Mar 16, 2001

Heidrick & Struggles

Love

Heidrick & Struggles, an executive search firm, announced that Greg Love has joined the firm as a partner in the Seattle office as a member of the international technology and industrial practices. Love's area of expertise is recruiting senior executives for established, as well as emerging growth companies, in the technology and industrial market places. Prior to joining the firm, he was CEO of Microscan Systems, a laser/imaging company located in Seattle.

Fred Hutchinson

Benny

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has named John Benny as its new director of operations. Before joining the research center, Benny held multiple management positions during a 15-year career with Boeing, from engineering manager to quality-improvement manager of facilities.

World Lighting and Design

Foucrier

John Foucrier was appointed president and chief operating officer of World Lighting and Design, a lighting retail store with locations in Bellevue, Lynnwood and Tukwila. Foucrier has more than 36 years in the retail industry, most recently serving as Eagle Hardware & Garden's executive vice president of administration.

Administration for the Courts

The Office of the Administrator for the Courts (OAC) has appointed Wendy Ferrell to the position of communications manager. Responsible for the supervision of public information activities for the OAC and Washington Supreme Court, Ferrell was appointed to the position after serving as acting communications manager.

Pacific Legal

Pacific Legal, a Portland-based litigation support company with an office in Seattle, announced that Tom O’Connor has joined the company as the director of education & training. O’Connor will be based in the Seattle office but he will also work with the company's clients in Oregon and Idaho, where the company also maintains offices

Mar 15, 2001

Singingfish.com

Singingfish.com, a Seattle-based developer of streaming media search services for the Internet, entertainment and digital convergence industries, fully owned by Thomson multimedia, has named Karen Howe vice president of marketing. Howe will be responsible for all marketing initiatives, including strategic integration with Thomson Multimedia's new business-to-business segment, called Digital Media Solutions.

Northwest Venture Group

New officers and board of directors have been named for the Northwest Venture Group, an association that provides networking opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and job seekers. The 2000-2001 board is led by President Janis Machala from Paladin Partners; Vice President Joe Vesuerchen from ImageX; Secretary Eugenie Mansfield from David, Wright Tremaine; Treasurer Valerie Margulis from VLM Consulting; and Immediate Past President Gordon Chanen from Chanen and Co. Directors on the board include David Bluhm from Immedio, John Castle from John Castle Corp., Eva Chiu from InfoAdvantage, Roger Clark from Grant Thornton, Tom Eckmann from Absolute Business, Douglas Farnell from Scriptelleigence, Victoria Kaplan from The Millennium Fund, Mark Kotzer from Corporate VAT Management, Clay Loges from Wireless Advisors, John Martinka from Business Resource Group, Patrick McCarthy from Silicon Valley Bank, Ivar Michelsons from Digital-Den.com, Alex Modelski, Attorney at Law, James Moore from Enterprise Capital Resources, Chuck Pettis from Brand-Solutions, Dan Smith from Ernst & Young, Nancy Truitt Pierce from Woods Creek Consulting and Kirk Van Alstyne from Cascadia Capital.

Immunex Corp.

Immunex Corp., a Seattle-based biopharmaceutical company, announced that the company's board of directors has elected Robert Herbold to serve on its board. Herbold recently retired from Microsoft Corp. as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He was responsible for the worldwide operation at Microsoft, including finance, manufacturing and human resources.

Badgley, Phelps and Bell

Badgley, Phelps and Bell, an investment management firm with offices in Seattle and Portland, announced the appointment of Ross Ohashi as investment counselor. Ohashi will be responsible for managing portfolios for the company's private capital clients. He will also serve on the company's research team

Energy incentives for commercial buildings

BOMA and IREM scheduled Seattle City Light and Puget Sound Energy officials to outline energy conservation incentive programs for building managers, and any other interested people, at a lunch gathering Monday in Bellevue.

The utilities will discuss "how property managers can qualify to recover between 10 percent and 60 percent of (the cost of) installing energy-efficient equipment and controls," the Building Owners and Managers Association said. IREM stands for the Institute of Real Estate Management.

The event will start at noon at the Embassy Suites Hotel Bellevue on 158th Avenue SE. BOMA wants reservations in by 1 p.m. today. Call BOMA at (206) 292-8060.

Wolff Corporate Housing

Spokane-based Wolff Corporate Housing bought Boise, Idaho-based Corporate Quarters. Both firms provide short-term executive lodging. The nine complexes run by Corporate bring privately-owned Wolff to a total of 150 units in Spokane and Boise, said Wolff President David Lorber. Boise has a high concentration of corporate headquarters, Lorber said.

Pacifica Bank opens mortgage company

Bellevue-based Pacifica Bank formed a residential mortgage company called Pacific Mortgage Co. as a subsidiary of Pacifica Bancorp. Bob Rea serves as president of the mortgage company.

Peter Moy reappointed to housing authority board

The Seattle City Council reappointed Peter Moy to a second four-year term on the board of the Seattle Housing Authority. Moy, a management consultant and former administrator for the City Council back in the early 1980s, works as a project manager for the Financial Consulting Solutions Group Inc. The board consists of seven unpaid members, each appointed by the mayor. Two members are residents of housing authority properties. More than 23,000 Seattle residents receive housing assistance from the authority.

John L. Scott Real Estate

Eastside residential sales veteran Carrie Lord returned to work in John L. Scott's Bellevue office, circling back from Windermere Real Estate. John L. Scott described Lord as having 27 years of experience in customer service, 11 of them "as one of the top Eastside residential real estate specialists."

Seven other sales associates joined the following John L. Scott offices: David Foster, Port Orchard; Ron Abersold, Gig Harbor; Steven Lee, Terri Graham and Jeff Garrnett, Bellevue; Michael Greville, Redmond; Roger Merrifield, Bainbridge Island