Jun 15, 2005

Wells Fargo

Harvey

Wells Fargo named Bethany Harvey business banking relationship manager for the Seattle-metro area. Harvey was a sales associate with Ragen MacKenzie and Wells Fargo Investments. Wells Fargo has 131 stores in Washington.

Gordon Thomas Honeywell

McNeely

Gordon Thomas Honeywell Malanca Peterson & Daheim added to its legal team associates Andrea H. McNeely and Nathan A. Hoerschelmann. Civil litigation expert McNeely has joined the Tacoma office to work on class action litigation and employment law. She was a judicial clerk at Pierce County Superior Court. In Seattle, Hoerschelmann will work on insurance defense, focusing on personal injury and construction defects. The firm has offices in Seattle and Tacoma.

Washington Restaurant Association

The Washington Restaurant Association's first guide to dining in the Greater Seattle area is due this summer. Contact information for WRA's member restaurants will be included, as well as descriptions of food and amenities. Inclusion is free, and the deadline is June 30. For an application, see www.wrahome.com or call (800) 225-7166.

Jun 14, 2005

CityBank

Chantha Bunphoath has been named acting chief financial officer of Lynnwood-based CityBank. She has 12 years banking experience, the last eight in finance administration at CityBank. She will replace Judy Muench, who will retire June 30. The bank has eight offices serving Snohomish and North King counties, and two mortgage loan offices serving Snohomish, King and Pierce counties.

National Association of Credit Management

The National Association of Credit Management, Western Washington-Alaska, announced the election of Heidi Lindgren-Boyce as chairman of the board for 2005-2006. She is senior credit manager for Star Rentals. Laurie Farvour, regional credit manager at Gensco, was elected chairman elect. New staff officers are Donald Conklin, president; Karen Parks, vice president-secretary; and Claude Harmon, treasurer. The association is a member-owned credit service organization.

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank has promoted Chris Heman to lead the company's retail branch network as senior vice president and region manager for U.S. Bank in Seattle. He was previously a district manager for a portion of U.S. Bank's Seattle branches.

Wireless Services

Bellevue-based Wireless Services Corp. has hired Mark Thomas as chief financial officer. He was CFO and senior vice president of business development for Terabeam, and also worked for AT&T and AT&T Wireless.

Jun 13, 2005

World Wide Packets

World Wide Packets, a Spokane Valley-based provider of ethernet access networking solutions, named Michael Nielsen executive vice president of engineering and product management. Nielsen was chief technology officer for Lucent's Integrated Network Solutions wire line segment.

Washington State University

Frances K. McSweeney, Washington State University regents professor of psychology and vice provost for faculty affairs, has been named president of the Association for Behavioral Analysis, an international organization of behavioral scientists.