Dec 07, 2004

Wells Fargo

Bolan

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage named Virginia Bolan manager of its mortgage store in Renton. She will serve customers in greater King County, working on business development, marketing and sales training. Bolan has more than 30 years of financial and industry experience. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

Russell

Russell Investment Group named Mark Hansen chief executive officer and president of Russell Japan. Hansen will replace Masanori Tsuno, who will be chairman. Hansen is managing director of client service for Russell's U.S. institutional investment business. Craig Rawlins, manager of client service for the central U.S. region, will manage the company's U.S. client service. Russell Investment Group is a global investment services company. It is a subsidiary of Northwestern Mutual and is headquartered in Tacoma.

Action Engine

Action Engine Corp., developer of mobile applications experience software, appointed Steve Roberts chief product officer. Roberts will lead the company's development team for mobile application platform solutions. Roberts founded WatchMark Corp., a provider of service quality management systems for the wireless industry. Action Engine has its headquarters in Redmond.

Capers

Capers home store is opening a new store at 716 N. 34th in Fremont, the former location of PCC Natural Market. With 10,000 square feet, the new location is nearly 50 percent bigger than Capers' West Seattle store. Capers sells home furnishings, furniture and gifts.

Dec 06, 2004

Seattle Times Co.

The Seattle Times Co. promoted Mei-Mei Chan to vice president of advertising. Chan oversees advertising, marketing, budgeting and customer relationship management. Alan Fisco was promoted to vice president of circulation and will work on home delivery sales, circulation marketing and customer service.

MTM Management

MTM Management announced Tom Waithe will return to the company as general manager of Willows Lodge in Woodinville. Waithe was general manager of The Metropolitan Hotel in Vancouver, B.C.

Cornish College of the Arts

Cornish College of the Arts won a $100,000 grant from The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to help the college acquire Raisbeck Performance Hall at 2015 Boren Ave. in the South Lake Union neighborhood. The 8,500-square-foot hall houses performance and classroom spaces. A group called the Campaign for Cornish is working to raise $73.9 million for campus relocation, endowment and special projects. It has raised more than half so far.

Seattle Federal Reserve Board

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco appointed Nordstrom president Blake Nordstrom to its Seattle branch board of directors. He succeeds outgoing director Peter van Oppen, chairman and chief executive officer of Redmond-based Advanced Digital Information Corp. Director Mic Dinsmore, chief executive officer of the Port of Seattle, was reappointed and will continue as board chairman. The bank provides wholesale banking services to financial institutions in nine western states through its head office in San Francisco.