Oct 23, 1995

Dexter & Chaney

Dexter & Chaney, Seattle-based developer of FOREFRONT, an accounting and project management software for the construction industry, has named John Ulacia director of operations. Ulacia, a certified public accountant, had been a Dexter & Co. customer and FOREFRONT user since 1984 while employed at several companies. He most recently was chief financial officer and treasurer at a contractor operating in eight western states.

Pierce Transit

Pierce Transit Human Resources Director Marnie Slakey has received Washington State Department of Transportation's 1995 Outstanding Achievement Award for her contributions to the transit industry and innovations in implementing mandatory drug and alcohol testing procedures. Slakey led the formation of an 11-member joint labor-management task force and seven employee subcommittees to draft Pierce Transit's drug policy and testing procedures, assembled an employee training committee that provided drug and alcohol education, and created a newsletter entitled "Straight Talk" that kept employees informed on task force decisions. She also shared her expertise by conducting workshops throughout the state and by assisting other agencies in developing their own testing programs.

Washington State University

The Washington State University Foundation board of trustees has inducted Tim Pavish, executive vice president and director of account management for Seattle-based communications firm Elgin Syberg/DDB Needham (ES/DDBN), as a board member. Pavish, a 1980 graduate of WSU, became involved with the Foundation when he directed the ES/DDBN team that developed and launched an advertising campaign supporting a fund-raising effort of over $200 million to help increase diversity and access to the university and to enhance teaching and research opportunities. In addition to his seat on the board of trustees, Pavish also is a member of the board of advisors to WSU's highly regarded Edward R. Murrow School of Communication. Pavish has been with ES/DDBN since 1983.

Washington State Funeral Directors Assoc.

The membership of the Washington State Funeral Directors Association recently elected a new board of directors. New officers include: Howard E. Fear, Wiggen & Sons Mortuary Inc., Seattle, president; Russell C. Weeks, Weeks Funeral Homes, Enumclaw, Buckley, Tacoma, president elect; Virginia L. Mahan, Herring Funeral Home, Walla Walla, vice president; Janet Roy-Dufault, Langevin-Mussetter Funeral Home, Yakima, secretary/treasurer; and Charles E. Hennessey Jr., Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home, Spokane, immediate past president. Board directors are: Robert M. Moles Jr., Jones-Moles Funeral Home, Bellingham; Walter L. King, Brown Mortuary Service Inc., Chehalis; James H. Noel, Mountain View Funeral Home, Tacoma; James E. Richardson, Seattle Cluster Manager, SCI, Kirkland; and Dave Sharp, Mills & Mills Funeral Home.

Oct 20, 1995

Quinn Consulting Group

Quinn Consulting Group, a full-service research specializing in focus groups and polling for the media, has relocated from Portland to the Eastside with an office in Woodinville, at 14201 209th Ave. N.E. Quinn, who has 15 years of experience in marketing, specializes in professional training and market research. She is a certified instructor of Steven Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People," and is a part-time instructor of International Business at City University.

Whitman College

Whitman College, a private liberal arts and sciences college in Walla Walla, has hired Tony Cabasco as the new assistant director of admission in charge of its Seattle-area office. Cabasco replaces John Bogley, who recently was promoted to director of admission. After graduating from Whitman, Cabasco spent one year teaching English in Xian, China, as part of the Whitman-In-China exchange program. He then worked as an admission officer at Whitman for two years before spending the past two years completing a master's degree in international studies at the University of Washington.

The Puyallup Fair

The board of directors of the Western Washington Fair has selected Hinton and Steel as the advertising agency for the Puyallup Fair. The account is estimated in the $750,000 range. Fair advertising has swayed in recent years from the well-known "Do The Puyallup" theme, but the board decided to come back to that slogan and hired its originator Dennis Hinton. He created the previous fair-advertising theme while working as a copywriter at Seattle-based Cole & Weber in 1976.

RE/MAX

RE/MAX Pacific Northwest Inc. has recently added Nikkol Nagle and Suzanne Morris to its regional staff. Nagle will serve as the public relations assistant in the advertising and public relations department. She will be responsible for event planning, media relations and producing promotion materials. Morris will serve as the regional financial analyst. Her responsibilities will include account payables and receivables, analyzing statistical data and producing statistical reports.

Broker named among best

Michael Chamberlin, John L. Scott Real Estate, Seattle, has been named among the top "Megabrokers of the Northwest" by Unique Homes - a national magazine of luxury real estate.

Windermere

Numerous real estate companies in the Pacific Northwest have recently affiliated with the Windermere Real Estate network. They include: Better Homes/Coeur d'Alene Realty, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Van Vleet & Associates Inc. and Investors Marketplace, Medford, Oregon; St. Helens Real Estate Inc., St. Helens, Oregon; and Baldwin Properties Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon.

The Norman Company

The Norman Company, a Seattle-based commercial real estate firm, has recently assisted The Ashforth Company out of Stamford, Conn. on the acquisition of 600,000 square feet of office space on a 20-acre site in Portland, Oregon. In the deal that closed Sept. 28, The Ashforth Company acquired six office buildings and several future development sited from PacifiCorp, a Portland-based diversified utility services company.

Commercial Real Estate Women

Commercial Real Estate Women-Northwest will feature Elizabeth Wilson and David Stedman at its Nov. 8 luncheon. Wilson and Stedman, project manager and marketing director, respectively, of the Redmond Town Center project, will present the progress being made on this large Winmar Company project. The luncheon will be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, beginning at 12:00 noon. For more information, call CREW-Northwest at (206) 441-3966.