Published July 2001
People
Watching
Providence names
new chief executive
Providence Everett Medical Center has tapped Cleveland executive Gail
Larson to lead the hospital and its affiliated health-care organizations
in Snohomish County.
Larson, 59, is a
Seattle native and University of Washington graduate. She begins her duties
Aug. 1. She is the fourth person to hold the chief executive post since
the 1994 merger of Everett’s two hospitals.
She heads Rainbow
Babies and Children’s Hospital, a 226-bed facility, and University MacDonald
Women’s Hospital, a 104-bed hospital. Both are associated with University
Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University.
She has worked for
the organization since 1988.
Larson was picked
from a pool of about 100 applicants following the January announcement
by former chief executive Ray Crerand that he was retiring in March.
Crerand took the
helm of Everett’s hospital in 1997, three rocky years after the merger
of the city’s two formerly independent hospitals. In the first three years
after the merger, two chief executives were named and later resigned.
“I’d like to offer
some stability in the leadership,” Larson said.
United Way honors
volunteers, community leaders
Awards to local “community builders” were presented by United Way of Snohomish
County at its fifth annual “Spirit of Snohomish County” breakfast at the
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel last month. Four of the nine awards presented
for outstanding leadership and community involvement included:
- Caring Company
of the Year: Bank of America.
- Spirit of Labor:
Laura Wentworth, Chair of the Snohomish County Labor Council’s
Community Services Committee and a board member with United Way.
- Reeves/Sievers
Award: Roy Yates, known for his 31 years of community service
with the YMCA, Everett School Board, Boys and Girls Club, Everett Community
College Board, Camp Fire Boys and Girls and United Way of Snohomish
County.
- Community Impact
Award: Mike Hatch, who retired three years ago after working
for more than 30 years as Director of Work Opportunities. He is on the
board of ARC, serves with the Developmental Disabilities Council and
is a longtime supporter of Special Olympics.
Also, five “Women
Leading the Way” honors were presented:
- Philanthropy:
Nancy Kniest, for her leadership positions in Zonta, the Children’s
Association, Everett School District Foundation, Campfire Boys and Girls,
and Housing Hope.
- Leadership: Jackie
Minor, recognizing 35 years of community leadership and volunteerism,
including involvement with United Way, the Everett YMCA, Central Washington
University and the Board of Directors of GTE Northwest.
- Volunteering:
Doris Wentworth, who helped the Snohomish School District create
a suicide prevention group at Snohomish High School and served on the
Conference Committee for the Juvenile Court’s Diversion Unit for 23
years. She has been a member of the Snohomish Community Kitchen board
for the past 10 years and volunteers at the women’s shelter in Everett.
- Youth: Lillian
Walters, for serving on the YMCA’s Southeast Branch Board of Directors,
being active in its teen Connection program designed to help new students
feel safe and connected; running a peer mediation program and tutoring
other students.
- The Helen R.
Kendall Award: Colleen Wilson, Monroe Police Chief, was chosen
for her spirit of giving and outstanding leadership in her community.
More People Watching:
Everett resident Joni Earl has been named Executive Director of
Sound Transit. The agency’s board of directors last month voted unanimously
to make Earl head of the agency. She has held the post as acting executive
director since January, when Bob White resigned. Earl previously
served as Snohomish County Deputy Executive under Executive Bob Drewel.
Steven Sterner
has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of EvergreenBank’s Lynnwood
branch. Sterner, who worked at the Lynnwood branch for five years until
1999, will focus on building commercial relationships and cultivating
community involvement.
Susan Millan
has joined Everett-based Shockey Brent Inc. as a planner.
The Snohomish County
Tourism Bureau has expanded the duties of Rachael Park and Miranda
Prescott. Park is the new Information and Events Manager and will
provide free assistance to groups traveling to the county and to couples
planning weddings. She also will provide customer service workshops for
front-line employees in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.
Prescott is the new Information and Community Tourism Manager. She’ll
help small communities forge small-scale tourism projects. Both will continue
to manage the county’s four visitor information centers.
Dr. Peter Rolfe
has joined Snohomish-based Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital, and Dr.
Brandi Scharmer will join the center this month.
Rich Munoz
has been named Corporate Controller of EverTrust Financial Group and its
subsidiaries. His responsibilities will include directing the overall
accounting activities of the holding company and its affiliates and overseeing
the management and regulatory reporting function.
SkeleTech Inc., a
Bothell-based company that provides therapeutically focused research services
in bone and central nervous system biologies, has added Jack Polidoro
to its executive team as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Paul G. Zane
has joined Windermere Real Estate’s Mukilteo office as an associate broker,
and Kristine Nicholls has joined Windermere’s Monroe office as
a sales associate. Kevin Kuhlman has joined Windermere’s Mill Creek
office as a sales associate.
Diane Dempcy
has joined the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties
as Director of the Master Builders Care Foundation. Allison Betz
has joined the association as its Public Affairs Director.
Sally Cox
has joined Perteet Engineering of Everett as a Proposal Manager.
Sharon Davis
has joined Cascade Bank as Branch Manager and Vice President of the bank’s
downtown Everett office. Davis, a Stanwood resident, has 24 years of experience
in consumer banking.
Everett native Dr.
Jon Tiessen has joined Northwest Foot Clinic of Mount Vernon and Island
Foot and Ankle Care, which has offices in Anacortes, Oak Harbor and the
San Juan Islands.
James Goldsmith,
Rowena Carrasca and Rosa Veilleux of Bank of America Small
Business Banking recently received the Girl Scouts’ Totem Sculpture Award,
which is given to an individual community member or organization for meritorious
service of lasting value to all girls of Girl Scouts — Totem Council.
The three helped develop and implement a new troop banking system at Bank
of America.
Erika Seims,
Relocation Coordinator for John L. Scott Real Estate in Lynnwood, recently
was awarded the RELO Certified Coordinator designation. The RCC designation
is given through a RELO certification program and is presented to individuals
who have met certain educational requirements for handling the duties
of a relocation coordinator.
David Sato
has been promoted to Assistant Vice President, and Heather Wood
has been named a New Accounts Officer at the Marysville office of Frontier
Bank.
Vivian Barton
is the new Director at Children’s World Learning Center, 12812 Third Ave.
SE, Everett.
Peggy Pisac, Regional
Business Manager for the Department of Corrections in Monroe, received
the 2001 Governor’s Distinguished Management Leadership Award.
Dave Compton,
an environmental health specialist, and Judy Silk, a public-health
nurse, recently were honored for 25 years of service with Snohomish Health
District.
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