People in business
Garret Harper, a Vancouver industrial real estate broker, was named Top Producer of 2009 by his company, NAI Norris Beggs & Simpson Commercial Real Estate Services, at the firm’s annual awards banquet, held Jan. 30. Harper, who has worked for the company since 2003, was recognized for closing 28 transactions worth nearly $18 million in 2009, including a $5.5 million sale of 19 acres to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in east Vancouver. Harper has been promoted to associate vice president.
Lynn Oliver has been hired by the USDA Forest Service, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, as the new land-use planner. Oliver comes from the Inyo National Forest in Bishop, Calif., where he was the minerals and geology program manager. He has master’s degrees in landscape architecture and geology.
Mark W. Bacon, a licensed CPA in Washington and Oregon, is a new shareholder of the firm, Caton, Day & Co., 1104 Main St., Suite 200, Vancouver. He has been in public accounting since 1980. Bacon lives in Vancouver.
MetLife Bank announced they hired John Pedemonte of Camas as a reverse mortgage consultant for the Southwest Washington region. Prior to joining MetLife Bank, Pedemonte worked as a reverse mortgage specialist at Central Pacific Bank in Honolulu, Hawaii, for two years.