Jun 24, 1996

Financial Consulting Solutions Group Inc.

Anne Wilczak and Eric Espenhorst have joined Financial Consulting Solutions Group Inc. (FCS Group) as staff consultants. Wilczak will work on water and sewer rate and connection charge analyses and has created a standardized method of computing equivalent dwelling unit charges. She is also developing transportation impact fees and operations reviews. Espenhorst brings five years of experience performing financial and rate analysis projects for investor-owned and public utilities to the FCS Group. Project manager, John Ghilarducci has been named a new corporate shareholder and has been elected to the Board of Directors of the FCS Group. Ghilarducci's responsibilities include financial and rate analysis for water, sewer, and storm and surface water utilities. He also specializes in the formation of storm and surface water utilities. The FCS Group is a management consulting firm based in Redmond. The company specializes in municipal financial management.

Elgin Syferd Public Relations

Elgin Syferd Public Relation (ESPR) has hired Denise Gaffney as a senior vice president. Gaffney joins ESPR from the EvansGroup where she acted as senior vice president and managing director of consumer marketing of Evans Food Group. At ESPR she will assist in strategic marketing development and planning. Gaffney will also be working on several of the agency's major accounts.

Seattle Public Library

The Microsoft Internet Discovery Kiosk, which is touring museums and libraries nationwide, made its debut at Seattle's Central Library, located at 1000 Fourth Avenue, on Friday, June 21. The ten-foot tall interactive exhibit will be set up on the first floor to be used as an educational tool for people interested in learning more about the history, technology, uses and potential future of the Internet. The exhibit will remain in the Central Library until early October.

MacWilliams, Cosgrove, Snider, Smith, Robinson

MacWilliams, Cosgrove, Snider, Smith, Robinson (MCSSR) a media and political consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., has opened a Northwest office, located in the Pioneer Square area. The opening marks the first time a national political consulting firm has located a full-time office in Seattle. MCSSR's other offices are in Washington, D.C., Boston and Minneapolis. MSCCR consults a national and regional clientele on media, strategy, advertising, market research, communications training and campaign management. The firm specializes in highly-targeted, "on message" television and radio commercials that maximize limited campaign dollars. Unlike other political consulting firms MCSSR produces and places most advertising in-house. Leading the Northwest team for MCSSR will be Dee Frankfourth, a political professional with many years of experience managing campaigns, including several of former-U.S. Representative Jolene Unsoeld's races. Joining Frankfourth are, Andy Grow, a campaign veteran specializing in media relations and communications strategy, and Patrick Higgins, a long-time legislative policy analyst and political opposition researcher in Olympia and Washington, D.C.

Clover Park Technical College

James Crabbe has been named vice president for instruction at Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) in Lakewood. In his new position, Crabbe will be responsible for 65 fulltime instructional training programs and the continuing education department. Crabbe joined the college staff in 1995 as director of the transportation trades and technologies program cluster.

Hornall Anderson Design Works

Hornall Anderson Design Works (HADW) recently added Gina Pijpker and Renee Remlinger to its marketing team. In their new roles as marketing associates, they are responsible for new client development, brand marketing, and providing brand and marketing strategies for maintaining client relationships. Prior to joining HADW, Pijpker worked for The Leonhardt Group as an account coordinator. Remlinger was previously employed as an account manager with Gerstman+Meyers, Inc. in New York. Hornall Anderson Design Works is a full-service graphic design firm specializing in corporate, brand and product identity; packaging; collateral materials; annual reports; signage; trade show exhibits; sports cosmetics; promotional materials; merchandising and point-of-purchase programs.

Rulijancich, Blume, Loveridge & Company, PLLC

Max Hunt, MBA, CPA has become a partner in the accounting firm of Ruljancich, Blume, Loveridge & Company, PLLC. Hunt was previously a partner with Spaeth & Batterberry in Ohio. He has over 20 years experience providing audit, accounting and consulting services to the real estate industry. Ruljancich, Blume, Loveridge & Company, PLLC, is a Washington based firm providing accounting, tax, audit, compliance and consulting services nationwide to the affordable housing industry.

