Business Beat
New faces:
Larry Shintani has joined Wells Fargo’s Business Banking Group as a business lending officer in the Spokane area. He is responsible for serving the financial needs of businesses that have annual sales of up to $10 million. Shintani is a 22-year veteran of the financial services industry. He began his career with First Interstate Bank as a commercial loan officer. He later worked for the Spokane Railway Credit Union, Washington Trust Bank and Cherry Creek Mortgage. Shintani earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Eastern Washington University.
William R. Basom has been named vice president/treasurer of Sterling Savings Bank. Basom most recently was senior vice president and chief financial officer for Citizens Community Bank in Pocatello, Idaho. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, including stints with US Bancorp in Portland and West One Bancorp in Boise. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration-accounting from Idaho State University and attended the Graduate School of Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin.
Jonathan Neill has joined the law firm of Eymann, Allison, Hunter & Jones P.S. as an associate. Neill received a bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University and a law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law. His area of practice will be general business law and litigation.
Spokane Structures Inc. has hired Rolfe Will as a sales representative. Will, a graduate of the University of Washington, has more than two years of experience in designing and marketing post frame buildings in the region. He previously was the Eastern Washington territory manager for the National Federation of Independent Business.
Cindy T. Finke has been hired by Dr. William F. Corell as an adult nurse practitioner in the specialty of holistic and preventive medicine. She most recently worked for Drs. Gordon Decker and Hershel Zellman at Deaconess Medical Building. Finke has 15 years of critical care nursing experience and has been a nurse practitioner since 1992.
Rhonda L. Pace has joined the accounting firm of McDirmid, Mikkelsen & Secrest as a para-professional. She previously was with Phelps & Woodhead Inc.
Heather Lewis has moved back to the Spokane area and rejoined Personnel Unlimited Executive Search as an executive recruiter managing and specializing in office administration.
The accounting firm of Moss Adams LLP has added the following people to its staff:
Patricia Gamache joined the firm as a manager in the Retirement Plan Consulting Group. Her duties include retirement plan consulting and plan administration. She previously was with the Principal Financial Group in Spokane as a senior titled administrator. She is certified as an accredited pension administrator by the National Institution of Pension Administration and is designated as a chartered life underwriter by the American College. Gamache earned a bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University and holds teaching certification from the University of Washington.
Loretta Ruppert was hired as a software consultant and manager for the Time Management Systems Group. She has 11 years of experience with an emphasis in the legal industry. Ruppert previously owned her own corporation in Alaska, where she provided accounting and software consulting to clients. She graduated from the University of Alaska.
Moving up:
Brian Madison has been named a partner at Leffel, Otis and Warwick, an accounting firm with full-time offices in Davenport, Odessa, Wilbur and Ritzville. Madison joined the firm more than five years ago and works primarily with family farms and ag-based businesses. He previously worked as assistant manager of Wilson Creek Union Grain and Trading Co. and as manager of Lamont Grain Growers. Madison earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Eastern Washington University and became a certified public accountant in 1993.
Washington Trust Bank has promoted the following people to retail banking officer:
Kim Mattos is the service manager at the bank’s Medical Center Branch. Mattos, who joined Washington Trust in 1995, has more than eight years of banking experience.
Delena Smith is the acting branch manager at the bank’s NorthTown branch. She has nearly 13 years of banking experience, the last nine at Washington Trust.
Elected:
The Inland Empire Chapter of the Washington Association of Landscape Professionals has elected the following officers for the year 2000: President, Chris Haase, Clyde Haase Landscape; vice president, Jerry Coats, Highland Landscape Construction; secretary, Kelly Enders, Mutual Materials Co.; and treasurer, Todd Kemick, Horizon Irrigation. Dave Brown of Land Expressions was named president-elect for 2001.
AIA Spokane, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, has elected the following officers: President, Glen A Cloninger, principal of Glen A. Cloninger & Associates; vice president/president-elect, Gary D. Joralemon, principal, Integrus Architecture P.S.; secretary, Sue Lani Madsen, principal, Madsen Mitchell Everson & Conrad pllc; and treasurer, Keith Ballantyne, principal, Wolfe Ballantyne Studio Architects. Directors are: Douglas Heyamoto, Northwest Architectural Co.; Charles Horgan, Bernardo-Wills Architects PC; Steven A. Meek and Donald E. Neraas, principals of their own firms; and Jane Morse, representing associate members. Douglas W. Menzies, WSU School of Architecture, is past president and continues on the board for the year. Evelyn Creager continues as executive director.
