Aug 15, 2003

The Hacker Group

The Hacker Group of Bellevue promoted Ken Wheeler to the position of creative director. Wheeler has worked at The Hacker Group since 1992, most recently as associate creative director/art. Wheeler will manage a team of four designers. The Hacker Group is a full-service direct marketing agency specializing in performance-based direct marketing campaigns.

Ray’s Boathouse

Ray's Boathouse is one of eight Washington restaurant's named by Wine Spectator magazine for a Best Award of Excellence. The award is given to restaurants with exceptional wine lists. It is the fourth time the restaurant has been named for the honor since 1990; all other years it received an Award of Excellence. Ray's wine director is David Carreon who oversees a wine cellar of approximately 4,500 bottles.

Seattle Animal Shelter

The Seattle Animal Shelter is hosting a cat "adoptathon" on Sat., Aug. 16 at the Alki Community Center in West Seattle. Adoption prices, ranging from $72 to $77, include vaccinations, spaying or neutering, health testing, license and an identification microchip. Seniors are eligible for a discount on adoption of cats two years or older. Animals available for adoption and more information can be viewed on-line at: www.seattleanimalshelter.org.

Arthritis Foundation Washington/Alaska

The board of directors of the Arthritis Foundation Washington/Alaska Chapter named Marilee McCorriston as its president/CEO. McCorriston previously was executive director at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Washington/Alaska Chapter and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center as director of guilds and special events. The Arthritis Foundation is a nonprofit health organization with goals to improve lives through prevention, control, and cure of arthritis and related diseases.

Aug 14, 2003

Williams Marketing

Tom Zbaren was hired as sales manager of Williams Marketing's 17-agent sales staff. The 20-year veteran of residential and commercial real estate sales will provide administrative support, training and leadership to the sales agents. He came from Hebert Research. Seattle-based Williams specializes in condominium and town home marketing and sales.

Sonata Capital Group

Steve Wood and W. Daniel Heidt joined the advisory board of Sonata Capital Group, a Seattle-based registered investment adviser. Wood is managing director of the Seattle real estate services firm Century Pacific LP. He's also a director of Legacy Funds and Harbor Mountain LLC. Heidt was most recently chief operating officer of MagnaDrive Corp., and before that executive vice president of the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group. He sits on the boards of Pacific Northwest Ballet and PONCHO.

Quadrant Corp.

Natalie Fischer was promoted at Quadrant Corp. to broker outreach manager. She'll assist in managing Quadrant's Preferred Agent Program with Windermere Builder Sales Group for Quadrant's eight single-family residential projects. She'll also manage Quadrant's military base outreach program in the south Puget Sound area. Fischer reports to Ken Krivanec, vice president of marketing. She had been working the past two years as broker outreach representative for two Quadrant residential projects, Redmond Ridge and Snoqualmie Ridge. Before Quadrant, Fischer worked for the Seattle Sonics, the Harlem Globetrotters and Southwest Airlines. Fischer holds a B.A. in communication from Western Washington University and is a licensed real estate agent with Windermere Builder Sales Group.

NoteWorld Servicing

Fischer

NoteWorld Servicing Center of Tacoma, which services seller-financed mortgage, added a branch outlet to its Tacoma headquarters location. The company, a subsidiary of the New York mortgage and investment service company C-BASS, named Shirley Colson to manage the new branch and serve as an escrow specialist. Twenty-year-old NoteWorld collects payments from buyers and distributes the funds to sellers, issues buyer and seller statements and late-payment notices and provides year-end tax records. The company has branches in Oregon, California and Arizona. NoteWorld also named Paul Hoffman as its Northwest regional sales manager.

Banner Bank

SaLee Mills was promoted to assistant vice president and real estate loan officer in Banner Bank's Kennewick loan center. Mills has more than 10 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to joining Banner in 1999, she worked with Executive Mortgage/Roger Gray and Associates, Washington Mutual and the First Alabama Bank subsidiary Real Estate Financing. Mills holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Central Washington University.

Washington State University

The inauguration of a new building housing Washington State University's Institute for Shock Physics has been set for Aug. 27. Shock wave research at WSU is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research. The $12.4 million building was funded by the Washington State Legislature. Miller Hull of Seattle was the architect and Lydig Construction Company of Spokane was the general contractor for the 33,000 square-foot, three-story, brick building.

Altman Weil

Former Seattle attorney, Richard C. Reed, currently a senior advisor at Altman Weil, has received the Sam Smith Award from the American Bar Association. Reed was honored for his decades of law practice and leadership; writing and speaking on law practice management topics; and his contribution as a mentor and friend to lawyers throughout the profession. Reed practiced law for 41 years in Seattle, and was chairman of the board at Reed McClure in Seattle before his retirement in 1989.

Whispering Springs Farm

Whispering Springs Farm of Rochester has been awarded a Golden Snail award by the Greater Olympia Slow Food Convivium. The award is presented for maintaining the Slow Food mission of holding stewardship of the land by achieving ecologically sound food production. Whispering Springs Farm is owned by Jim Hutson and Jean Hutson. Whispering Springs Farm products are available at the Olympia Farmers Market.

Girl Scouts - Totem Council

Patti Meyers and Geoff Swanson will co-chair the Girl Scouts - Totem Council fund-raising campaign. The Happy Campers: Empowering Every Girl for Life campaign will seek to raise $7.7 million to upgrade three camp properties, acquire a fourth and expand program opportunities. Serving on the campaign's committee will be Michael Collins, Cynthia Cross, Valoree Dowell, Posy Gering, Mary Hsu, Cynthia Lanners, Anne McTavish, Joe Ward and Rosanne Zemp.

Williams-Helde

Williams-Helde, a Seattle-based full-service marketing communications agency, was recently honored with six American Graphic Design Awards from Graphic Design:USA. The agency was honored with awards for developing brand logos for New Tribe Productions, Creative Reach, and Gourmet Standard; for designing the Alaska Experience and Americas Experience travel/tourism catalogs for Cruise West; and for a Williams-Helde Halloween self promotion.