Jul 02, 2010

Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co. named Mary Knell senior vice president and regional manager of the Seattle Commercial Banking office. Knell has 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. She was managing director of corporate banking for the Pacific Northwest at J.P. Morgan in Seattle. Knell will lead a team of 15 relationship managers and professionals.

Puget Sound Energy

Puget Sound Energy named Kimberly Harris president, effective immediately. Harris is expected to assume the additional role of CEO upon Steve Reynolds' retirement in 2011. Harris joined PSE in 1999 and has held several key leadership positions. She was recently executive vice president and chief resource officer, responsible for all of PSE's energy resources. PSE serves more than 1 million electric customers and nearly 750,000 natural gas customers in 11 counties.

Washington State Bar Association

The Washington State Bar Association said Cashmere attorney Stephen Crossland is president-elect for 2010–2011. He will assume the office for a one-year term in September when President Salvador Mungia passes the gavel to current President-elect Steven Toole. Crossland has worked in private practice since 1975 and has had his own practice, Crossland Law Office, since 2001.

Jul 01, 2010

Seattle Symphony

French conductor Ludovic Morlot has been named music director designate of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra beginning in the 2010–2011 season. He will assume the role of music director at the beginning of the 2011-2012 season with an initial six-year contract. Seattle Symphony's current Music Director Gerard Schwarz, who has held the role since 1985, will assume the title of conductor laureate after his final season in 2010-2011. During Morlot's first season as music director, he will conduct a minimum of eight weeks during the regular concert season. He will conduct a minimum of 13 weeks each season through the end of his initial contract in 2017. Morlot is 35.

Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar

Fonte Cafe and Wine Bar promoted Will Tharreau to general manager. Born and raised in France, Tharreau held positions in Paris at The Ritz Carlton and Le Cordon Bleu before moving to Seattle in 1998. In Seattle, he has worked for the Nordstrom Cafe, Starbucks' Alki store, Nintendo of America, Corbis and Microsoft. He Joined Fonte in 2009 as a sales manager.

Wells Fargo Private Bank

Wells Fargo Private Bank hired Mimi Ramsey to its Bellevue team as a wealth advisor. Ramsey has 27 years of experience in financial services and recently spent 12 years at Bank of America as a private client manager.

GVA Kidder Mathews

Jim Gerner joined GVA Kidder Mathews in the Bellevue valuation advisory division as a senior appraiser and consultant. He previously worked as a senior appraiser at Banner Bank and Eastman Co.

Colliers International

Gary Hunter, an associate broker in Colliers International's Seattle office, was elected to the state chapter's Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute board. Hunter specializes in commercial real estate investment sales, focusing on the Puget Sound region with an emphasis on the Rainier Valley. CCIM is a commercial real estate association and the governing body of one of the world's largest commercial real estate networks.

Urban Partners

Aspira, a new Seattle apartment tower developed by Urban Partners, was awarded four-star environmental certification from Built Green. It is the first high-rise residential building in Seattle to earn the certification. The 37-story tower has electric car recharging stations. Built Green is a nonprofit program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties.

NBS Financial Services

Jeff Henderson, finance officer of NBS Financial Services in Seattle, arranged $4.6 million in financing for Snohomish Self Storage in Snohomish. Located on about 8.5 acres, the 11-year-old business has 707 storage units and 281 RV parking spaces. The alliance works with 20 other mortgage banking firms across the country. Capital sources are local, national and international.

ICSC

The International Council of Shopping Centers appointed five volunteer officers for Washington state: Timothy L. Jackson, Wallace Properties, Bellevue, state director; Alesha L. Shemwell, Macerich, Redmond, government relations committee chair; Thomas L. Spader, Freiheit & Ho Architects, Kirkland, alliance private sector co-chair; Terrie Battuello, city of Bothell, alliance public sector co-chair; and Trace Blethen, Starbucks, retail chair. Glen Bachman, Bellevue Square Managers, will head the Government Relations Committee.

Yates Wood & MacDonald

The Seattle commercial real estate company Yates Wood & MacDonald is marking 20 years in business under the leadership of company President Nancy Darlington. The company has been in business here since 1944.