Feb 19, 2004

Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis Wright Tremaine named 11 attorneys to partnership. They are Paula L. Lehmann in the Bellevue office; Michele L. Earl-Hubbard, Jason T. Froggatt, Eric M. Stahl and Brian J. Todd in the Seattle office; Eric L. Dahlin, Kathleen R. Dent, Broady R. Hodder and Peter S. Leichtfuss in the Portland office; and Daniel M. Adamson in the Washington, D.C. office.

Northwest Dairy Association

John E. Mueller resigned as chief executive officer of the Northwest Dairy Association and its subsidiary, WestFarm Foods. The company's board will work with an executive search firm to select his replacement. NDA is a Seattle-based integrated milk marketing and processing cooperative.

Materials and Process Development Center

Edmonds Community College, Everett Community College and the Snohomish County Economic Development Council recently received funds from the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges to create the Materials and Process Development Center. The center, located in Snohomish County, will provide equipment, mentoring and internships to train manufacturing technicians in composites and advanced materials and other skills involving manufacturing processes and composites design. Charles Seaton, previously president of Heath Tecna, was named director.

University of Washington

Five University of Washington students won the western division of the National Venture Capital Investment Competition in Boulder, Colo. They are Andy Baldridge, Shaun Westfall, Uday Keshavdas and Balu Chenicheri of the UW Business School and Joy Ghosh of the UW Medical School.

Feb 18, 2004

Hydrogen Advertising

Hydrogen Advertising, a Seattle-based advertising agency, hired Steve Murray as senior copywriter. Murray comes to Hydrogen from Sweetgrass Advertising and has worked as a copywriter for J. Walter Thompson in Chicago.

University of Phoenix

David E. Gould was named chair of the Graduate Business and Management College at the University of Phoenix Seattle campus. A faculty member at the university since 1998, Gould also teaches courses in electronic commerce, strategic planning, business planning and applications of technology management.

Miller Nash

Bill Connors of Miller Nash was appointed to the National Coal Council. Connor's practice focuses on energy, telecommunications, natural resources, regulated utilities and business. The NCC, located in Washington, D.C., provides advice and guidance as requested by the U.S. secretary of energy on general policy matters relating to coal.

Washington State University

Hergen Eilers will join the faculty at Washington State University in Spokane as part of the Institute for Shock Physics. Eilers, president of NovaCera and co-founder of Quantum Vision, will lead nanophase enhanced optical research.