Nov 19, 2010

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo promoted Ron Henderson to Northwest Washington Community Banking president. He has spent 13 years with the organization and was Northwest regional manager. He leads about 330 team members, three Community Banking Districts and 30 Wells Fargo branches in King, Snohomish, Skagit, Island and Whatcom counties.

Columbia Hospitality

Three Columbia Hospitality properties, the Kenwood Inn and Spa, Salish Lodge & Spa and Inn at Langley, received distinctive recognition in Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards. The Kenwood Inn and Spa in Sonoma wine country received an overall score of 94.7, making it number 2 in the category of top small resorts in mainland USA. Langley ranked 13th, with a score of 84.4. The Salish Lodge & Spa is number 49 in the top 100 hotels in the United States, with an overal score of 88.2.

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

The Seattle law firm Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson hired Lori Rath as of counsel. Ebberson has had a solo practice since 2004 and practices in the areas of estate planning, trusts, probate, and prenuptial/postnuptial/domestic partnership agreements.

Nov 18, 2010

Northwest School

The Northwest School Board of Trustees hired Michael McGill as the new head of school, effective July 1, 2011. McGill spent 12 years as principal of The Park School in Baltimore. Ellen Taussig will continue as dean of the school until her retirement June 30, 2011.

Northwest Asset Management

Mercer Island-based Northwest Asset Management said Art Nunes and his Dynamic Investing Group have joined the firm. Nunes will be the firm's chief investment officer and director/portfolio manager for the Dynamic Investing Group. Rita Fernandez Aguilar has been named senior partner and Nu Wang, a certified financial planner, has been named technical research analyst. Nunes was a principal and portfolio manager of Oregon-based IMS Capital Management, where he was the firm's technical market strategist.

Washington State Department of Revenue

Revenue Director Cindi Holmstrom is leaving the agency Dec. 1 after six years, serving longer than any director in the past 35 years. Holmstrom joined the department in 2005. She is joining Pierce Consulting Group, an economic consulting and government affairs business in Olympia.

Washington State Quality Award

Jennifer Sprecher is resigning as executive director of the Washington State Quality Award effective Nov. 30. The WSQA works to help organizations improve by using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

Realogics Sotheby's International

Julie McAvoy of McAvoy Solutions joined Realogics Sotheby's International Realty to lead the Seattle company's new Strategic Development Solutions division, which helps developers and banks reposition projects. McAvoy has worked on some large mixed-use condo projects, including 2200 and Four Seasons Private Residences, both in Seattle, and Washington Square in Bellevue. She helped reposition TriBeCa in Seattle. Most recently, she worked for Bosa Development, a Canadian-based high-rise developer, leading the sales and marketing division in San Diego.

EMB Management

Robert Skrbin, Lynn Sutherland and Lynn VanLierop of EMB Management in Bellevue earned Certified Manager of Community Associations designations from the National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers. EMB Management, an Associa company, manages condominiums for homeowner associations.

King County Housing Authority

King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed Terry McLlarky to serve as a King County Housing Authority commissioner. He replaces the late Delores Brown. The five commissioners help guide the policies of KCHA, which has a staff of 320 and an annual budget of more than $170 million.

Leona Condominiums

Leona Condominiums, a 15-unit townhouse project in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, is sold out. Barrientos, the developer, took the 1907 building down to the studs and rebuilt the units. Matrix Real Estate of Seattle marketed the project. Units sold for between $400,000 to $742,600, public records show. The average per square foot price was nearly $353, according to Matrix.