Mar 01, 1996

KeyBank of Washington

Terry A. Peterson has been named Eastside commercial banking center team leader for KeyBank of Washington. Previously, Peterson was senior vice president and manager of the Metropolitan Commercial Banking Region based in Seattle.

Washington Natural Gas

Charles R. Brown has been promoted to legislative counsel for Washington Natural Gas. He will serve as the company's liaison to state legislators and administrative officials. Previously, he served as state government relations representative, a position he had held since joining Washington Natural Gas in 1992.

Dain Bosworth Inc.

James Kerr, senior vice president and regional manager of brokerage and investment banking firm Dain Bosworth Inc.'s private client offices in Washington and Montana, has been given additional responsibility for overseeing the firm's investment executives and support staff throughout Oregon. Following the expansion of Kerr's responsibilities, the firm has hired Richard Pruner to serve as managing director of the Seattle private client office, replacing Kerr. Pruner has more than 26 years of experience in the securities industry. He had been a branch manager at Prudential Securities for nine years, most recently as manager of the firm's office in Walnut Creek, Calif. Before that, he managed offices in Portland, Ore.; Oakland, Calif.; and Carmel, Calif.

Alpha Phi Alpha Convention

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., a national predominantly African-American Greek letter fraternity, will hold its 48th Western Regional Convention in Seattle from March 21 though March 24. San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr. will deliver the keynote address of the Convention at the Fraternal Luncheon on Saturday, March 23 at the Doubletrees Suites, 16500 Southcenter Parkway, site of the convention. Brown and Milton C. Davis, general president of Alpha Phi Alpha, head a list of speakers who include Bro. Charles C. Teamer Sr., general president of Alpha Phi Alpha; Bro. Thomas D. Pawley III, chairman of the fraternity's Historical Commission; Bro. Kobi Little, chief executive officer of Harambee Management, an African based management and consulting firm; and Washington State Supreme Court Justice Bro. Charles Z. Smith who will moderate a law seminar on risk and liability. Listed among the convention's activities are a Collegiate Scholars Bowl, a community service project at Renton High School, the Miss Black and Gold Pageant, and the College Brothers Step Show.

ARIS Corporation

ARIS Corporation, an information systems consulting, training, and product development company based in Bellevue and Seattle, has been selected by SAP, a software vendor, as a regional implementation partner. As an SAP regional implementation partner, ARIS offers R/3 consulting services. Its team of SAP consulting and training professionals provide requirements analysis and project definition; project management, business process optimization; change management and facilitation, technical architecture and database design, configuration and implementation, ABAP/4 & Basis programming, and user training.

State of Alaska

Governor Tony Knowles has appointed Virginia Fay and Peg Tileston to the Oil and Gas Policy Council, a 16 member council created by Knowles last year to study issues and options available to industry and the state affecting oil and gas policies in Alaska. Fay is a natural resource economist with Eco-Systems, a Juneau-based company with expertise in resource development, public finance, fisheries, and oil spill prevention and response. Fay has over 17 years of professional involvement in natural resource issues in Alaska. This includes work as legislative analyst for the Senate Committee on Oil and Gas. Fay has also worked as an economist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. Tileston is president of Tileston and Associates, a research and information retrieval business. She is a board member of Alaska Common Ground, the Alaska Conservation Foundation and the Alaska Center for the Environment and has served 15 years on Alaska Water Resources Board and 10 years on the Chugach Electric Association Board.

Firmani and Associates

Firmani and Associates, a communications firm based in Seattle, has won a Totem Award at the 1996 annual awards banquet of the Puget Sound chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The Totem Award for best news writing/media relations was attributed to Firmani and Associates for a project developed for Harris & Hull, a law firm of Seattle.

Feb 23, 1996

CB Commercial

Betsy Sutherland is the new vice president and northwest regional manager of the property management division of CB Commercial, covering Washington, Oregon and Alaska. She will oversee a staff of 35. Sutherland has over 14 years of property management and leasing experience.

Matricardi named to industry posts

Phillip Jay Matricardi, a real estate agent with the Capitol Hill office of Coldwell Banker Bain Associates, has been named to two positions with real estate industry trade groups. He has been named chairman of the Communications Committee of the Seattle King County Association of Realtors (SKCAR) and was named SKCAR's liaison to a joint publications task force involving three industry groups: The Northwest Multiple Listing Association (formerly the Puget Sound Multiple Listing Association), The Snohomish County Board of Realtors and the Mason County Board of Realtors.

Dally Homes receives Grand Award

Oxford Park, a townhouse neighborhood in Issaquah built by Seattle-based Dally Homes, received the "Grand Award" in the Best in American Living Awards (BALA) at the National Association of Home Builders' annual convention. Located in Issaquah's Klahanie community, Oxford Park was chosen the top single family, attached home development of between eight and 15 units per acre. Bill Kreager of Mithun Partners, Inc., architects/land planners, and Markie Nelson of Markie Nelson Interiors, also worked on Oxford. Dally Homes is currently building three condominium projects in the area including Fairweather Point in Lake Stevens, Windsong Arbor in Kent and Pacific Palisades on North Lake Union.

Governmental Affairs Director appointed

The Tacoma-Pierce County Association of Realtors has appointed Mark Kahley as Governmental Affairs Director. He is responsible for policy development and advocacy of issues.

Home buying seminars

Free homebuyers education seminars will be hosted by Metropolitan Savings in February and March. The seminars will provide information on how to determine monthly mortgage payments, how to shop for a home, loan programs and downpayment assistance programs which are available for first time and low-income borrowers. Seminars will be held Feb. 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Savings, 229 Main Street, Edmonds, (672-6701); Mar. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Savings, 6428 California Ave. S.W., Seattle, (938-1242); Mar. 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and Mar. 19 and 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Crown Hill Branch, 8318 15th Ave. N.W., Seattle, (784-7749).

Windermere

Laurie Carlson has joined the Wall Street office with nearly three years experience in real estate. Kaz Blykowski has joined the Windermere-Redmond office as a sales associate. Windermere's Builder Services office has added Michelle Walden, Kristen Tenny, and Sarah LeSourd as sales assocites. April Huard has joined the Renton office with one year of real estate experence. The Bellevue office has added Joni Wilde.