Dec 06, 2002

Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis Wright Tremaine recently hired five new associate attorneys: Kevin H. Kono and Andrew P. Parks, graduates of the University of Oregon School of Law; Carol A. Noonan, and Jason R. Sieminski, graduates of Georgetown University Law Center; and Jessica M. O'Connor, a graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law. All five will work in the firm's Portland office.

Provail

Provail received a $50,000 grant from the Paul G. Allen Charitable Foundation to help fund its dental clinic. Provail recently changed its name from United Cerebral Palsy of King and Snohomish Counties and built a new headquarters in the Wallingford/Fremont neighborhoods. The grant will move Provail's dental clinic to its new building. The dental clinic provides specialized care to people with disabilities. The clinic is run by 16 volunteer dentists and four dental hygienists, and serves as a teaching facility for students at the University of Washington and several community colleges in the area.

Nordstrom

Nordstrom will open its first Nordstrom Rack store in Florida in fall of 2003. The 27,000-square-foot store will be located at the Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, Fla. Nordstrom currently operates four full line stores in Florida, in Boca Raton, Tampa, Coral Gables and Orlando. The retailer will open a fifth store in the Mall at Wellington Green in 2003.

FlightSafety Boeing

FlightSafety Boeing Training International has teamed with Advanced Interactive Systems to provide safety and security training for commercial airline pilots and flight attendants. As directed by the Homeland Security Act, pilots will be trained in handling firearms in an aircraft environment, as well as in identifying, handling and defending against threatening passengers.

Dec 05, 2002

National Frozen Foods

Tastad

National Frozen Foods named Aaron Tastad sales representative of puree and by-products. Tastad has been with the company since 1992, recently serving as assistant mechanic. National Frozen Foods is headquartered in Seattle, with processing plants in Chehalis, Moses Lake and Albany, Ore.

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Danzig

Brian J. Danzig has joined the firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in its Seattle office as counsel in the firm's real estate group. He will handle real estate, finance and business matters for the firm. Danzig was previously with Foster Pepper & Shefelman.

Delta Computer Systems

Delta Computer Systems appointed William E. Savela to motion products marketing manager. He will also serve as region sales manager in several western states. Savela's previous experience includes positions with GE Automation Services, Measurex and Maverick Technologies.

Manning Selvage & Lee

Maxwell PR and McClenahan Bruer Communications of Portland have joined with Manning Selvage & Lee, an international public relations firm linked to Publicis Groupe of Paris. Maxwell PR provides corporate communications, media relations and community relations services. McClenahan Bruer markets to technology companies with offices in Portland and San Francisco. Maxwell PR and McClenahan Bruer will operate as independent agencies, providing resource sharing and collaboration with Manning Selvage & Lee.

Seattle-King County Association of Realtors

The Seattle-King County Association of Realtors named J. Lennox Scott 2002 Realtor of the year. The association cited the John L. Scott Real Estate chairman and CEO's "collaborative, cutting-edge approach to technology" and his work on national real estate boards, including that of the National Association of Realtors. The association also gave Coldwell Banker Bain's Philip Matricardi its achievement award. Windermere's Marcie Maxell was honored for community service and Windermere's Beverly Read was named government affairs volunteer of the year.

Board members for next year are: president Steven Wayne, president-elect Kimberly Brangwin, vice presidents G.G. Getz, Jerry Fits and Steven Maples, past president Ron Fowler, and directors Delna Vermillion, Beverly Read, Paul Bascomb, Ed Murphy, D'Ann Jackson, Joan Brown, Sheryl Knowles, Cari Franklin, Roni Strupat, Derek Eyring, Rose Galloway, Dan Murphy, J.B. Webster, Jeff Kerns, Suki Bazan and Larry Crim.

Harlow named to CREW national board

Lawyer Angelia Harlow was elected to the national board of the Network of Commercial Real Estate Women, also called CREW Network. Harlow works as a commercial real estate attorney for Eisenhower & Carlson. The firm was started in Tacoma by former President Dwight Eisenhower's brother Edgar Eisenhower 85 years ago. The headquarters moved to Seattle in 1988 but keeps a Tacoma office. Harlow serves on the Pierce County Economic Board and is a past president of CREW Seattle.

Port's Tierney to address CREW

Tom Tierney, deputy CEO of the Port of Seattle, will talk at the next lunch meeting of CREW Seattle. The event is scheduled for noon on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle. Tierney will discuss possible changes in the use of port properties such as redeveloping Pier 46 from a cargo terminal into an urban village-style mix of uses. For information, call (206) 361-6859.

Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association

Anderson

Erik Anderson has been elected 2002-2003 president of the Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association. Anderson has worked in mortgage lending for eight years, currently as an account executive for InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending. He attended the University of Washington.

Binswanger Puget Sound Properties

Newton

Industrial broker Mike Newton was promoted to vice president at Binswanger Puget Sound Properties Commercial Real Estate Services. Newton has 13 years of experience and has averaged more than 60 lease and sales transactions per year during the past five years. He joined Puget Sound Properties in 1999 and holds a B.A. from Stanford University.