Dec 08, 2000

William. Kastner & Gibbs

Shimazu

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, a Northwest law firm, announced that Tad Shimazu has joined the firm as of counsel and Holly Benton, Gabe Galanda, Ryan Moore and Khanh Tram have joined the firm as associates in the Seattle office. Shimazu's practice focuses on environmental law and litigation. Benton's practice focuses on employment law, family law and general litigation. Galanda's practice focuses on general civil litigation, labor and employment law and Indian law. Moore concentrates his practice in appeals, municipal law, commercial litigation, real estate and land use. Tran's practice focuses on commercial and civil litigation.

Heron Beach Inn

Eubanks

Heron Beach Inn, on Mercer Island, announced the return of Chef George Eubanks. Eubanks began as sous chef at the Inn when it opened in 1995. He took a six-month leave to be guest sous chef at the Little Palm Island resort in the Florida Keys. He returned to the Heron Inn after his tenure at the Little Palm and left to be executive chef at Lonny's in Port Townsend in 1999. He returned to the Heron Beach Inn this past August.

Annie Wright School

Cummings

Annie Wright School, a Tacoma coed day school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade and boarding school for girls in ninth through 12th grades, announced that Stanley Cummings has been named head of school. Cummings will begin in July 2001. For the past 20 years he has been president of the Ocean Institute of Dana Point in California.

Washington Wheat Commission

A new slate of officers was elected to the Washington Wheat Commission at a recent board meeting. Dan McKay of Almira is the new chairman of the commission. He is serving a one-year term, along with new vice chairman Jim White of Colfax and secretary-treasurer, Bradley Tompkins of Walla Walla. The commission was established in 1958 to enhance the production and marketing of Washington wheat.

Washington State Dental Association

The Washington State Dental Association has elected new officers and directors. The association promotes the highest standards of oral health to the public through public policy and programs that assist dental professionals. The new board president is Jeffrey Parrish of Sammamish. Denny Homer of Okanogan is the new president-elect. Spokane dentist Robert Shaw is the new vice president. Other new board members include Dexter Barnes, Bradley DeCounter, Rhonda Savage, Dan Middaugh and Spencer Jilek

Dec 07, 2000

Wallace Properties

Teresa Fesler joined Wallace Properties of Bellevue as bookkeeper. The company said she has an extensive accounting background is working on her degree at Bellevue Community College.

Trammell Crow

Jim Figel was promoted in Trammell Crow Co.'s Seattle offices to senior vice president and director of transaction services.

O'Connor Consulting Group

Five people joined O'Connor Consulting Group, a Seattle appraisal firm. Randy Gilliam comes with 20 years of commercial and residential experience. Chris Berger brings 10 years in office, industrial and retail. Deane Draper comes from residential and is moving into commercial. Reni Lestari recently received her masters degree in economics from the University of Washington and will focus on multifamily.

Pacific Northwest Bank

Stephanie Martin became a residential loan officer for Snohomish County at Seattle-based Pacific Northwest Bank.

Meanwhile, the bank's parent company Pacific Northwest Bancorp, which also owns four other banks, has begun planning to convert them all to the single Pacific Northwest Bank name. The other banks are InterWest, Pioneer and Kittitas Valley and Bank of Tukwilla. Together they total 55 offices in 16 counties.

Nine fresh CCIMs

Nine area real estate professionals completed the continuing education required to receive the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation from the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute in Chicago: Jacquelyn Davis of Washington Mutual Bank, John Emanuels of the Regency Group, Jeff Forsberg of Puget Sound Properties, Steve Franceschina of Martin Smith Inc., Vanessa Herzog of Colliers International, Larry Hoff of Coldwell Bank All American, Greg Meinhold of Pacific Hotel, Troy Muljat of Muljat Group and Kevin Suther of GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp.

CREW talks retail with Paul Sleeth

Retail broker Paul Sleeth will speak at the next lunch meeting of Commercial Real Estate Women, scheduled for Dec. 14 in the Crystal Room of the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. Sleeth is a top-producing retail investment broker at Colliers International and president of the Washington State Commercial Association of Realtors. For information, call (206) 361-6859.

Short Cressman & Burgess

Crisera

McPherson

Mitchell

Walker

Michael Crisera, Robin McPherson, Maureen Mitchell and Jamie Walker have joined the Seattle law office of Short Cressman & Burgess as associates. Crisera concentrates his practice in employment law and general litigation. McPherson practices in general litigation and environment law. Mitchell practices in the areas of employment, environment and insurance law, as well as general litigation. Walker focuses her practice on litigation, construction law and real estate.

West Coast Bancorp

West Coast Bancorp, an Oregon-based bank holding company, announced the appointment of Jeff Bertalotto as vice president and team leader for the company's business banking division. Bertalotto joins West Coast Bancorp after a 21-year banking career at US Bank.

Best Consulting

Carroll Livingston has joined Best Consulting, a Kirkland-based information and technology consulting agency, as senior vice president of operations. Livingston joined the company in 1996 as director of human resources. He has more than 28 years of experience in human resources administration and operations management. Prior to joining Best Consulting, he ran his own consulting company, managed a Seattle law firm and was president of a temporary staffing company.

Harborview Medical Center

Ronald Maier, surgeon-in-chief at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, has been elected president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Maier will serve as president of the association until September 2001, when the organization holds elections at its next annual meeting. The association's goal is to prevent injury and improve care of trauma patients through education, training and research.

JAMS

JAMS, an Irvine, Calif.-based company that provides resolution services to its clients through a panel of justices, judges and attorneys, has added Chief Justice Richard Guy to its Seattle office. Guy served on the Washington State Supreme Court for more than 10 years, and four years on the Spokane County Superior Court. He is the recipient of many awards in recognition of his services including the Washington State Bar Association Outstanding Judge Award and the American Board of Trial Advocates Jurist of the Year Award.