Bill Gasperetti has been named senior vice president, income property and construction lending, at Cascade Bank in Everett.
Patti Dalrymple has been named Support Enforcement Program administrator for the Division of Child Support in Everett.
Jeri Wilkes of Everett is the new vice president of finance and administration at United Way of Snohomish County. Deborah Squires of Mukilteo is vice president of marketing and communications; Nicholas Sebo of Everett is manager of the individual development account initiative and VISTA; and Samantha Spitzer, of Mill Creek, is the agency’s new impact and investment manager.
Kate Reardon, public information officer for the city of Everett, has been named Woman of the Year 2004 by the Greater Everett Business &Professional Women’s Organization.
Quentin Powers and Lee Fitch have joined the Edmonds Community College Foundation Board. Powers is vice president and general auditor for Premera Blue Cross in Mountlake Terrace and a member of the local chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors. Fitch owns CLF, Limited, an employee benefit firm in Mountlake Terrace, and is the vice president of the Snohomish County Estate Planning Council.
Ginger Wesley has been named director of investor relations for the Economic Development Council of Snohomish County.
Carolyn Davis has been named senior research associate for the Puget Sound Region of the Seattle offices of Cushman &Wakefield.
Warren “Skip” Schott and Ginger Desy have each earned certification from the Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts Leadership Development Program in 2004. Both are commissioners of Cross Valley Water District.
New business
Express Water and Nutrition, Inc., a local provider of pure water and sports nutrition products, will hold a grand opening of its Edmonds retail store Saturday . For details, call 425-712-8823 or visit www.express waterandnutrition.com.
Events
The Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce will hold a chamber breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 3 at Brighton Court, 6520 196th St. SW in Lynnwood. Nick Brossoit, the new Edmonds School District superintendent, will be a featured speaker. $10; $5 for members. For details, call 425-670-1496 or visit www.Edmondswa.com/ Chamber/Breakfast.
The Puget Sound Chapter of NAIC will present its 23rd annual Investors &Computer Fair Nov. 19-20 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. $50 for early registration by Oct. 30; $60 for late registration or at the door. For details, call Kelly McManus at 206-227-4877 or e-mail Puget_investors_fair@hotmail.com.
The Graphic Artists Guild – SPGA/Seattle Chapter will hold a luncheon noon-2 p.m. Wednesday at the Columbia Tower Club on the 75th floor of the Bank of America Tower at 701 Fifth Ave. in Seattle. Cartoonist Peter Bagge will speak. $20 for members and students with a school ID; $25 for non-members; $5 extra without a reservation. For details, call 1-888-632-8883 or e-mail at jacki@artomatdesign.
The Washington Association of Small Business Incubators will host a Best Practices Conferences Thursday and Friday at Bates Technical College in Tacoma. For details, call Tim Strege at the William M. Factory Small Business Incubator at 253-722-5800 or WASBI executive director Jamie Beletz at 253-284-0004, or visit www.wasbi.org.
WorkSource Snohomish County will host law experts at a complimentary seminar 9-11:30 a.m. Nov. 3 that focuses on the impact of 2004-2005 unemployment insurance taxes and benefits on Washington businesses. The seminar, co-sponsored by the Employment Security Department Unemployment Insurance Division and the Lynnwood District Tax Office, will be at the WorkSource Lynnwood office on the third floor “Great Room” at 20311 52nd Ave. W in Lynnwood. Pre-registration is required; seating is limited. Contact Debra Templeton, business services account executive, at dtempleton@esd.wa.gov or 425-258-6337.
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