened a new location at 29 W. Mercer St. in Seattle that will serve as a training facility for soon-to-be franchisees, master developers and store managers. Taco Del Mar is based in Seattle.

Portland State University

Catherine McVeety will become vice president of university relations at Portland State University in April 2004. McVeety is the director of campus advancement at Washington State University, Vancouver. She replaces Gary Withers, who left PSU to lead development of The Children's Institute.

TeleSym

TeleSym, Inc. named Paul Bialek, former chief financial officer of RevenueScience, interim chief executive officer. Bialek replaces Raju Gulabani, former CEO and co-founder of TeleSym. TeleSym, based in Bellevue, develops technology for wireless Internet telephony.

University of Washington

The University of Washington Business School named Louise Kapustka director of the school's Executive Master of Business Administration program. Kapustka, a graduate of the program, comes to the university from First Interstate Bank where she was vice president, relationship management.

King County Superior Court

Presiding King County Superior Court Judge Richard D. Eadie was elected president of the National Conference of Metropolitan Courts. Eadie, who has been a judge since 1995, was recently elected to a second two-year term that will begin in January. The National Conference is an independent, charitable, educational and research organization made up of judges and court administrators in metropolitan areas.

Providence Hospice of Seattle

Emilie Clark, Nicole Gelpi, Sheryl Gudaitis, Donna Robbins and Dawn Tomasello were named to the Foundation Community Board of Providence Hospice of Seattle. Linda Reeder was named president. Providence Hospice provides care for terminally ill children and adults in King and South Snohomish counties.

Dec 24, 2003

Stoel Rives

Theresa A. Briscoe, Leslie M. Coughran and Janet F. Jacobs joined the Seattle office of Stoel Rives, a Portland-based business law firm. Briscoe joined the firm's Labor and Employment practice group, Coughran joined the Employee Benefits practice group and Jacobs joined the Corporate practice group.

Global Imaging Systems

Global Imaging Systems, a Tampa, Fla.-based office imaging solutions company, named Brian Landgren president of the Northwest Group. Landgren is the former executive vice president of the company. The Northwest Group, a core company of Global, is based in Woodinville.

Cowlitz Bank

Cowlitz Bank, a subsidiary of Cowlitz Bancorporation, will close Bay Mortgage Bellevue and Bay Mortgage Seattle. This is a result of Cowlitz's strategy to realign its Bay Mortgage division in order to increase its commercial banking business.

King County Bar Association, Foundation

The King County Bar Association and King County Bar Foundation will relocate to the IBM Building in Seattle at 1200 Fifth Ave., Suite 600, on Jan. 5, 2004. The new telephone number will be (206) 267-7100.

YWCA

YWCA's Leaders in Progress program will hold orientations in February for women who want to mentor low-income high school girls. This 14-month leadership program empowers girls in an environment that supports academic learning and future career goals. For more information call (206) 461-4443.

R.W. Smith Fixed Income

R.W. Smith Fixed Income, a Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based broker/dealer firm, named Rob Berg assistant vice president. Berg is the former senior assurance associate at KPMG Seattle, where he assisted multinational companies with mobilizing a global workforce.