People Watching

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The newly formed Mountlake Terrace Business Association, an organization dedicated to growing the local business community, has elected Marilla Sargent to its board of directors. Sargent is the banking manager of HomeStreet Bank’s Mountlake Terrace branch.

Tiffany McVeety has left the Northwest Washington Women’s Business Center to take a position as a business banker with Shoreline Bank. Taking over as the center director is Rebecca Villareal. She comes to the job through the NWWBC’s sponsoring organization, Community Capital Development, where she worked as a loan officer and a business assistance officer.

EDUCATION
Lois (Rocki) Adrian-Hollier has been named chair for the School of Information Technology at ITT Technical Institute’s Everett campus. Adrian-Hollier has been involved in many facets of the computer industry during and after her 20-year career in the U.S. Air Force. She has a master’s degree in computer systems and joined ITT Tech as a part-time faculty member in 2004, with a promotion to full-time faculty within a year. Gary Willhight has been named chair for the School of Business and Technical Project Management Technology at ITT Technical Institute’s Everett campus. His professional experience includes business management, communications systems and teaching. For 17 years, Willhight worked as a communications systems maintenance chief in the U.S. Army, and he holds a master’s degree in computer systems from City University.

ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL
Erin Martindale has joined Perteet Inc. as an environmental planner specializing in community planning. Martindale comes to Perteet from the city of Mukilteo, where she was an associate planner for nearly a year. Wetland and watershed ecology specialist Chris Berger has joined Perteet as a senior ecologist. Berger comes to Perteet from Snohomish County, where he worked as a senior environmental planner in the Public Works Department for two years, and before that worked in the county’s Planning Department for five years. Transportation planner Michael Ray has joined Perteet as a senior project manager specializing in corridor planning. Previously, Ray spent 12 years working for the Oregon Department of Transportation as a senior transportation planner. Scott White has joined Perteet at its Everett headquarters as the environmental services manager, specializing in environmental assessments, natural resources management and permitting. White comes to Perteet from the Snohomish County Public Works Department, where he was a principal planner and the natural resources lead for the department.

Thomas Lindberg has joined the Everett office of Murray, Smith & Associates Inc., Engineers/Planners. Lindberg, previously president of Flowater Engineering, received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University in 1986 and spent 16 years with RH2 Engineering, where he most recently directed the comprehensive planning and analysis group.

FINANCIAL
Jerry Holman has joined Skagit State Bank’s business banking team, serving the bank’s customers in the capacity of vice president and commercial lending officer at its Arlington and Stanwood branches. Holman has served consumer lending needs for nearly 20 years in the Snohomish, Skagit and Island county areas.

Everett-based Cascade Bank chief executive Carol Nelson has been named to the board of directors for the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Board. The appointment is a three-year term to the regional board, which helps form the government’s monetary policy. Lynn Eerkes has joined Cascade Bank as a vice president and business banker. Eerkes, who is working at the bank’s Marysville branch on State Avenue, has more than 20 years of banking experience, including 15 years in business banking. Annie McCall has been promoted to assistant vice president at Cascade Bank. McCall is marketing services manager of the marketing department at the corporate headquarters in downtown Everett. She joined Cascade Bank in 1993.

Tom Cave has been promoted to senior vice president at Frontier Bank’s real estate department. He has more than 31 years of experience in the banking industry and has been with Frontier for 27 years. Katie Kiyonaga has been promoted to senior vice president at Frontier Bank, serving as the office manager for the bank’s project management department. She has 18 years of banking experience, with the last two at Frontier. Mark Dickey has been promoted to vice president and manager of Frontier Bank’s credit review department. He has been with the bank for nine years and has spent 27 years in the banking industry. Phyllis Prather has been promoted to loan support officer II at the downtown Everett office of Frontier Bank. She joined Frontier three years ago after 18 years in the mortgage banking industry. Also, Sailesh Kumar has been promoted to commercial loan officer at the Lynnwood office of Frontier Bank.

Walter McLaughlin, senior vice president at First Heritage Bank, has been promoted to chief credit officer, overseeing the bank’s lending functions previously performed by Bob Bryce, First Heritage’s retired chief executive. McLaughlin has managed First Heritage’s SBA Lending Department since 1990.

Scott Boggs recently was elected to HomeStreet Bank’s board of directors. Boggs is an adjunct professor in the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University, where he teaches accounting and information management. Prior to joining Seattle University, Boggs was vice president/corporate controller for Microsoft Corp.

Ken Keach of KeyBank in Everett has been named to head the bank’s Small Business Administration lending program in portions of Washington state. Keach will serve an area from Edmonds to Bellingham, plus the parts of central Washington served by the bank.

Moss Adams LLP recently promoted the following team members at its Everett office: Ryan Blume, to senior manager; Rebecca McCarthy, to senior manager; Aliina Anton-Erik, to manager; and David Romano, to manager.

FOOD SERVICES
Clifton Lyles has been named executive chef for Celebrations Catering Services of King and Snohomish counties. He is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy of San Francisco and has worked as an executive chef for 11 years in California and Washington.

Sharon Burlison has been named operations manager for Dream Dinners’ new flagship location, the Clock Tower at Town Center, in Mill Creek (click here for related article). Burlison, active in the Snohomish and Mill Creek communities, formerly owned and operated the Snoho Mojo espresso stand.

GOVERNMENT
Carolyn Diepenbrock has been appointed the new Snohomish County auditor, succeeding Bob Terwilliger, who left the office to become the county’s Superior Court administrator. She is the first female auditor in the county’s history. Diepenbrock, who became the county’s election manager for the Auditor’s Office in 2003, has worked for Snohomish County government since 1990. Tom Teigen has been appointed the new Snohomish County Parks and Recreation Department director. Teigen, who has more than 24 years of experience in the fields of parks and recreation and business development, formerly was section manager of business plan and implementation for King County Parks. Mark Thunberg has been appointed director of the Snohomish County Facilities Management Department. Thunberg joins Snohomish County following four years as the national facilities director for Safeco Insurance, where he managed operations and maintenance for owned and leased properties nationally.

HEALTH CARE
Dr. Gary Goldbaum has been selected to lead the Snohomish Health District, the county’s local public health agency. Goldbaum will succeed Dr. M. Ward Hinds, who will retire on Feb. 28 after more than 20 years of service to the community as health officer. Goldbaum has been associated with Public Health—Seattle & King County since 1989, with recent positions including chronic disease and injury control officer and senior epidemiologist and director of HIV epidemiology.

INSURANCE
Paul Huber has been named the new claim field director for Allstate Insurance Co.’s Northwest region, which is headquartered in Bothell. Huber has worked in Allstate’s claims organization for more than 20 years.

NONPROFITS
Kay Ashenfelter has joined the staff of the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross as director of development. She is a graduate of Central Michigan University and has worked in the nonprofit sector in Michigan for the past 10 years. Chuck Morrison, executive director of the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross, and Clare Waite, the chapter’s community services administrator, are among eight finalists from chapters across the country nominated for the Red Cross national employee excellence award.

JJ Frank, director of the YMCA of Snohomish County Minority Achievers Program, has been selected to participate in the YMCA of the USA Multicultural Executive Development Program.