Apr 06, 2001

Appliant

Anderson	Morones
Merrell	Juneau	Link

Appliant, a Seattle-based management service provider, announced four new hires and one promotion. Kelly Strand Anderson has joined the company as public relations manager. She has more than 15 years experience in marketing and public relations. Tim Morones has joined the company as senior director of business development. He has more than 12 years of business experience focusing on finance and corporate development activities. Tim Merrell was appointed senior director of professional services. Chris Juneau is the new director of product marketing. Alison Link, the former marketing communications manager for the company, has been promoted to director of marketing.

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Mary Jo Heston, Lane Powell Spears Lubersky counsel to the firm, was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Bankruptcy. Heston is one of 36 nominees from the U.S. and abroad being honored this year for their professional excellence and contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.

Bullivant Houser Bailey

The law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey has added J.D. Smith to its Seattle office. Smith is a member of the firm's litigation practice group.

Roguewave

Roguewave, a Spokane-based company that specializes in efficiency solutions for digital marketers, announced the placement of Greg Robleski as advisory board member. Since 1998, Robleski has served as vice president and chief information officer for GoTo.com, an Internet search engine. Prior to joining GoTo.com, he was vice president, technology leader, for the global financial technologies division of the American Express Co

Apr 05, 2001

Publicis in the West

Peirolo

Publicis in the West, a communications agency with offices in Seattle, announced the appointment of Stephanie Peirolo as the agency’s director of business development. She is responsible for building new business opportunities and developing key strategic relationships within the industry. Prior to joining Publicis, Peirolo held several key management and sales positions at KCPQ-TV, Worldstream Communications, Northwest Cable News and TCI Cable Advertising.

Ogden Murphy Wallace

Foster

O'Donnell

Stanbery Foster and John O'Donnell, both lawyers at the Seattle law firm Ogden Murphy Wallace, have been named to the 2001 "Best Lawyers in America" list. Foster heads the firm's personal law group. He is a fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. O'Donnell heads the firm's tax practice group. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Washington Law School.

Golf Savings Bank

Golf Savings Bank and Pacific Northwest Golf Association will jointly raise money for the non-profit organization's golf programs called "Golf Savings for the Future." When members of PNGA sign up for any of a variety of bank products, a percentage of every dollar invested will be donated to the PNGA and earmarked for various activities.

Short Cressman & Burgess

Mark Nadler has been elected partner at the Seattle law firm Short Cressman & Burgess. Nadler, a registered professional civil engineer, represents clients in legal matters involving environmental, engineering and construction law issues.

Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell

T. Lee Humphreys has been named to the U.S. Activities of Foreigners & Tax Treaties Committee of the American Bar Association's section of taxation. Humphries practices in the Tacoma office of Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim. The committee is principally interested in the U.S. federal income tax consequences of, and planning for, U.S. investments and activities by foreign investors.

Essention Inc.

Little

McKinstry formally unveiled its Web-based property management service called InfoCentre. Owned by the McKinstry subsidiary named Essention Inc., InfoCentre uses the power and efficiency of the Internet to streamline responses to tenant needs such as making immediate repairs. The service combines a 24-hour service center with Internet communications and data bases outlining pre-approved quick-response protocols.

McKinstry, a Seattle-based mechanical contractor, formed InfoCentre for its own use in 1999 and created Essention in May 2000 as it became clear that the service could take off.

"Our Web-based workflow process simply makes building management more efficient while eliminating the need for occupants and tenants to spend significant time dealing with workplace-related issues," said Karen Little, Essention's chief operating officer. Little came from Nextel Communications last August. Essention has grown to more than 80 employees covering 50 million square feet of property. The company projects revenues will total $3.5 million this year and $15 million next year.

John L. Scott

Davidson

Nancy Davidson joined John L. Scott Real Estate's Vashon Island office, jumping from Windermere Real Estate. John L. Scott said Davidson has 20 years of real estate experience and has lived on the island for 30 years. In a release, Davidson said she found John L. Scott's commitment to technology a draw, something that releases about other new hires has also cited.

Four people became agents in the firm's Bainbridge Island office: Ana Richards, Roger Merrified, Aurora Mancebo and Suzie Murphy. The office now totals 21 agents. Merrifield, Murphy and Richards are all new to the real estate industry. Mancebo, whose background is in business administration, is licensed as an associate broker and has been in real estate since 1985.

Blatteis Realty

Retail broker Cerissa Merritt moved from Martin Smith Inc. to Blatteis Realty's Seattle office, which has tripled in size the past few months to six deal makers. Merritt, who is a Blatteis senior vice president, placed the Gap in the O'Shea Building in downtown Seattle as one of her most recent deals for Martin Smith. Blatteis also hired Katie Striebel as a retail associate. Striebel worked at Wahl & Associates before a stint in San Francisco in space planning for the furniture maker Hogue Associates.

Schooler honored in downtown Bellevue

Schooler

David Schooler of Sterling Realty Organization received the Bellevue Downtown Association's John Boespflug City Builder Award, which honors association members who have made lasting contributions to downtown Bellevue. SRO owns key downtown land such as the plots under some of Wright Runstad & Co. office towers. Schooler was the association's president in 1992 and he's the current president of the Bellevue Art Museum. Before he joined SRO in 1979, he worked for two years in the Bellevue Planning Department.

At the association's annual meeting last week, Charlie Hafenbrack became the organization's chairman for the next 12 months. Hafenbrack works as vice president of marketing for Sellen Construction.