May 29, 2000

CIMA

The Construction Industry Manufactures Association (CIMA) has promoted three staff members in recognition of their increased responsibilities and continued progress in successfully performing their duties.

Michelle MacKenzie has been named director of exhibit sales adn operations. She previously served as exhibits manager.

Nicole Ketchman has been named marketing manager. She previously was marketing coordinator.

Jackie Litwin has been named membership manager. She previously was Web technology and membership coordinator.

Grove Worldwide

Grove has received a Competitive Excellence in Product Development award from Machine Design magazine and SDRC.

The award was for Grove’s implementation of 3D modeling and design in the development of their machines. Through the use of 3D CAD, Grove been able to bring its product to market in a much shorter time than before

May 26, 2000

Nutraceutix

Nutraceutix, a Redmond-based company that develops, licenses and manufactures proprietary and non-proprietary private label health supplements for major health supplement companies, has appointed David Howard, former president and chief operating officer of Novopharm International, as president and CEO. He will also become a director of the company. William St. John, who served as president since 1995, will remain as chairman of the board, a position he has held since 1995. In addition, St. John will serve as chief scientific officer for the company.

VoteHere.net

VoteHere.net, a Bellevue-based supplier of secure online voting solutions, took home top honors at the 11th Annual Emerging Business Awards luncheon hosted by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. The company was honored with the Emerging Technology Award, highlighting businesses that have shown innovation and entrepreneurial spirit while demonstrating leadership in highly competitive markets.

NetUPDATE/Onyx Software

NetUPDATE, a Bellevue-based supplier of collaborative transaction applications, and Onyx Software, a provider of customer-centric e-business solutions, announced a new online service for the mortgage industry. NetUPDATE will combine its LoanUPDATE online mortgage application and ByteOnline loan origination software with Onyx Software's e-business platform. The service for mortgage professionals will provide loan pipeline management and customer relationship management for professionals in any size office — from individual brokers in single net-branches to large multi-state lenders.

Women in Communications

The Association of Women in Communications, Seattle Professionals Chapter, announced the installment of its new board of directors. The board members are:

• Wendy Dore of The Marketing Partners, president
• Teresa Wippel of Go2Net, president-elect
• Janet Ray of AAA Washington, vice president/recording secretary
• Lorraine Howell owner of Media Skills Training
• Robin Lesh of Cobalt Group and Carole Wilbeck of The Bush School, co-vice presidents of professional development
• Cathy Stevens owner of Marketing Partners, vice president of finance
• Olivia Thomsen of Seattle Design Center and Nancy Rudy of Highline Public Schools, co-vice presidents of membership
• Terry Williams of Go2Net, vice president of communications
• Nancy Blanton of Washington Sea Grant Program, vice president of student affairs
• Nancy Wright owner of Hatzoff Productions, historian
• Tina Christiansen of Education Assistance Foundation, job information chair
• Laurel Ruelos of NW Federal Credit Union, webmaster and
• Lin Berryman of Premera Blue Cross, immediate past president.

May 25, 2000

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Michael Fleming has joined the Seattle office of the law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky as a partner. Fleming concentrates his practice in complex dispute resolution, corporate finance and real estate.

MarketFitz

MarketFitz, a Seattle-based integrated marketing services company, announced that Erik Peterson has joined the company as an associate. Peterson, most recently manager of investor education with Frank Russell Co. of Tacoma, was previously a partner in Reis Endicott Peterson, a Seattle public relations and public affairs firm that merged with MarketFitz in 1999.

Northwestern Trust

Northwestern Trust and Advisory Co. announced that L. Lane Ottaway has been named a senior trust associate in the personal trust department. His responsibilities include administration of high net worth accounts, including assisting with tax and estate planning. He has more than 10 years of experience in the trust and banking industry.

Washington State CTED

President Clinton has appointed Martha Choe, director, Washington State Community, Trade and Economic Development, to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders. The commission was established to advise the president on the development, monitoring and coordination of federal efforts to improve the quality of life for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Before joining the state agency, Choe was a Seattle City Council member and vice president of the Bank of America.

