Nov 10, 2009

Lovsted-Worthington

Lovsted-Worthington hired Steve Ridgwell for an executive position with its Senior Living and Healthcare Division. Ridgewell has seven years experience developing, building and putting in place senior care risk management and insurance programs. He was a partner with a Pacific Northwest regional brokerage firm.

A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand, a local provider of companionship and in-home care services, hired David Savage as chief operating officer. Savage was director of talent acquisition at Providence Health Care. He replaces Steven Jungk, who will build the Care Management Division of the company.

Oregon Lodging Association

The Oregon Lodging Association has announced the winners of the 2009 Stars of the Industry Awards. Jennifer Hatfield of Wholesale Commercial Interiors won the Industry Partner of the Year Award. Hatfield is principal and owner of WCI, founded in 1991 as a one-stop resource for the hospitality industry with services including design, purchasing and installation.

Nov 06, 2009

Puget Sound Health Partners

Puget Sound Health Partners in Federal Way hired Hugh Straley as chief medical officer. Straley has been an oncologist for 23 years and is the former president of Group Health Permanente and medical director of Group Health Cooperative. Puget Sound Health Partners offers Medicare Advantage plans to more than 4,400 members.

Spacecraft Clothing

Seattle-based Spacecraft Clothing, a designer of hand-crafted clothing and accessories for the snowboard and skate markets, hired John Crouch and his NW Roadreps team as its Pacific Northwest sales representative. Crouch started NW Roadreps in 2003 and is supported by Brice Niebuhr, Byron Bagwell and Mike Bosold. The team will lead Spacecraft dealer relations and field sales in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.

Crosscut.com

News Web site Crosscut.com has launched a charter membership fundraising campaign and has received gifts from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It also made three new hires. They are Mark Matassa as deputy editor, Jill Mogen as executive director and Marilyn Hoe as operations director. Matassa is a political writer and editor who has worked at The Seattle Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Los Angeles Times. Mogen was publisher of Seattle Homes & Lifestyles magazine. Hoe was recently at Town Hall.

Nov 05, 2009

LeMaster Daniels

LeMaster Daniels, a Spokane-based CPA firm, made four new hires in its Bellevue office. It hired Harmen DeJong as senior tax account accountant, Dale Terry as tax specialist, Tessa Rhone as staff accountant and Daylon Rothe as staff accountant. DeJong has 15 years of experience. Terry has worked in banking and taxes for 10 years. Rhone and Rothe recently completed internships with the company.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Seattle law firm Cairncross & Hempelmann won the 2009 Community Service Award for firms with fewer than 50 attorneys at the 2009 Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators Managing Partners Dinner. The award, originated in 1994, is given to member firms that have demonstrated exceptional service to the community.

Allison & Partners

Allison & Partners, a communications, public relations and public affairs firm, is opening an office in Seattle. It will be the company's ninth office and its first in the Pacific Northwest. The company hired Tom Biro to manage growth in the region. Biro was senior director, communications at MTV. The San Francisco-based company expanded into Atlanta and South Carolina this year.

Merrill Gardens at Kirkland

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MultiFamily Executive Magazine chose Merrill Gardens at Kirkland to win the Grand Award for Senior Living at the annual MFE and Developer Awards in Las Vegas. It was chosen Project of the Year for senior housing communities from more than 200 entries. The 115-unit complex was designed by Runberg Architecture Group of Seattle. SRM Development of Spokane was the developer. Judges praised its social activities, amenities and waterfront location.

NBS Financial

Jeff Henderson has joined NBS Financial Services as a finance officer. He will work in the Seattle office and originate loans for commercial properties in the Pacific Northwest. Henderson owned his own company, Urban Assets LLC, where he acquired and repositioned residential projects, and served as a consultant on development and asset management. He also worked as acquisitions analyst and assistant due diligence manager at Harsch Investment Properties in Portland.

World West Investments

Suzette West of World West Investments was awarded the Certified Green Broker designation from the Commercial Brokers Association. She is trained to help people buy green buildings in Western Washington. West said she is working on a “deep green” office building called the Mile Hill Drive Project in Port Orchard. It is designed by Weber Thompson.

NAIOP looks at capital markets

The Nov. 18 meeting of NAIOP will have a panel discussion on “Capital Markets: The Impending Return.” The meeting will be at the Seattle Waterfront Marriott starting at 7:15 a.m. with registration and networking. The moderator is Michal Makar of CBRE Capital Markets. Panelists are Roddy O'Neal of Goldman Sachs, Gary Beem of Northwest Commercial Mortgage and Jack Wiser of Bank of America. They will look at when markets will thaw and what banks, life insurance lenders and commercial mortgage backed securities are likely to do in 2010. Register at http://www.naiopwa.org.

Seattle Mortgage Bankers loan officer panel

The Seattle Mortgage Bankers Association will hold a loan officer panel discussion on Nov. 17 at the Broadmoor Golf Club starting at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour. Dinner is at 6:30. David Hatlen of HomeStreet Bank will be the moderator. Cost is $60 for members and $100 for non-members. For information call Lisa Miller at (425) 673-8277 or email her at LMiller @GolfSavingsBank.com