Business Beat
NEW FACES Brian Behler has been hired as managing partner at Williams & Webster. Behler is a certified public accountant and is a graduate of Washington State University.
Jeremy Bolton has been hired by Thinking Cap Communication and Design as a junior designer. He is enrolled in the graphic design program at Spokane Falls Community College.
The Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center has hired Ken Daniel as director of development. He previously worked for the Boy Scouts of America.
Russ Seiler has been hired as a structural project engineer at DCI Engineers.
He has six years experience and is a degree in mechanical engineering from LeTourneau University.
ALSC Architects has hired Arlin Berge as a project architect/manager for its Coeur d’Alene office. He has 25 years experience and previously worked for RHL Design Group in Colorado.
Jared Darr has been hired as a graphic designer/developer by 14Four, a Web design company. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
PROMOTIONS Bobby Parks has been promoted to assistant vice president at Sterling Savings Bank. He has been with the company for three and a half years.
KUDOS Spokane Public Schools has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association and the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Association of School Business Officials. The awards are based on the district’s 2006 comprehensive annual financial report.
The Spokane office of USKH Inc. was recently recognized for its design of the State Route 21 Realignment Project in Odessa by the Federal Highway Administration and the Washington State Department of Transportation. The project was completed in 2007.
Pharmacist Beverly Schaefer was recently named the 2007 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year by the National Community Pharmacists Association. She was recognized as being the first to offer immunizations, osteoporosis screening and nutritional education. She is the co-owner of Katterman’s Pharmacy in Spokane and a teacher with the Washington State University School of Pharmacy.
APPOINTED Barbara James, of Post Falls, has been appointed chairman of the study and research committee of the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
She is a former president of the Idaho State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood and a charter member of Chapter CB of the P.E.O. Sisterhood in Coeur d’Alene.
The Colville Tribal Enterprise Corporation has appointed Mike Marchand, Joe Pakootas and Conrad Edwards to the board of directors. All are members of the Colville Tribe.
Cindy Carter, of Royal City, Wash., has been appointed to a four-year term to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee by Gov. Chris Gregoire. Carter is the county commissioner for Grant County District 3.
The committee advises the Department of Community Trade and Economic Development on housing-related issues.