Movers and Shakers January 20, 2011
Walters joins STCU team
Jessica Walters recently joined the real estate team at Spokane Teachers Credit Union, serving as lending center assistant manager.
She is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the loan origination and indirect lending department. Prior to STCU, Walters worked for Banner Bank.
Robyn Stengle was recently promoted to director of training and talent development for STCU. In her new position, Stengle will oversee organizational training and leadership development at STCU.
She is the immediate past-president of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery Funding and Development Board, as well as president of the Vanessa Behan Auxiliary. Stengle joined the staff at STCU in 1998.
Banta receives accredited designation
Kimberly Banta, with Keller Williams Coeur d'Alene Realty, has received the accredited buyer representative designation.
The designation is awarded to real estate practitioners by the Real Estate Buyers Agent Council of the National Association of Realtors who meet the specified educational and practical experience criteria.
Johnson opens Element Architecture
Architect Ryan Johnson has opened Element Architecture in Coeur d'Alene, a firm he says will apply sustainable principles to the planning and design of projects.
"Architecture in general has a longhistory of being sustainable by using passive solar through building orientation among other design principles," Johnson said. "Today we can't always utilize those design principles and therefore must rely on building efficiency in design, construction and operation to achieve sustainability."
Johnson doesn't have any employees and will be working from home until he gets up and running with some reliable work. He'll then lease space downtown, he said.
Element Architecture a full-service architectural firm that will be able to provide architecture, planning and design for residential, commercial, institutional or multi-family housing projects. It also can provide contract drafting, computer or physical model building and independent LEED consulting.
Johnson said he looks forward to developing relationships with contractors, engineering consultants and residents of North Idaho, Eastern Washington, and western Montana.
Johnson is developing a company website, www.elementarchitecture.net.
Johnson is a lifelong Idahoan, born and raised in Grangeville. He has an associate degree in drafting technology from North Idaho College and a master's degree in architecture from the University of Idaho.
Johnson worked for a Missoula firm that focused on sustainable and environmentally conscious architecture. Most recently, Johnson has worked with Miller Stauffer Architects.
Information: (208) 651-7731 or ryan@elementarchitecture.net.
Norton joins Serenity Salon and Spa
Esthetician Carrie Norton has joined Serenity Salon and Spa.
She has been a cosmetologist for more than 10 years. She will be Serenity's in-house skin care specialist. She will specialize in body waxing, facials and chemical peels.
Information: (208) 755-9755
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