Published January 2006

People Watching

BIOTECH
Dr. Jonathan Said has joined the scientific advisory board of CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics, a subsidiary of Mukilteo’s CombiMatrix. He is a board-certified pathologist and a chief pathologist at the UCLA Medical Center.

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
Sen. Maria Cantwell recently received an Award of Excellence from the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce for her work on behalf of businesses in Washington state. Cantwell earned the Service-to-Business award for her efforts to provide jobs, boost the local economy and champion small business, and for her work to support Washington’s high-tech sector and back Edmonds and Everett community colleges in their partnership with Boeing. The chamber also has honored three supporters of the new Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour facility, including Barry Smith, head of the center, who was honored for coming up with and championing the idea for the center; and Dave Waggoner and Bill Lewellen, both of the Snohomish County Airport at Paine Field, who were honored for shepherding the project. Others receiving Everett chamber honors include Travis Snider as Henry M. Jackson Citizen of the Year, Dennis Bolger as Ambassador of the Year, Andrew Ballard for the Chairman’s Award, John Edwards for the President’s Award and Reid Shockey of Shockey/Brent for Small Business Executive of the Year. Eric Christensen was named Employee of the Year, and Carol Nelson, president of Cascade Bank, was named Corporate Executive of the Year.

EDUCATION
Pala Froude has been named department chair for general education at ITT Technical Institute’s Everett campus. Froude will direct the implementation of a major campus initiative to ensure the effective delivery of general education courses within the framework of five schools of study in which ITT offers both associate and bachelor’s degrees.

The Everett Public Schools Foundation has named nine new board members to round out the 26-member group. New members include: Correne Bonkowski, an early-learning specialist at Cedar Cross Cooperative Preschool in Mill Creek; Ken Bosman, owner of Pilchuck Books in Everett and a retired educator; Mary Decker, a certified public accountant with Hascal, Sjoholm & Co.; Suzanne Eklund-Grayum, a real estate agent with Windermere Real Estate; Brian Higginbotham, general manager at Durham School Services; Mike Mustell, a retired educator and the manager of the Evergreen Stadium Flowers; Barb Renard, a program manager with Verizon; Jeffery Russell, pastor at Central Lutheran Church; and Deborah Woltring, a retired teacher.

The University of Washington, Bothell, has selected Elaine Kraft as director of public relations and communications. Kraft recently held the position of communications director for King County.

ENGINEERING & ENVIRONMENTAL
Brent Koos, Briana Lawrence and Melissa Phillips have joined Shockey/Brent Inc. Koos, AutoCAD design planner, is a 14-year veteran in project design. Lawrence, a wetland scientist, is a natural resource consultant. Phillips, an environmental specialist, has previous experience in the public sector working with Skagit and Pierce counties, the Federal Highway Administration and the cities of Renton and Sumner.

Jay LaVassar has joined PSI’s Mountlake Terrace office as construction services department manager. LaVassar is a graduate of the University of Washington with a bachelor of arts in history and a bachelor of science in civil engineering.

FINANCIAL
Janie Yu has been named community banking district manager for Wells Fargo’s Sno/King District. She leads more than 75 team members in nine Wells Fargo stores throughout King and Snohomish counties. Yu is a nine-year Wells Fargo team member and previously worked as a market manager overseeing Wells Fargo’s Overlake and Redmond banking stores. Also, Leslie Somes has been named vice president and senior business banking relationship manager for the Everett area, and Mitchell Kodama has been named credit analyst for Wells Fargo.

Cynthia Nygren has been named assistant vice president and manager of Cascade Bank’s Clearview branch in Snohomish. Nygren has more than 15 years of banking experience and has worked extensively in the consumer and small-business banking arenas. Oystein Setvik has been named vice president and credit operations manager for Cascade Bank. Setvik has more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry. His most recent position was as a credit analyst for the Federal Home Loan Bank in Seattle. Derek Andrews has been named vice president and business banker for Cascade Bank. Andrews has more than 20 years of experience in commercial banking and finance. His office is in the bank’s main branch on Colby Avenue in Everett.

Longtime banker Julie Elliott has been promoted to new accounts officer at Frontier Bank’s Evergreen Way Office. She has been in banking for 19 years, and all of that time has been with Frontier Bank.

Shelley Brunelle, Brian Armstrong and Jan Thompson Whitson are new loan officers for Horizon Bank in Snohomish County. Brunelle is in Marysville; Armstrong is in Lynnwood; and Thompson Whitson is in Everett.

HEALTH CARE
Jennifer Chesnut, an athletic trainer certified, a certified strength conditioning specialist and a sports nutrition specialist has joined the Integrated Rehabilitation Group and will divide her time treating patients at Granite Falls Physical Therapy and providing athletic training at Granite Falls High School.

Pavan Behl is the new manager for India operations for SonoSite, a Bothell maker of hand-held ultrasound equipment.

Keith Klein of Summit Rehabilitation in Lake Stevens recently earned his diploma in manual and manipulative therapy through the Canadian Physical Therapy Association’s orthopedic division.

INSURANCE
Everett Allstate insurance agent Paul Gray recently earned the Personal Financial Representative title. Gray will now be able to offer his customers variable annuity, variable life and mutual fund products in addition to auto, homeowner and traditional life insurance products.

Prudential Insurance agent Yong Chang of Lynnwood recently received a Prudential CARES Volunteer Grants Award of $250 for the Korean Community Counseling Center to benefit the Seattle-Washington State Korean Association.

NONPROFITS
Janna Kurrle has been elected vice president of the board of Choice & Consequence, a nonprofit organization that presents “The Real Inside Story,” a substance abuse prevention program. Kurrle works for the Mountlake Terrace Police Department.

REAL ESTATE
Layne Sapp, founder and chief executive officer of wholesale mortgage lender MILA, recently was named a finalist for Ernst & Young’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Ty Truly, formerly with C-21 Snohomish; Kym Whitish, formerly of John L. Scott Real Estate; Christine Viernes of Real Estate Executives in Hawaii; Carolyn Stanfield; Nick Flatt; and Tami Monheiser have joined the Monroe RE/MAX office.

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