Business FYI
Published 10:08 pm Saturday, December 15, 2007
People
Donna Strand and Kathryn Ogden, employees of Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, were honored recently at the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year banquet in Bellevue. Strand, who lives near Monroe, is a clinical manager who was asked to expand telemetry services to a second hospital campus. Ogden, who lives near Mukilteo, is educational program manager at Swedish.
Dano Jukanovich has been named president and chief executive officer of Lifestyle Homes and Construction, a property development and construction company based in Marysville. Jukanovich earned a degree in economics at West Point and a master’s in business administration from the Wharton School. Jukanovich’s brother, outgoing president Marko Jukanovich, is taking on the role of director of business development in the family-owned company. For more information, go to www.lifestylehomesnw.com.
Lois Ruskell, information and education coordinator with the Snohomish Conservation District, has been selected to participate in an 18-month agriculture and forestry leadership development program. Ruskell will attend 14 seminars with the Washington Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program.
Chad McMullen, Kelley Wrigg, Cody Nelson, Anthony Farinacci and Kristi Schultz have joined the Edmonds office of Landau Associates. McMullen is the geotechnical project engineer, Wrigg is an associate engineer, Nelson is a computer-aided drafting and
design operator, Farinacci is a staff hydrogeologist and Schultz is a project coordinator. Founded in 1982, Landau Associates provides environmental, geotechnical and natural resources services.
Chuck Wright of Mill Creek has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. Wright is a certified trauma specialist.
John Weber has been promoted to loan officer at Frontier Bank. He recently completed the bank’s management training program and works at the Edmonds office. Weber began his career at the bank four years ago after graduating from St. Andrews University in Scotland. He is active with United Way of Snohomish County.
Paula Wilson, a brown-belt instructor in Nia technique, is new on the staff of the Women’s Wellness Center in Everett. The technique involves dance, martial arts, yoga and other healing arts. For more information about Nia classes, call 425-259-9899 or go to www.womenswellnesscenter.org.
Business news
Remember When Photography, located in Snohomish, has expanded its portrait studio space by 1,000 square feet, allowing more room for family portraits and for clients to express themselves. For more information, call 360-568-7484 or go to www.rememberwhenphotography.net.
Tony’s Advertising Store has opened at 3231 Broadway in Everett. Owner Tony Stevens offers his expertise in advertising to owners of small and medium-size businesses. At the store, customers can get promotional products, brainstorm ideas and look at a variety of advertising campaigns.
Meeting
Good Morning, South County! is set for 7:30 a.m. Friday, Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 196th Street SW, Lynnwood. Join other South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce members for a networking session.
Class
Fine-tune your project management skills and prepare for the project management professional exam by attending a 10-week Thursday evening class offered through Western Washington University’s Everett site. Learn more during an information meeting set for 6:15 p.m. Jan. 10 at Everett Station, Room 314, 3201 Smith Ave., Everett. For more information, go to www.ExtendedEd.wwu.edu or call 360-650-3650.
Good deeds
Employees at Moss Adams’ Everett office recently donated more than $13,000 to Christmas House of Snohomish County. Christmas House provides gifts to thousands of children from low-income families. Moss Adams employees raised the money through an annual competition between two teams, the New Schoolers and the Old Timers, who prevailed.
Canyon Creek Cabinet Company employees recently donated 1,143 pounds of food and $6,685 to the Sky Valley Food Bank in Monroe. With 575 employees, the Monroe cabinet company is a regular contributor to the food bank.
The Coastal Community Bank employee giving fund at the Greater Everett Community Foundation has granted more than $100,000 to nonprofit charitable causes in Snohomish and Island counties since the fund’s inception in 2002. This fall, grants were awarded to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County; Blue &Gold; Boy Scouts of America, Mount Baker Council; Camp Fire USA, Snohomish County; Clothes for Kids; Providence Hospice &Home Care; Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation, Darrington facility; Senior Services, Island County; Stanwood Camano Food Bank Services. For more information about the Greater Everett Community Foundation, go to www.greatereverettcf.org.
Magic Shears, 306 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington, is collecting gift items to benefit child and adult patients at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Until Tuesday shop owners will be collecting hats, scarves, books, DVDs, puzzles and activity books. For more information, call 360-435-3833.
