Published December
2000
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EverTrust Financial
Group Inc. has hired Bellinda Oosterwyk as its new marketing manager
and Ben Day as a market research analyst. Oosterwyk will be responsible
for customer communications and marketing action plans. Day will coordinate
the development, interpretation and application of customer information
for strategic initiatives and work with database marketing capabilities.
John Hinson, Chief
Operating Officer of Quinton Instrument Co., has been named president.
Board Chairman Ruediger Naumann-Etienne will assume the additional
role of Chief Executive Officer. They assume duties held by Michael
Blomeyer, who recently resigned. Quinton makes equipment to diagnose
and treat heart disease.
The Everett Area
Chamber of Commerce recently chose Carol Bradford to be its new
vice president. She replaces Jean Hales, who left in August to
start her own business. Bradford will oversee the staff and the budget.
Bradford, who lives in Everett, previously served as manager of the University
of Phoenix Bellevue campus. She has a master’s degree in organizational
development and a bachelor’s degree in criminology.
Gordon Kruckeberg
has joined VisualGraphics, a graphics design firm in Mukilteo, as an account
representative. He will be involved in establishing and maintaining new
accounts.
The National Council
for Staff, Program and Organizational Development recently awarded Edmonds
Community College President Jack Oharah the Glenn Schmitz Award
for his work in bringing professional development opportunities to community
college staff and faculty.
New officers have
been chosen for the Snohomish County Tourism Bureau Board of Directors.
They are: Chair, Barbara Tolbert, Executive Director of the NWEAA
Fly In, Arlington; Chair-elect, John Wilkins, Director of the Olympic
Ballet Theatre, Edmonds; Treasurer, Bob Keller, General Manager
of the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Everett; Secretary, Darci
Engen, General Manager of Stonebrook Inn & Suites, Mukilteo; and Past
Chair, Georgia Borg Leon, General Manager of Residence Inn by Marriott,
Lynnwood.
Diane Martin
has joined the Herald Business Journal as an account executive. She will
be responsible for advertising sales. Martin, a Marysville resident for
the past 10 years, previously worked as the collection administrator for
Overall Laundry. She has 10 years’ experience in collections and banking.
Vernon E. Ashbrenner
has joined the Commercial Bank of Everett as a commercial loan officer
and will be responsible for developing a commercial loan portfolio in
Snohomish County.
Dr. Michael B.
Stewart has joined Bothell-based biotech company ICOS Corp. as Vice
President of Clinical Affairs. Stewart most recently was Vice President
of Immunology, Inflammation, Pulmonary and Dermatology at Bristol-Myers
Squibb.
Robert W. Jennings
has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Pacific
Northwest Bancorp. He will be responsible for overseeing the 18 InterWest
Bank branches.
Marc Rasmussen
has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Eastern Regional Manager
for Pacific Northwest Bancorp.
Charlie Cruikshank
has been selected to lead Skotdal Real Estate’s commercial leasing activities.
Windermere Real Estate
recently added 20 new associates to its Snohomish County offices. At the
Mukilteo office, Pat Kauffman, Siggy Kuhr, Steve Kish, Doug de los
Angeles, Valerie J. Johnson are new sales associates, and Lori
Harrison has been hired as a licensed assistant. The Monroe office
has added sales associates Tabitha Resch, Gary Kerr, Lisa Ferne, Greg
James Ficker and Ron Geddes, and the Lake Stevens office has
added sales associate Lisa Davis. The Mill Creek office has added
sales associates Josette Goarin, Connie LaClair and Jennifer
Carr. Luisa C. Cook and Sally Tritt-Collins have joined the
Arlington office, and Jaynie Fitzgerald, Renee Graham and Brian
Anthony Stambuk have joined the Lynnwood office as sales associates.
Elsie Covey of
Snohomish will be an alternate delegate to the annual meeting of the American
Angus Association.
Rhea Wallace
has been named new account manager for Washington Manufacturing Services
in Mukilteo.
Janet Roundy
is an escrow closer with Stewart Title of Snohomish County in Lynnwood.
Jim Morris has
been elected to the national board of directors of Junior Achievement
Inc. He is Executive Vice President of Supplier Management for Boeing
Commercial Airplanes Group.
James T. Johnson
of Everett was recognized by the Washington State Bar Association
for 50 years of practicing law.
Karen Vernon
of Edmonds received a national Business and Professional Women Career
Advancement Scholarship from the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation.
Kathryn Hopkins
recently was named manager of Everett Mutual Bank’s Monroe office, and
Cheryl Bosh was named manager of the North Creek branch.
Doug Davidson
is Cascade Bank’s newest business banker and will work out of Cascade’s
Mount Vernon branch.
Mike Petty
is the new manager of Frontier Bank’s Edmonds office. He replaces Josephine
Lloyd, who recently retired.
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