Jan 07, 2004

Oki Golf

Howard Nakase was named golf course superintendent of The Plateau Club, an Oki Golf property located on the Sammamish Plateau. Nakase is the former assistant superintendent at The Golf Club, also an Oki Golf property, in Newcastle. Oki Golf is a Bellevue-based golf ownership and management company.

ERA Care Communities

Karen S. Feldt, former associate professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, joined the executive team at ERA Care Communities as chief of community health. Feldt will oversee the wellness clinics, assisted living and recreation programs, and direct skilled nursing operations at the Ida Culver House Broadview Nursing Care Center. ERA, based in Seattle, owns and manages six retirement communities within the Puget Sound area.

Longview Fibre

Robert B. Pollack was promoted to vice president manufacturing services and assistant manager of Longview pulp-paper mill for Longview Fibre Co., a manufacturer of paper packaging products. Pollack, former chief engineer, succeeds Thomas E. Vaught, who retired Jan 1.

Branch Richards & Co.

Branch Richards & Co., a Seattle-based accounting and consulting firm, promoted Chi Lee to senior accountant and hired Jennifer Batuyong in its small business and tax department. Lee, a CPA, has been with Branch for over three years.

Hidden Hands Services

Hidden Hands Services, a Spokane-based company that specializes in event planning for both private and corporate parties, opened a second branch in Redmond. This location will provide catering, childcare, airport shuttles, house cleaning, food service and event planning. The company will use profits and excess food from events to help the Seattle-area homeless community.

Jan 06, 2004

Short Cressman & Burgess

Connie Sue Manos Martin was elected a member in Short Cressman & Burgess, a Seattle-based law firm. Martin is a member of the firm's Environmental Land Use and Natural Resources Section and chairs the Tribal Practice Group. She also counsels construction professionals regarding compliance with environmental regulations and construction projects on Indian reservations.

The Phillips Law Firm

John W. Phillips, former trial lawyer at Heller Ehrman, has opened his own trial and appellate practice located at 315 Fifth Ave. S. in Seattle. Phillips' practice will continue to focus on product liability, consumer claims, environmental litigation, civil rights, intellectual property and business litigation.

Potlach Fund

The Potlach Fund, a not-for-profit organization directed by Northwest tribes, celebrated its first year of operations in November. The Potlach Fund, which raised $200,000 in nine months, is both a Native grant making foundation and a Native leadership development program. Its mission is to inspire the Native tradition of giving in Northwest Indian Country and to promote economic development, natural resources protection, education, cultural preservation, civic participation and the overall health of native people and their communities.

SMG

SMG, a Philadelphia-based private manager for public facilities, executed a five-year agreement to manage the Lynnwood Convention Center, now under construction. SMG will oversee the first two years of pre-opening activities and operate the facility for the initial three-year period, 2005-2007. SMG manages 48 convention centers including the Reliant Center in Houston and the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu.