Jul 12, 2012

KCTS 9 and KYVE 47

KCTS 9 and KYVE 47 announced the retirement of general manager Ken Messer. Prior to joining KYVE, he was vice president and general manager of KIMA/KEPR/KLEW TV and KKFQ. He recently was awarded the Helen N. Jewett Community Leadership Award by United Way of Central Washington.

Meracord

Tacoma-based Meracord hired Doug Byerley as chief operations officer. Byerley has 30 years of experience in the industry and previously led product management at TSYS, a Georgia-based payment services firm. Meracord is a third-party contract payment services company specializing in accounts receivable, ACH processing and payment processing, formerly known as NoteWorld.

Riverview Community Bank

Vancouver-based Riverview Community Bank promoted Richard “Dick” Michalek as executive vice president and chief lending officer by the board of directors. Michalek has been an 11-year Riverview Community Bank employee with 40 years of banking experience. Riverview Community Bank is a full service bank with 18 locations in Washington and Oregon.

Globys

Seattle-based Globys hired Olly Downs as senior vice president of data sciences. Downs was chief scientist at AdReady and Atigeo, and principal scientist at Inriz. Globys helps clients leverage and monetize customer data, with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Low Income Housing Institute

Robin Amadon returns to the Low Income Housing Institute in Seattle as housing development director. She has worked in affordable housing development and management since 1996 in the Seattle area, and was a senior developer at LIHI until 2008. LIHI develops, owns and operates housing, with 44 properties in the state.

Common Ground

Housing nonprofit Common Ground of Seattle hired Tina Ilvonen and Lachlan “Lach” Foss as developers. Ilvonen, a senior project manager, was a vice president with US Bank, where she oversaw lending relationships for an $85 million portfolio. Foss, a senior construction manager, previously worked at Woodman Construction and Ned Nelson Architects in Bellevue. Common Ground provides development services and training, and has helped develop more than 6,200 units.

NeighborCity

NeighborCity, an online residential real estate service that matches home buyers and sellers with agents, named the top 10 agents in Seattle based on service to clients rather than sales volume. They are Trevor Smith, Redfin; Charles Cady, Re/Max Northwest; Scott Anderson, Windermere; Allie Howard, Redfin; Peder Nielsen, Home Realty; Klaus Gosma, Redfin; Anthony Pagones, Windermere; Chad Pluid, Redfin; Debbie Lee, Matrix Real Estate; and Michael Ravenscroft, Windermere.

Homestead, Wells Fargo

Homestead Community Land Trust received $200,000 from Wells Fargo in the form of an “equity equivalent investment” loan. Homestead provides affordable housing in King County by offering what it says is a low-risk path to homeownership. Wells Fargo gave Homestead a $150,000 grant last year. Homestead uses the money to buy, rehab and sell distressed and bank-owned properties.

NAIOP social media program

NAIOP's 7:30 a.m. July 18 breakfast program at Sheraton Seattle will look at the effects of social media on commercial real estate. Natalie Price of Frause will moderate a discussion by Brandon Weber of CBRE, Rob Gubas of Colliers International, and Emi McKittrick, former marketing director of Harbor Urban. Register at naiopwa.org.

ULI Young Leaders

Urban Land Institute Northwest will hold its annual Young Leaders Group regional conference July 27-28 in Seattle. Alan Ehrenhalt, author of “The Great Inversion,” is the keynote speaker. There will be project and neighborhood tours, and networking events. Register at northwest.uli.org or by calling 1 (800) 321-5011.