Jan 08, 1996

Red Dot Corporation

Seattle-based Red Dot Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of customized mobile heating and air conditioning for on-and off-highway heavy-duty vehicles, has announced three changes in its management team. Richard McCluskey has been named chief engineer for OEM (original equipment manufacturer) products. McCluskey joined Red Dot in 1992 as manager of advanced engineering and testing. Prior to that, he spent 15 years at Paccar Inc. Formerly Red Dot's director of quality assurance, Bill Bushbaum has been promoted to director of heavy truck OEM sales. Bushbaum has been with Red Dot for 23 years. Michael Patrick is the new manager of quality assurance and product warranty and will step in to replace Bushbaum. He has been a member of Red Dot's engineering team since 1977.

Aging and Adult Services

Ralph Smith has been appointed assistant secretary for the Aging and Adult Services Administration, a division of the Department of Social and Health Services. The agency is involved in licensing and inspecting more than 250 nursing homes and providing for chore services, senior assisted living programs, and adult protective services. Smith succeeds Charles Reed who has been named deputy secretary of the department. Smith began his state government career in 1970 and has worked in aging and adult services for the past 17 years. He became director of the administration's management services division in 1987 and was previously acting director of the former Bureau of Aging and Adult Services.

Safeco

Safeco Corporation closed out 1995 by committing more than $320,000 to special grants in Washington State. Major beneficiaries include Chief Seattle Council of the Boys Scouts of America, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Seattle Repertory Theater and Whitworth College. A $40,000 grant to the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy Scouts of America will fund capital improvements at Camp Parsons on Hood Canal. And a $75,000 grant to LISC will help provide loans, technical assistance, recoverable grants and pre-development loans to non-profit housing and community development organizations in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

EvansGroup

Salt Lake City-headquartered EvansGroup has named Evyn Zell vice president/account supervisor in the advertising division of its Seattle office. Her primary responsibility with the marketing communications firm will be supervising the Seafirst Bank advertising account in Washington. She also will be working with other Bank of America affiliates throughout the Northwest. Zell previously served as account supervisor for the Ben Bridge Jeweler account.

Miramar

Seattle-based Miramar, a privately owned company distributed by BMG which provides video albums, computer animation, adult contemporary music and other non-theatrical software, has added Mitch Perliss as the company's vice president, sales and marketing. Perliss is a 25-year home entertainment veteran. He comes to Miramar after a stint at Anchor Bay Entertainment, where as vice president of the West Coast operations, he developed a children's music and video division as well as Teal Entertainment, a proprietary audio/video label which currently has two charted titles. Perliss will open an office in Los Angeles as well as commute to the corporate offices in Seattle.

Jan 05, 1996

Virginia Mason/Group Health

Virginia Mason Medical Center and Group Health Cooperative will open their second jointly operated medical clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Jefferson Square in West Seattle. The new facility will offer four physicians and bring family practice, obstetrics, internal medicine, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy and on-site diagnostic services to the area. Nearly 10,000 people in the West Seattle and White Center area will be served by the clinic. Clinic manager, Elise Ernst, said "This type of facility was one of the first things Group Health and Virginia Mason began planning at the beginning of our two-year-old alliance." Management of new joint facilities will alternate by clinic between Group Health and Virginia Mason. The first joint clinic in Kent is managed by Group Health and the West Seattle clinic will be managed by Virginia Mason.

Dain Bosworth

K.C. Slichter and Joel C. Ing have joined Dain Bosworth Incorporated as investment bankers in the firm's Seattle office. Slichter, the new managing director, will be responsible for managing the firm's public finance activities in the Pacific Northwest region. He has 10 years of experience in the municipal securities industry. Joel Ing will serve as the firm's associate vice president, focusing on general obligation and revenue bond financings. Previously, Ing worked for Standard & Poor's public finance group in New York.

GlobalSoft Expo

On May 21-24 Seattle will host the first annual GlobalSoft Expo, organized by the Washington State International Trade Fair Organization. With the support of Microsoft, Cap Gemini Sogeti, and a number of local and national software groups including the Washington Software Association, GlobalSoft will host buyers and sellers from Asia, Europe and Latin America. Steve Hatch, the chief organizer and developer of GlobalSoft Expo, said "Global software business growth is staggering, and the attention we place on the international business phenomenon is not parallel anywhere in the United States. With over 46 percent of software sales occurring right here at home, we tend to overlook the opportunities abroad." GlobalSoft Expo will become an annual event for Seattle. For further information contact: GlobalSoft Expo (206)624-9743.

Gardiner & Clancy, LLC

Patrick Clancy, Mark Gardiner and Lawrence (Chip) Pierce have left Public Financial Management, Inc. (PFM) to open a new firm -- Gardiner & Clancy, LLC -- which will focus on financial advisory services in the Northwest from a new office in Portland. The firm will start business with most of the clients who have worked with Clancy, Gardiner and Pierce. It will focus on providing a full range of services to state and local governments, non-profits and public private ventures. Clancy and Gardiner were both managing directors with PFM, heading the firm's Northwest and Sports practices respectively. Pierce, a senior managing consultant with PFM, worked with clients in the Northwest and New Mexico. Clancy has been working with Portland's Tri-Met on the light rail expansions. Gardiner, who managed PFM's effort to finance the Trailblazer's arena in Portland will continue to work with West Coast arena projects. Both were lead advisors to the Washington State Department of Transportation's Public Private Initiatives Program which sought to develop private roads. They expect to continue to work with both the Washington and Oregon DOT's in their new firm.

