Business

POSTED: Friday, Aug. 01, 2008

Credit union names director of information technology

Mark Favro has joined North Coast Credit Union as director of information technology.

Favro, a native of Washington, has more than 11 years experience in Information Technology Management. He has a degree in business administration/management from Western Washington University.

Favro was selected from over 50,000 employees to be as one of 20 participants in a former employer's junior executive/mentorship training program and was named Information Technology person of the year in 2006.

Contact North Coast Credit Union at (800) 696-8830 or www.northcoastcu.com.

Physical therapist passes certification exam

Juliana Bohn at Core Therapeutics PT in Fairhaven has passed her level 3 certification exam through the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy earning the title of Certified Manual Physical Therapist.

This three-year process requires extensive continuing education, submission of three case studies and passing written and practical exams.

Bohn has more than 25-years experience as a physical therapist and educator.

She also has a special clinical interest in upper cervical dysfunction due to whiplash.

Call 752.2673 or visit www.corept.org for further information.

Kirby joines Aero Properties

Adele Kirby has joined Aero Properties Real Estate LLC as a licensed agent.

Kirby has been associated with the real estate industry for the past three years as owner of Accent By Design, a consulting company, assisting home owners with staging their home before putting it on the sales market.

Contact Kirby at 319-4024 for more information.

Business Bank hires assistant branch manager

Andrew Kent has been hired as assistant branch manager for the Burlington branch of Business Bank.

Kent brings seven years of banking experience to the company, most of them in leadership positions in Burlington and Mount Vernon.

Kent lives in Bow.

Business Bank focuses on medium sized businesses and the needs individuals, entrepreneurs and professionals.

Sales associate earns designation

Patty Gray, a sales associate at Fairhaven Realty, recently earned the Graduate Realtor Institute designation from the Washington Association of Realtors.

The designation is awarded to professional real estate practitioners who complete three 30-hour classes. The material covers several facets of real estate practice, from the laws that apply to transferring real property to how to effectively market homes for sale.

Patty Gray can be reached at 201-1712.