National Association of Credit Services

The National Association of Credit Services, Western Washington-Alaska, announced the election of Roger Benford as its new chairman of the board for 2000 - 2001. Benford is the credit manager for Smith Tractor & Equipment and began his term in April. Vickey Roe, credit manager for Ocean Beauty Seafood, is chairman elect. Staff officers elected were Donald Conklin, president; Karen Parks, vice president; and Claude Harmon, treasurer.

Badgley, Phelps and Bell

Badgley, Phelps and Bell, a Seattle-based independent investment management firm, has hired Kristen Schriver as manager, institutional sales and client service. Schriver will focus her attention on introducing the firm's investment philosophy to new institutional audiences and maintaining client relationships. Prior to joining the firm, she had been employed by Salomon Smith Barney, New York Life and Crabbe Huson.

Cushman & Wakefield

Ronetta Lewis has become an associate broker in Cushman & Wakefield's Seattle office. Lewis, who recently moved from Chicago, will work in high-tech office leasing in downtown Seattle, teamed with broker Garth Olsen.

Lewis worked as a corporate lawyer in Chicago at Duckworth & Shumann before she went through Cushman & Wakefield's career development program and became an office broker in downtown Chicago.

Intervest-Mortgage Investment Co.

Lee I. Graeve has become vice president and income property loan officer in the Bellevue office of Portland-based Intervest-Mortgage Investment Co. Graeve most recently worked as vice president and commercial real estate loan officer for National Mortgage Co.

His 24 years in banking also include lending for Pacific First Bank and BA Mortgage in San Francisco.

He holds a B.S. in business administration is from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.

Seneca Real Estate Group

J. Christopher Kirk has joined Seneca Real Estate Group of Seattle as a project manager.

Kirk most recently worked as principal and co-founder of Kirk & Schreiner Inc. He has a total of 14 years of experience in project management, including work on the Eagles Auditorium renovation. Before those 14 years, he practiced architecture for 13 years. He holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Arizona and a master's degree in real estate from M.I.T.

Kirk's first project with Seneca is a facility master plan for Children's Hospital.

Trendwest Resorts

Tim O'Neil has been promoted to chief financial officer for Trendwest Resorts, a Redmond-based provider of vacation ownership programs.

Previously vice president of finance, O'Neil replaces Gary Florence, who is returning to Trendwest's majority shareholder, Jeld-Wen, as vice president of financial services. Before Trendwest, O'Neil worked for 10 years at Bank One Corp.

Northwest Suites

Amazon.com and the Seattle Seahawks selected Redmond-based Northwest Suites as their provider of extended-stay corporate housing.

Northwest Suites president Brenda Hadley described the two customers as "national-level contracts whose housing needs may extend beyond the Pacific Northwest."

Northwest, which began in 1989, provides temporary housing for corporations and other organizations. Other customers include Microsoft and Washington Mutual.

Redmond Ridge

Meadow Ridge Homes, which is a part of the Bellevue-based Murray Franklyn Family of Cos., became the first house builder other than Quadrant Corp. to start building in Quadrant's large Redmond Ridge subdivision.

Redmond Ridge will total about 1,500 residential units in a mix of single-family homes, condos, townhouses and apartments.

The 1,000-acre project employs the "new urbanism" style of placing garages in back of the houses, adequate porches and sidewalks out front, narrower, tree-lined streets and ample open space, including a 10-acre soccer park.

Quadrant executive Barbara Chilcote is Redmond Ridge's general manager. Redmond Ridge will include a 1.2 million-square-foot business park and a new elementary school. Quadrant recently landed in controversy over removing huge amounts of dirt from the school site.

Meadow Ridge Homes started building and pre-selling 31 homes. The units will come in five floor plans of between 2,377 and 2,855 square feet. Meadow Ridge is set completion for October.

Other builders that have committed to constructing portions of the housing are Carino, Centex, CamWest and Simpson Housing, according to Quadrant.