Cain & Scott

Cain and Scott has added Wil Speeg and Brooks Fenton to its apartment brokerage department, increasing the company's market coverage in the Puget Sound area. Speeg has been active in the real estate industry since 1980. Fenton has specialized in apartment land sales since 1979 and has also developed apartments. Cain and Scott has provided apartment brokerage, counseling, appraisal, and research services to investors in the Puget Sound Region since 1977.

Colliers

Steve Sutherland has joined the Bellevue office of Colliers Macaulay Nicolls International as vice president, specializing in office and industrial investment property sales. Prior to joining Colliers, Sutherland was vice president - investments with CB Commercial.

Washington Association of Realtors

Cindy White, principle of White Investment Properties in Ferndale, is now the president of the Washington Association of Realtors. White became the official spokesperson for the 16,500 realtor members of Washington's largest trade association. White will be responsible for explaining how the professional and public interest inter-relate on the up coming topics for this legislative session. Three other officers join White in the association's 1996 elected leadership; President Elect Gary Wright of C.B. Gary Wright Realty, Inc.; Vice President of Committee Liaison Jim Carollo, Tomlinson Builders Services; and Treasurer Cathy Cavanagh, co-owner of Windermere/Cavanagh, Miller. White was president of the Whatcom County Association of Realtors in 1991.

1996 Leasing Forecast Breakfast

The National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) is presenting its annual Leasing Forecast Breakfast on January 17, at the Bellevue Club. A panel of some of the top brokers in the region will talk about what they see coming up for the industrial and office real estate markets. $18 for members, $28 for non-members. 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. breakfast and program. For more information contact NAIOP at (206) 382-9121.

Re/Max

David Liniger, chairman of the board of Re/Max International, has announced a regional consolidation program designed to expand services to sales associates and broker/owners in a 12-state area of the country. "We have formed a entity called Western Regional Services that will provide a new range of services to three regions - Re/Max Mountain States, Re/Max Pacific Northwest and Re/Max Southwest," Liniger said. "All three regions will retain their separate identities, but we have consolidated accounting and management consultant services in Denver (headquarters)." Liniger said that management consulting services for all offices in the three-region area will be expanded. Two new management consultants have been hired, added to an existing consultant staff of three. Each of the consultants will work with specific offices to help with office management issues such as recruiting, agent retention and profitability.

1996 ULI Award deadline

The deadline for submitting an application for the 1996 Urban Land Institute's Awards for Excellence is May 15, 1996. Since 1979, winning projects have reflected ULI's mission to provide responsible leadership in the use of land in order to enhance the total environment. Projects are evaluated on the basis of financial viability, the resourceful use of land, design, relevance to contemporary issues, and sensitivity to the community and the environment. For more information call 1-800-321-5011.

State Realtor Committee appointments

Peter A. Gomes, an associate with Windermere Real Estate Auburn, and Pat Lindemuth, ERA Northwest director of Education and Training, have accepted appointments to the Information System Core Committee. Steven Wayne of Windermere Real Estate's Mount Baker office, Beverly J. Reed, Windermere Real Estate's Lake Forest Park office, and Bev Herr, All Points Properties, have accepted invitations to serve as members of the Political Action Council. Bill Feldman, Windermere/Sandpoint, Bellevue Realtor Evangeline E. Anderson, Phil Souza, C-21 Smith Ring, Inc., Vivian Bodle, Prudential Northwest Real Estate, and Patricia Roberts, Coldwell Banker, Park Shore have been appointed to the Operations Core Committee. Sam Pace Jr., Executive Real Estate, Inc., Roni Strupat, Windermere, South, Ed Murphy Re/Max Realtors North, and Port Orchard RealtorDonna Dilger have accepted appointments to the Legislative Steering Committee. Virginia Putnam, Executive Officer of the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors, Vic Newhard, of Coldwell Banker Bain Associates in Redmond, and Jessica Kennedy, Windermere Real Estate, RB, Inc., have accepted invitations to serve on the Business Practice Core Committee. Rose Galloway, Windermere-Federal Way, has been named Vice Chairman of the Professional Development Core Committee, and Virginia Commins, Windermere-Roosevelt Square, Bruce Downs, Windermere Northwest, and Gary Danklefsen, Cushman & Wakefield, have accepted appointments to the committee.

Coldwell Banker

North Seattle-Edmonds real estate agent Kyoko Matsumoto Wright has been elected a vice president of the Snohomish County - Camano Island Association of Realtors. As vice president of public relations and communications, she will be responsible for communications with association members and the public, as well as office liaison work, publications, community outreach, recognition programs and advertising.