Jan 25, 2002

Werkhaus, MWW/Savitt

MWW/Savitt has acquired the core team of Werkhaus Creative Communications. The Wekhaus team will be known as Werkhaus at MWW and will be headed by Werkhaus founder John Burgess who will report to MWW/Savitt President Kathy Savitt.

Jan 24, 2002

Wells Fargo

Terrence E. Burns of Wells Fargo was ranked as one of the top 50 bank representatives for 2001 by Bank Investment Marketing, a national magazine. Burns, a private client manager in Bellevue, grew his base of high net worth clients nearly 30 percent in 2001 and manages $200 million in assets.

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Grady J. Leupold has joined Lane Powell Spears Lubersky as an associate in its Seattle office. Leupold's practice focuses on labor and employment law.

Bell Harbor International Conference Center

Bell Harbor International Conference Center promoted Patti Vadset to director of human resources. Vadset previously was human resources manager. Bell Harbor also promoted Diana Meyers from assistant human resources manager to accounting associate.

Berk & Associates

Al Nilsen joined Berk & Associates as a senior associate in the firm's financial economics practice. Nilsen previously worked with the Port of Seattle and Verizon.

Seattle Executives Association

Seattle Executives Association announced its executive board for 2002: Tom Broetje, president of CFO2GO will serve as president; Lucille Noel, president Novar Corp. will serve as the first vice president; Rich Favaro, president of PC Help, will serve as second vice president; Scott Morton, president of Morton Design will serve as treasurer; and Dick Jamison, lease representative with Northwest Fleet Lease will serve as associate group president. The Seattle Executives Association was established in 1916 and has a membership of over 150 executives representing 123 industries.

U.S. Small Business Administration

The Seattle District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration named Alice Cunningham, founder and owner of Olympic Hot Tub Co. its Western Washington Small Business Person of the Year. Cunningham and her husband, Blair Osborn, founded Olympic Hot Tub Co. in 1977. Winners of seven small business Advocate Awards were also announced: Accountant Advocate, Patricia Schmick, Enrolled Agent; Entrepreneurial Success, Adrian Lugo, Lugo Construction; Financial Services Advocate, Elizabeth Rusnak of Banner Bank; Minority Small Business Advocate, Regina L. Glenn of Pacific Communications Consultants; SBA Young Entrepreneurs, Robert Meredith and Duke Pham of Matrix Global Services; Small Business Journalist, Kimberly A. Hilden, The Herald Business Journal; Veteran Small Business Advocate, John H. Witham of Worksource Cowlitz; and Women In Business Advocate, Ruth Ann Halford of Community Capital Development.

Women’s Business Research

The Center for Women’s Business Research appointed Stephanie Peacock as director of communications and marketing. The center is a source of information about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide.

University of Washington, Tacoma

George Russell, chairman of the Russell Co., won the Lifetime Achievement Award and Janine Terrano, founder of Business Internet Services and Topia Ventures, won the Rising Star Award as part of University of Washington Tacoma's first annual Business Leaders of the Year Awards. Russell and Terrano, along with eight local business leaders, will be honored at the first annual Business Leaders of the Year Awards event at UW Tacoma tonight.

Comerica Bank

Comerica Bank promoted Jeff Roberts to vice president/venture banking in the Kirkland office of its Pacific Northwest Region technology and life sciences division. Roberts previously was assistant vice president of that division and assistant vice president of the emerging growth division of Imperial Bank, which was acquired by Comerica in 2001.

Getty Images

Seattle-based Getty Images will expand its business in Japan. The existing operation in Tokyo, which currently offers imagery from the Getty Images' PhotoDisc brand, will now be expanded to sell a number of the company's other image collections. Now with 25 offices in Asia, Getty's emphasis on the region will increase over the coming years.

John L. Scott

Phares

Mohr

High

Tom High was promoted to chief financial officer for John L. Scott Real Estate. He joined the firm less than two years ago as controller "with the position of CFO in mind," said executive vice president Jerry Moon. Moon, who shared the CFO duties with finance vice president Donna de Ford, said the firm conducted an extensive search before it hired High in November 2000. High came from several years at Deloitte and Touche as an audit supervisor and management consultant. He has more than 10 years of financial management experience, John L. Scott said.

Terri Mohr became a sales agent in John L. Scott's North Seattle office. Ian Phares joined as an agent in the firm's Magnolia office.

Condo owners caucus March 2

Plaintiff attorneys will hold a legal forum for condominium owners on Saturday, March 2, at the Mercer View Community Center on Mercer Island. A national nonprofit association for condo owners named the Community Association Institute is sponsoring the event, which will start at 9 a.m. Lawyers who will speak include Chris Casey, Terry Leahy, James Strichartz, Gary Ackerman of Foster Pepper & Shefelman, Marion Morgentam and Brian McLean of Brady & McLean. Topics will include the state Condominium Act and possible legislative revisions, new federal homeowner association laws, mixed-use condo projects and water damage to condos. For information, contact Casey at (206) 284-8165.

GMAC Commercial Mortgage

GMAC issued a $2.05 million, 30-year mortgage on the Terrace View Apartments, south of Seattle University in Seattle. The 20-unit apartment building is at 914 E. Terrace St. GMAC vice president Ron Peterson said the loan went through Freddie Mac.

MBK Northwest

Thomas Beeks joined Portland-based MBK Northwest's Seattle office as an asset manager for Parkway SuperCenter in Tukwila and Lakewood Towne Center in Lakewood. Prior to MBK, Beeks worked as asset manager for Pacific Coast Ventures LLC. He oversaw retail projects and generated new brokerage, development and management business. He also worked as a senior real estate manager for TRF Management on medical buildings and retail projects in the Puget Sound region. Beeks is a graduate of Central Washington University.

Sound Valuations

Carol Peisley received the Appraisal Institute's SRA designation, which demonstrates expertise in valuing single-family homes. MAI Seattle Chapter President James Price called SRA "THE credential" in residential appraising. Peisley is the principal at Sound Valuations in Kent and a 10-year residential appraiser.