Dave Retter,Broker/owner,Retter and Company Sotheby’s International Realty; SVN Retter & Co.Number of employees you oversee? 85Brief background about your company:I started in 1979 in the business and opened our company in October1992. In 2016, after 26 years withanother franchise, we changed our franchise affiliation to Sotheby’sInternational Realty. We are a...
Number ofemployees you oversee? Artisticstaff of eight. Number of singers: 150. Volunteers: our singers are our primaryvolunteers. Briefbackground about Mid-Columbia Mastersingers: Founded in 1986 as Consort Columbia, Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, or MCM, is the premiere adult community chorus of the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. Our mission is to transform lives through the...
Brief background about your hotel:The late Tom Drumheller, with Escape Lodging of CannonBeach, Oregon, worked on the Lodge at Columbia Point hotel project for morethan 12 years. He finally broke ground on his dream in September 2015. He grewup in Walla Walla and had the vision for a boutique winery-themed...
Columbia Basin College’s 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award winnerCompany/business/agency: U.S.Department of Energy’s Office of Science – Pacific Northwest SiteOffice/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE-SC/PNNL)Tell us about your team: PNSO is a small staff of 30-plus people. Iwork with a team of five scientists and engineers. Kimberly L. Harper, Physical...
Lola Franklin, CEO of Tri-City Association of Realtors, Lower Yakima Valley Association of Realtors and Pacific Regional Multiple Listing ServiceBrief background of your business:I work for two nonprofit trade associations and a for-profit subsidiary. The Realtor associations were established in the 1950s. They serve real estate licensees and the real...
Barbara Johnson,General manager atSimon Property Group – Columbia Center mallBrief background of your business:Columbia Center is the largest regional shopping center in Eastern Washington and Oregon, with more than 125 stores and restaurants. Columbia Center was built in the Tri-Cities in 1969 and will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
Pamela Montgomery,Founder and CEO of Chukar CherriesNumber of employees you oversee: Chukar employs more than 50 team members total, but I work directly with three individuals on marketing and branding and with two company executives on business planning and growth strategy. Brief background of your business and its origins: In the mid-80s our...
Deb Bowen,Executive director,Washington State STEM Education FoundationNumber of employees you oversee:Three, although we plan to grow our staff this year. Brief background of your business. The STEM Foundation serves as a catalyst in ensuring all area young people are aware of, and prepared to participate in, our vibrant STEM economy. We have...
Brief background of your business:Founded in 1898, Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction and project management companies. Bechtel is designing and building the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment plant for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state.The Waste Treatment and...
Eric Pearson, CEO of Community First BankBrief background of your business:Community First Bank started 20 years ago and is the only locally-owned bank in the Tri-City market. We specialize in commercial, mortgage and construction lending, as well as banking for clients who desire a consultative relationship with their financial institution....
