Press - CFO Selections in the news

Communities in Schools of Washington hosted their annual Mardi Gras celebration on Saturday, March 10, 2018. Becky Todd, Partner at CFO Selections attended and sponsored a table. It was a night of festivities at the Renton Pavilion Event Center, including spin the wine wheel, festive entertainment, and silent and live auctions.

On February 1, 2018, Mark Tranter, Partner at CFO Selections, participated in the 2018 M&A and Capital Markets Outlook at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seattle, WA.

Corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and business owners heard insights from leading M&A experts about the current state of the M&A market and their predictions for the future, through a panel discussion and Q&A.

CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Steve Keller has joined Uwajimaya as VP Finance, leading the finance and accounting activities of this multi-generation family owned Pacific Northwest retail business. 

Five exceptional Washington businesses were recipients of the 2017 Corporations for Communities Award. Each of these companies make it a priority to help their communities. Corporations for Communities is a recognition program within the Washington Secretary of State’s Corporations and Charities Division.

CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Cheryl DeBoise has joined Bellwether Housing as Chief Operating and Financial Officer.     She joins the organization after spending more than five years at the University of Washington in senior finance leadership positions. 

Cheryl is a CPA and a graduate of the University of Washington.  Her career spans being the CFO of a number of businesses as well as serving as Executive Director of Plymouth Housing in Seattle in the 1990’s. 

CFO Selections thanks everyone who worked with us during this search and we wish Cheryl and Bellwether great success in the future.

Bellevue, WA - CFO Selections was honored to receive the Business of the Year Silver Award, Midsize/Small Companies, at the fourth annual Community Impact Awards event presented by Seattle Business Magazine.

CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Tami Gramer has joined Miller Hull as their Controller.  Tami brings nearly 30 years of accounting management experience to Miller Hull, primarily in the services industry. She joined Miller Hull after spending nearly 15 years with the large architectural firm, CallisonRTKL, and brings deep experience in using project-based accounting software systems. 

Puget Sound Business Journal recently ranked
 the 50 fastest growing private companies in the Eastside.

We’re glad to announce that CFO Selections has been named to the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2016 list of fastest-growing companies on the Eastside, ranking at #35. To qualify, companies must be locally headquartered and privately held, with revenue of at least $500K in 2013.  List ranking is based on revenue growth between 2013 and 2015. This year’s list includes retailers, construction firms, consulting firms, and tech businesses.

Bellevue, WA — CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Kevin Briscoe, Partner-in charge of Washington Operations, has been promoted to the role of Firm-wide Managing Partner.

Bellevue, WA — For the seventh consecutive year, CFO Selections has been recognized by The Seattle Foundation and the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the area’s Top Corporate Philanthropists in the “small company” category.  Among those on the list reporting in-kind giving, CFO Selections placed first.

Bellevue, WA — CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Steve Cordial, Kurt Lundquist, and Jerry Heemstra have joined its consulting team in Seattle.

Bellevue, WA — CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Scott MacIntire has joined our search team in Seattle.  Scott has worked in recruiting in the Pacific Northwest since 1989. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a BA degree in Communications in 1987, he joined Bank of America in Seattle as a Personal Banking Officer and graduated from their Management Training Program in 1989, which is when he first gained experience with interviewing and hiring new employees.

Published In: 425 Business Magazine, February 2015
Author: Marjorie Clark

Job titles often are a matter of semantics in a small company. When there’s work to be done and just a few people to do it, a person’s title might not encompass the position’s actual duties. This holds true in finance. Deciding when to bring on someone specifically to handle finances is a difficult choice, and when you do make the hire, what job title do you give them?

Bellevue, WA — CFO Selections is pleased to announce that Bob Colliton has joined InDemand Interpreting as their Chief Financial Officer.