Aug 22, 2014

Friends of Youth

Friends of Youth said it has two returning board members: Ellen Boyer and William Savoy. Boyer is CFO of Seattle-based business and technology consulting firm Logic20/20. Savoy is the former president of Vulcan, Inc. Friends of Youth provides therapeutic services for youth and their families to improve their emotional stability and self-sufficiency. It has 22 program sites and services in 18 cities.

WorkForce Central

WorkForce Central in Tacoma announced two appointments to the Tacoma-Pierce County Workforce Development Council, one of 12 workforce development boards in Washington. New members are Mary Matusiak, Vocational Rehabilitation Supervisor with the state Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Kendrick Stewart, Region 3 administrator of Department of Department of Social and Health Services.

Port of Astoria

ASTORIA — The Port of Astoria has named an executive from Washington state as its fifth leader in less than three years. The Daily Astorian reports Jim Knight has been director of the Port of Olympia marine terminal since July 2013. Knight was chosen Tuesday to succeed Hank Bynaker, who resigned Sept. 11 after 14 months as the port's last hired executive director.

Aug 21, 2014

Lane Powell

Lindquist

Horowitz

Lewis M. Horowitz, Lane Powell president, and Malcolm Lindquist, co-chair of the Financial Institutions Industry Team, have been selected as Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, an honorary organization of lawyers, judges and legal scholars who have demonstrated dedication to their communities and the legal profession. Members are nominated by Fellows in their jurisdiction and elected by the board of the foundation.

Banner Bank

Banner Bank has hired Tom MacArthur to join the real estate lending team focused on the Edmonds area as a residential loan officer. He has 18 years in residential and banking lending.

Bray joins Colliers' Bellevue office

Bray

Colliers International added Kevin Bray as an associate in the company's Bellevue office. Bray last worked at Marcus & Millichap. He will focus on industrial and office deals with Colliers. Colliers has 15,800 employees in 485 offices in 63 countries. Locally, Colliers has added 10 brokers in the last 16 months. Colliers has more than 80 employees between its Bellevue and Seattle offices.

CREW lunch Sept. 11

Commercial Real Estate Women Seattle and Sound's September lunch meeting will focus on influential women in northwest real estate development. The lunch is at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave. Lori Hill, managing director of capital markets at Jones Lang LaSalle will moderate the panel discussion. The panelists are: A-P Hurd, vice president at Touchstone Corp.; Lori Mason Curran, real estate investment strategy director at Vulcan Real Estate; and Pam Hirsch, senior investment director at Schnitzer West. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1qqFqmu

ULI offering Sustainable Leadership course

Urban Land Institute Northwest is taking applications for its 2014-2015 Center for Sustainable Leadership course. During the eight-month course, ULI will bring in industry experts, local executives, and national thought leaders to work with students on solving the Puget Sound region's most pressing issues. The deadline to apply is Sept. 5. For more information, or to apply, visit: http://on.uli.org/1pLs6wS

Dow Hotel to manage Philadelphia DoubleTree

The Dow Hotel Co., which is based in Seattle, said it will manage the Philadelphia-Valley Forge DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. Dow Hotel will oversee a $1 million renovation of the hotel's lobby and meeting space. The exterior will get new roof line accents, trim detail, updated colors and LED lighting. Renovations will be done in September. The 327-room hotel has a gym, swimming pool, bistro pub and adjacent lounge. Dow Hotel was founded in 1997 and owns or operates 11 hotels throughout the United States.