Mary Gorman, credit manager at Rainbow Electric Inc., has been elected president of the Eastern Washington Subcontractors & Suppliers Association for 2000. Other officers include: president-elect, Nick Suksdorf, Central Pre-Mix Concrete Co.; vice president, Linda Eller, Eller Corp.; treasurer, Bob Mellis, Rolled Steel Products Inc; and secretary, Dan Settle, executive. John Case, South Regal Lumber Yard Inc., is past president. Directors for the year 2000 are: Glenn Burdick, Valley Savemore Building Supply Inc.; Char Clark, Char Clark & Associates; Cal Smith, Allied Heating Inc.; Dennis Runolfson, Fashion Carpets Inc.; Mary Haney, Evergreen Wholesale Lumber Inc.; Kathy Millard, Modern Glass of Spokane; Sue Springer, Valley BestWay Building Supply Inc.; Mike Jackson, Jackson Inspection Services; and Elaine Cooper, Window Products Inc.
Opportunities:
The Spokane office of Padgett Business Services is offering a $500 scholarship. Applicants must be graduating high school seniors who plan to attend a post-secondary accredited institution. The student’s parent or legal guardian must be an active owner of at least 10 percent of the stock or capital in a local business that employs fewer than 20 people. Applications deadline is March 1. For more information about eligibility requirements and an application, call Gary Thunem at 838-8575.
Events:
Monday through Friday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives offers free counseling to potential and existing small-business owners from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Business Information Center in Room 240 of the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. For appointments, call 353-2820. Counselors also are available on Tuesdays at the Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce, 8817 E. Mission. For appointments there, call 924-4994.
Tuesday - The Training and Education Coordinating Center presents session III of a Zenger Miller Leadership Training core workshop on “Recognizing Positive Results” from 6-9 p.m. at the Business Training and Applied Technology Center, 3939 N. Freya. Cost: $230 for the four-class series; for information, call 533-4700.
Tuesday and Thursday - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “Small Business Management” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $45; call 358-7890 for information or to register.
Tuesday: Leads Club, a networking organization for business leads and referrals, meets at 12:15 p.m. at Shari’s restaurant, 320 N. Sullivan. For reservations or more information, call Melissa at 893-9717.
Tuesday - Power Networking meets at 7 a.m. to exchange business leads and other business information. For information about location and topics, call 468-9695 or 467-2081.
Tuesday and Feb. 8 - The Small Business Development Center presents a class on “Why and How to Develop a Personnel Policy Manual” from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute, 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. Cost: $45; call 358-7890 for information or to register.
Wednesday - Bill Norman, regional senior vice president of Safeco, will deliver the keynote address at the 26th annual meeting of the Spokane Area Economic Development Council at 4 p.m. at the AMC River Park Square 20 Theaters, 808 W. Main. For more information, call 624-9285.
Wednesday - The Service Corps of Retired Executives presents a workshop on the “ABCs of Starting a Business” from 9 a.m.-noon on the second floor of the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside. Cost: $20; for information or to register, call 353-2820.
Wednesday - the Training and Education Coordinating Center presents session I of a Zenger Miller Frontline Leadership core workshop on “Your Role and the Basic Principles” from 9 a.m.-noon at Eastern Washington University’s Downtown Learning Center, 705 W. First. Cost: $230 for the four-class series; call 533-4700 for information.
Thursday - Leads Club, a networking organization for business leads and referrals, will meet at noon at C.I. Shenanigan’s, 332 N. Spokane Falls Court, to consider chartering a downtown chapter. For information or reservations, call Beth Ann at 921-9581.
Thursday - The Downtown Spokane Chapter of LeTip International Inc. meets from 7-8:30 a.m. at the Ram restaurant, 908 N. Howard. For reservations, call Pat Bishop at 926-0141.
Thursday - The Lake City Women’s Chapter of Leads Club meets from noon-1:15 p.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Inn, 414 W. Appleway in Coeur d’Alene. For information and reservations, call Karen Welts at (208) 667-5606.
Feb. 8 - The Idaho Small Business Development Center begins a 12-part “NxLevel Entrepreneurial Training Program” for business owners, managers and professionals who want to expand an existing business and need the skills to make it grow. For more information or to register, call (208) 769-3333.
Conventions:
Wednesday through Saturday Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, DoubleTree Hotel City Center.