Published February
2002
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Conrad Lee, a
businessman, engineer and community leader, has been appointed Regional
Administrator in Region X to oversee the U.S. Small Business Administration’s
programs and services in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.
Katie Olsen
has been promoted to Lead Dental Assistant at the Cosmetic Dental Center
of Amy Norman DDS. Her primary responsibility is ensuring client comfort.
Sandy McAdams,
owner of Sandy’s Design and Remodeling in Bellevue, has been elected
2002 President of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish
Counties. Joining her on the MBA board are Todd Bennett, President
of Bennett Cos. LLC; Peter Orser of Quadrant Homes; and Bonnie
Miller of Puget Sound Energy. In honor of McAdams’ election, MBA has
founded Women Building Hope, a charitable group that will begin its first
renovation project: a transitional housing facility for women and children
in Maple Valley. The group also hopes to offer mentoring opportunities
and scholarships to women in the construction industry.
The American Institute
of Architects Washington Council recently named Sparling CEO James
R. Duncan an Honorary Affiliate Member, the highest honor the council
can bestow on someone outside the profession of architecture.
Cascade Rehabilitation
Associates has a number of staff changes and news: Stephanie Kiel has
joined Cascade’s Smokey Point clinic. She specializes in hand and upper
extremity injuries, custom splinting, post-surgical treatment, traumatic
hand injuries and ergonomic evaluations. Rebecca Rainwater has
transferred from Cascade’s Smokey Point location to the Silver Lake clinic.
She specializes in the treatment of hand and elbow injuries and prevention
of repetitive strain injuries. Laurie Walters of Cascade’s Smokey
Point clinic has received her national Hand Therapy Certification, and
John Zanas of Cascade’s Harbour Pointe clinic was the medical liaison
providing injury-screening support for Georgia Tech during the Seattle
Bowl held in Seattle on Dec. 27.
Rita Chewbowski
has joined Summit Rehabilitation’s Marysville clinic. She treats primarily
general orthopedic injuries and dysfunctions and also has experience treating
patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Huntington’s disease.
Lynda S. Nelson
has been appointed Vice President and Residential Lending Manager for
Cascade Bank’s mortgage division.
Snohomish County
PUD Commissioner Donald Berkey recently was elected to serve as
Secretary/Treasurer of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association.
His term will run through 2002. Also, the PUD Board of Commissioners elected
its new slate of officers for 2002. The one-year officer positions are:
Berkey, serving his first six-year term, President; Kathleen Vaughn,
serving her second six-year term, Vice President; and Cynthia First,
serving her first six-year term, Secretary.
Dennis Carlin,
a Commercial Loan Officer for Horizon Bank, has been promoted to Vice
President at the bank’s Everett office. Carlin has been with Horizon since
1999. Paolo Coppa is the new Office Manager for Horizon’s Everett
office. Formerly with US Bank, Coppa has branch management experience
as well as 11 years of experience in the hospitality industry.
Snohomish County
Councilmen Gary Nelson and Kirke Sievers were among officials
to receive recognition as part of the National Association of Home Builders
2001 State & Local Government Affairs Recognition Awards for the Western
Region. Nelson was named a “Local Official of the Year,” and Sievers was
named a “Local Smart Growth Official of the Year.”
Arlington-based HCI
Steel Building Systems recently appointed Manuel Katotakis to be
Sales Representative for Southern California, Phoenix, Arizona and Las
Vegas.
Kimberly Hilden,
Assistant Editor of the Herald Business Journal, has been chosen as
the Small Business Administration’s regional Small Business Journalist
of the Year for Western Washington. The award, for her articles about
SBA programs for small business and articles on small business finances
in the Herald Business Journal, will be presented at the SBA’s April 18
award program at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle.
Delfino Hernandez,
Roy Torrey and Dennis Thomas have joined Windermere Real Estate’s
Mill Creek office as sales associates. Jennifer Baxter has joined
Windermere’s Marysville office as a sales associate, and Bill Callahan
has joined Windermere’s Mukilteo office as a sales associate.
J. Lennox Scott,
President of John L. Scott Real Estate, recently was appointed to the
Executive Committee for the National Association of Realtors by NAR President
Martin Edwards. His appointment, which became active Jan. 1, is for one
year.
Derryl Willis
has joined HomeStreet Bank as Vice President and Regional Banking Manager
for the north Puget Sound area. He will oversee business development and
operations of the nine branches in the region, which includes Marysville,
Mountlake Terrace, Seattle and the Eastside.
Cyndi Wolf has
been promoted to Assistant Vice President of the Commercial Loan Department
at Frontier Bank’s main office. Karen Stitz has been promoted to
Vice President of Central Lending at Frontier.
Dr. Samuel Armstrong,
an internal medicine physician at The Everett Clinic, was recently recognized
by Premera Health Plan/Health Plus for successfully screening 100 percent
of all eligible women in his practice with a mammogram.
Tom Lamoureux
has joined the Lynnwood office of Countrywide Home Loans Inc. as a home
loan consultant.
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