Jun 21, 1996

Evergreen Title

Evergreen Title is expanding its Builder Service and Commercial Sales Division with the promotions of: Linda Barnes to Builder Services assistant vice president; Rick Libsack to commercial sales manager assistant vice president; and Jack Wheir to commercial title officer, assistant vice president. Each officer has over 10 years experience in the real estate industry.

Spieker Properties

Eric A. Sporre, a senior marketing consultant with Norris Beggs and Simpson Realtors since 1988, has joined Spieker Properties in Portland as project manager. Sporre will be responsible for the leasing and property management of Spieker's existing Eastside Portland industrial projects and for the leasing, property management and construction management of Spieker's new three-building, 205,000-square-foot Airport Way Commerce Park Development and for the new 106,000-square-foot Marine Drive Distribution Center II building under construction in the North Rivergate area.

Windermere

Today, more than 4,500 Windermere Real Estate agents and staff members are skipping work in order to help with over 140 neighborhood improvement projects throughout the Northwest. The effort marks Windermere's 12th annual Community Service Day. Volunteer projects include landscaping, painting and light carpentry at parks, playgrounds, beaches, public schools, youth centers, low income housing facilities, senior centers, emergency shelters and civic buildings. Windermere has announced the addition of eight sales associates. The new associates are: Joanna Prince, Windermere/Oak Tree; Carol Glidewell, Auburn; Thelma Knight, Yarrow Bay; Charlotte Nelson, Queen Anne; Brent Schram, Oak Tree; Paul Croon, Builder Services; Erik Mehr, Wall Street; and Patricia Arnquist, Bellevue South office.

Continental Mortgage

Continental Mortgage of Seattle has named Kevin Suther a loan officer in its Income Property Finance Department. Suther will be responsible for handling permanent financing for commercial properties, including retail, office, industrial and apartment buildings throughout the Northwest. Suther has over nine years of experience in commercial real estate lending.

MacPherson's Inc

Scott MacPherson, broker-owner of MacPherson's Inc./Better Homes and Gardens announced that over 40 new associates have joined the firm in recent weeks. Joining MacPherson's Seattle area offices are Johnathan Plaster, John Lyons, Rita Rene Cox, Tom McAlees, and Stacy Johnson, (Seattle North Branch); Dennis Dizon, Elizabeth Evans, Natalia Von Somoff and Vivian Hsueh (Greenlake Branch), Debra Spiller and Joy Sanders(Woodinville Branch), D. Reagan Storm, Gloria Thompson, Cherrie Roe, John Roe, Amy Carey Wollaston, Douglas Gordon, Michele Savage, Christina Eddy, Melissa Van Meurs, and Mary Roden (Lynnwood Branch).

Yates Wood MacDonald

Kevin Grossman has joined Yates, Wood and MacDonald as an associated broker. Grossman helps businesses make real estate leasing and purchase decisions and represents investors in the purchase and sale of apartments.

WMF/Huntoon

The local office of American Capital Resource, Inc. (ACR) was recently acquired by WMF/Huntoon, Page Associates Ltd. The move makes WMF/Huntoon the largest originator of FHA-insured multifamily mortgage loans in the country, with a nationwide retail and wholesale loan origination system. Louis Weisman, formerly regional manager of ACR's Northwestern Regional Office, becomes senior vice president/regional manager for WMF/Huntoon's Northwest region, and will head up the company's office in Seattle.

Pinnacle Realty Management

Kelli Jo Norris has joined Pinnacle Realty Management as vice president commercial services; specializing in commercial investment management in the Puget Sound Area. Norris has years of diverse commercial property management experience and extensive knowledge of construction management and tenant retention.

Real Estate Technology Fair

Reservations for the second annual Real Estate Technology Fair, which features nationally-known speakers and exhibitors, are now being accepted by the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Sept. 12, at the Bellevue Hyatt Regency. Reservations for the tech fair may be made by calling SKCAR offices in Kirkland, (206) 820-3277. Vendors who provide technology-related services and products may obtain exhibitor information by calling the same number. The registration fee is $20 per person, which includes materials and a continental breakfast; a box lunch option may be arranged for an additional $12.