Relocation
Kim Mullins has relocated to 3209 Nails-Hair-Massage. Mullins has 14 years of experience in the cosmetology industry and specializes in hair color. She also offers body waxing.
Emily Martello has been named operations manager of Real Deal Financing Solutions' offices in Missoula and Helena. Martello attended Arizona State University and has been in the lending industry for more than eight years, specializing in mortgage and title work.
Pat McCormick is a new broker/owner at Properties 2000. McCormick specializes in residential and multi-family sales.
Kurt Monaco has joined the staff of 4 Seasons Motors. Monaco has more than 24 years of automotive experience in sales, finance and management.Carolyn Thomas has joined the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula as an educational assistant. Thompson was most recently the part-time school outreach coordinator for the Missoula-Ravalli Transportation Management Association. She also worked for eight years as a social worker with the Western Montana Mental Health Center.
Richard Kolenda has has been named executive chef at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park. Kolenda has an extensive background in the food service industry, including owning his own restaurant, The Atrium in Long Beach, Calif.; food and beverage management positions for multimillion-dollar accounts including ABC Capital Cities, DreamWorks Studios and Universal Studios; as well as serving as executive chef at KCET Public Broadcasting Studios, L.A. Mart and Pacific Enterprises. He was trained under the supervision of master European chefs and exhibited his talents as a culinary artist as a chef garde manger, receiving three Auguste Excoffier Medals of Merit for Culinary Expertise along with four Augie Awards in specialized categories. In addition, he received the Grand Salon Award for Hyatt Corp. for its Bicentennial Culinary Exhibit.
Misty Bowen has become the new human resource manager at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park. Bowen has a degree in social work from the University of Montana. She began working as a human resource administrative assistant at RDD Inc. and was promoted three months later to the human resource coordinator position. She also was the personnel director for Trucker's Express Inc.
Attorneys Tammy Wyatt Shaw and Nicholas J. Pagnotta have joined Williams Law Firm P.C. Shaw earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with honors from the University of Arkansas in 1989 and her juris doctorate with high honors from the University of Montana in 1994. Shaw has 13 years of experience representing individuals and businesses in civil litigation in Montana state and federal courts, both at the district and appellate levels, with an emphasis on personal injury and wrongful death cases, employment litigation and insurance coverage. She is admitted to the State Bar of Montana, as well as the U.S. District Court of Montana and the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Shaw is past president of the Western Montana Bar Association and the Missoula Food Bank. She currently serves on the board of trustees to the State Bar. Pagnotta is a native Montanan with experience in the areas of real estate litigation, professional liability, premises liability, construction defect and insurance coverage. He graduated from Montana State University in 2000 and attended the University of Montana School of Law where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team. During law school, Nick was a law clerk at Williams Law Firm. Following law school, he practiced with a litigation firm in San Diego for four years. He regularly appeared before the busy courts of the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. His California practice included jury and bench trials, arbitrations, and appeals. Nick was recognized as the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the San Diego Defense Lawyers association in 2006.
Sara Bruya has joined the staff of the Missoula Cultural Council as special events coordinator for the organization, joining executive director Tom Bensen at MCC's new location at the Montana Technology Enterprise Center, 1121 E. Broadway. Bruya will coordinate the production of First Night Missoula and other MCC events.New office
Last Best Mortgage has started taking commercial real estate applications at their office in the Rose Park Center. Orlando Barnabei and Toby English have experience in the residential mortgage business and will continue to provide residential mortgages through Capstone Home Mortgage. Last Best Mortgage is division of Commercial Capital Limited.New business
Organic Imaging, a new design and printing business, has opened in Missoula. Call 549-3049, e-mail info@organicimaging.com or go to http://www.organicimaging.com. Organic Imaging and its vendors use soy- and vegetable-based inks, petroleum-free toners, waterless printers and papers certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Also available are design options that reduce waste, emissions and cost. All designs are fully recyclable and customizable.
Relocation
Universal Athletic Service's Kalispell store has moved to 284 N. Meridian Road.
Certification
Jeff Hasskamp, president, and Mark Dibert, marketing director and loan originator, of APMFIRST Inc. have been certified as mortgage planning specialists. The designation allows them to offer full service mortgage planning including estate planning, divorce strategies, equity management and tax savings using proper equity management tools. Hasskamp has been a loan originator since 1994. Dibert has been a loan originator with APMFIRST since 2005.
Noel Phillips, owner of ShapeShifters Personal Training, has received Level 5 certification from YogaFit. Level 5 is the highest attainable certification through YogaFit. Phillips also is certified in seniors yoga and pre- and postnatal yoga through YogaFit. She has completed 200 hours of yoga training and is a National Strength and Conditioning Association-certified personal trainer.Appointed
Lyn Hellegaard, Montana Transit Association state coordinator, has been named to the National Rural Transit Assistance Program board.
Elected
The Exchange Club of Missoula elected the following officers for 2007-08: Clinton S. Baertsch, retired comptroller, Montana Transfer, president; Jonathan C. Lindburg, licensed agent, New York Life Insurance Co., president elect; David A. Fowlkes, detective, Missoula County Sheriff's Department, treasurer; Travis R. Deaton, senior vice president, Temp Right Service Inc., secretary; Winton Kemmis, sales representative, Tri State Truck & Equipment Inc., board member; and Patrick A. Turner, senior deputy, Missoula County Sheriff's Department, board member.
Missoula Sunrise Rotary elected the following officers and board members for 2007-08: Kris Paffhausen, president; Chris Warden, president-elect; Susan Hay Cramer, vice president and president-elect nominee; Glenn Marangelo, secretary; Debbie Lawton, treasurer; Joseph Bischof, past president; Frank D'Angelo, adviser to the board; and F. Russell Lockner, Carl Prinzing and Paul Williamson, board members.
The Missoula Businesswomen's Network its executive board for 2007-08: Frankie Flaherty, Flaherty Financial Services, president; Anne Jablonski, Windermere Real Estate, president-elect; Deborah Derrick Gass, Missoula Job Service, past president; Kathy Headlee, Missoula Federal Credit Union, treasurer; Michelle Allen, Mountain West Bank, assistant treasurer; Sue Fox, Holiday Inn Express, secretary; Barbara Pulley, Barbara Pulley & Associates, PC, financial adviser.
Recognition
Properties 2000 announced its top producers for the month of August. Ken Staninger was first in commercial sales and specializes in commercial, industrial and land sales. Katie Van Dorn was first in residential sales and specializes in residential, multifamily and unique property sales.Missoula Sunrise Rotary recognized the following members and friends as Paul Harris Fellows: David Bardwick (fourth fellowship), Joseph Bischof, Gene Sterbis (second fellowship) and Rebecca Williamson. Other awards include Jim Clark, Rotarian of the Year; Hugh Jesse, Al Jensen, Brenda Thayer and Carol Williams, Distinguished Service Awards; Marshall Delano, Meritorious Service Award; Kevin Huguet and Jennifer and John Flink of Office Solutions and Services, Rotary Angel Awards.
Stack Financial Management of Whitefish was ranked 31st in Barron's 2007 Winners Circle of the Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors in the United States.
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