Feb 21, 2013

CBRE

Okerlund

Commercial real estate firm CBRE hired Paul Okerlund as director of the Seattle project management team. Okerlund has more than 25 years of experience in leading teams and managing projects. Okerlund worked at Howard S. Wright Cos. for the last 19 years in various roles.

Kidder Mathews

Newton

Michael Newton has joined Kidder Mathews' South Seattle office and will specialize in industrial leasing and sales. Newton has been a broker for 23 years, and he last served as an industrial specialist and principal with NAI Puget Sound Properties. Kidder Mathews has more than 200 brokers in nine offices in Washington, Oregon and California.

Keller Williams Realty

Wang

Dominguez

The Bellevue office of Keller Williams Realty hired three new agents. Andrew Choi, Edgar Dominguez and Joy Wang are all entering the residential real estate industry for the first time. Keller Williams is based in Austin, Texas, and has more than 700 offices and 78,000 associates in the U.S. and Canada.

City of Kirkland

The city of Kirkland will hold a meeting about an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to tenants just because they are using Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. The informational meeting will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 in Kirkland City Hall, 123 Fifth Ave. The Kirkland City Council will discuss the ordinance March 19. More information is at http://bit.ly/WUJ3H4

Bellevue Downtown Association

Representatives from the Bellevue Collection will discuss the group's marketing strategy at the Bellevue Downtown Association's monthly breakfast Feb. 26 at the Harbor Club, 777 108th Ave. N.E. Kris Allan, vice president of leasing and development for Kemper Development Co., and Jennifer Leavitt, vice president of marketing for the Bellevue Collection, are the speakers. The event is $30 for BDA members and $40 for nonmembers. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1322hhh

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Richland-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory named Kevin Ensign director of internal audit. Ensign joined PNNL in 2007 as prime contract manager. He later was PNNL's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act lead and most recently was manager of the business development and analysis department.

Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance

The Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance hired Melanie Jordan as executive director. Jordan, president of Aviation Liaison Services, is also a pilot and aviation enthusiast, and has been a Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance board member since 2007. The alliance is a nonprofit dedicated to keeping the aerospace industry competitive.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co. said it will give $200,000 in grants to Washington organizations and programs that support workforce development and job creation. The grants go to: Seattle FareStart, $100,000; Seattle Goodwill, $50,000; Tacoma Goodwill, $25,000 and Yakima, EnTrust Community Services, $25,000.