Dec 11, 2007

Calidora Skin Clinic

Calidora Skin Clinic, a skin care treatment center, hired Megan Bassetti as vice president of marketing. Bassetti has 14 years experience and has worked with brands like Pepsi, Microsoft and McDonalds. Calidora has four Pacific Northwest locations in downtown Seattle, University Village, Redmond and Bellevue, and one in California.

Critical Junctures Institute

Western Washington University and St. Joseph Hospital are forming and funding the Critical Junctures Institute, a center focused on community health and outreach. It will have an office in the former Port of Bellingham headquarters building on Cornwall Avenue. Jay Teachman, sociology professor at WWU, and Marc Pierson, vice president of medical affairs and clinical information at St. Joseph Hospital, are the associate directors. Chris Phillips, also of the hospital staff, will serve as the interim director until a permanent director is hired. He will then be community liaison for the institute.

Aequitas Capital Management

Aequitas Capital Management, an alternative investment firm based in Lake Oswego, Ore., has committed $5.2 million in equity to Rose's Restaurant and Bakery to support the planned expansion of the Portland chain to 20 locations in the next five to six years. Rose's was first established in 1956.

Schlecht Construction

Kelso-based Schlecht Construction hired Tamara Olson as a project management assistant and Bobbie Leider as an accounting assistant. Olson previously was a loan processor for Bridgeport Lending and a project manager for St. Cloud Homes. Leider previously owned Bean Me Up Espresso and Deli in Longview and worked as an administrative secretary in the Kelso School District for 10 years.

CE&C Inc.

CE&C Inc., a Tacoma-based commercial general contractor, appointed Jim Winskill as business development director. Winskill has worked in business development with such companies as WorkForce Management, HarborSoft and Winskill Group. His new responsibilities include expanding CE&C's business within Western Washington, emphasizing team-build relationships.

Foushée and Associates

Bellevue's Foushée and Associates hired Mike Fey and Jeff Lawson as project managers and promoted Jim Baer to project manager. Fey has 12 years of construction experience, Lawson has 10 and Baer has five.

PSF Mechanical

Terry Carter joined PSF Mechanical as a sheet metal foreman. Carter has more than 33 years of industry experience. PSF is a design-build HVAC contractor.

Pro-Build Holdings

Pro-Build Holdings, a nationwide building materials supplier, named Joseph Lawrence president of its West region. Lawrence, who has been with Pro-Build and its predecessor companies since 1984, most recently was president of the company's Dixieline division. He will be based out of the company's Olympia office.