Published January 2002

People Watching

Hales moves from interim
to permanent head of chamber
Former Everett Chamber of Commerce Vice President Jean Hales is the new President and Chief Executive of the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce.

Hales was named to the post Dec. 4. She’d been filling the job on an interim basis since July.

Hales has the experience to “lead this organization to its next level,” said Jeff Coate, the south county chamber’s Chairman. In particular, he cited her experience in program development.

Hales is “well-grounded in the community and will provide a strategic focus for the organization,” said Deborah Knutson, President of the Snohomish County Economic Development Council. “I look forward to our working closely together.”

Hales is a member of the council’s board of directors. She also is on the Lynnwood City Center project’s oversight committee, the Lynnwood Tourism Advisory Committee and the board of Leadership Snohomish County.

She replaces Sheryl McGrath, who left the south county chamber after a year-and-a-half for a job with a Lutheran social services agency in Spokane.

— Bryan Corliss

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John Klekotka of the Port of Everett has been promoted to Director of Engineering and Planning. He will be responsible for all construction, maintenance and planning activities at the port.

Jeff Decker of D.A. Davidson & Co. of Everett has been honored with appointment to the company’s Master’s Club.

Graham Haight of Mukilteo has been appointed Vice President and Residential District Manager for Pacific Northwest Bancorp.

Everett Community College journalism instructor John Merton “Mert” Marrs was part of a Peninsula Daily News team that received the 2001 C.B. Blethen Award recently for distinguished deadline reporting. The award was presented for the weeklong coverage of the shooting of Deputy Wally Davis in Port Angeles in the summer of 2000. Marrs worked part-time at the Peninsula Daily News that summer and was acting city editor when the shooting occurred.

Joining Bothell-based Integrex, an advanced electronics manufacturing company, are Mark Johnson as Vice President of Operations and Bruce Miller as Director of Materials and Logistics. Johnson is from Flextronics International, and Miller is from Manufacturing Services Limited (MSL). Integrex Chief Executive Officer Ted Volberding said the hiring of two experienced manufacturing executives should help the company reduce the time it takes to move products from concept to volume production.

Real estate agents Mark Anderson and Ray Crabb have joined John L. Scott’s newest office in Everett, located at 10820 Evergreen Way. Anderson, with more than 10 years of real estate experience, was formerly associated with Coldwell Banker Bain’s Lake Union office. Crabb has worked in real estate for more than 13 years.

Real estate agents Daniel Sessoms and Ken Doan have joined John L. Scott’s Lynnwood office.

Evergreen Manor, a provider of drug and alcohol treatment, has appointed Linda Grant to be Executive Director. Grant, formerly the Director of Program Development at Pioneer Human Services, has more than 25 years of leadership experience in chemical-dependency treatment services.

Edmonds resident Margaret Benson recently was named Director of Operations for Overlake Hospital’s Auxiliaries & Foundation in Bellevue. Benson previously worked at Event & Marketing Associates Inc. of Bothell, where she served as Operations Manager since 1995.

HomeStreet Bank has reorganized its senior executive team. Effective this month, Richard S. Swanson, Chairman and CEO of HomeStreet Bank since 1990, has transferred CEO responsibilities to Bruce W. Williams, formerly President and COO. Former Bank of America executive Joan Enticknap has become President and COO. Swanson will remain Chairman of the bank board, and Williams will remain Chairman of the board of the holding company, HomeStreet Inc.

Judy Landgraf has been promoted to Assistant Vice President and Marketing Officer at Frontier Bank. She will be responsible for the southern region of the bank’s service territory, monitoring its senior program, special projects, open houses for new offices and other duties. Dave Dorsey has joined Frontier Bank as a Senior Vice President in the secondary market division of its real estate loan center. Dorsey has been in banking for 22 years in Everett.

Susan Marsidi of Susan Marsidi Photography in Everett has earned certification from the Professional Photographers of America after meeting the association’s requirements for artistic, technical, ethical and business competence.

Lauri Kram has joined Edmonds Community College as its new Director of Learning Resources. Kram most recently was head of Reference and Instructional Services at the Young Research Library, part of the University of California, Los Angeles, library system. She also worked as a librarian at Stanford University and the University of Maryland.

Jeff Sievers has joined Windermere Real Estate’s Mill Creek office as a sales associate, and Michelle Bannon has joined Windermere’s Monroe office as a sales associate.

Craig Stainer has been promoted to Project Manager at DCI Engineers’ Everett office.

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