Dec 13, 2004

Hawaiian Airlines

Kaopuiki

Roland Kaopuiki was named Seattle station manager of Hawaiian Airlines, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings. Kaopuiki has worked at Hawaiian for 17 years and ran its Lanai station. The airlines has been in service for 75 years.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Allen W. Estes, III, and Robert E. Werbicky have joined Seattle law firm Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker as associates. Associate Heather Shand Perkins earned a master's in taxation from the University of Washington School of Law. She focuses on estate planning and insurance issues.

Stoel Rives

Natacha D. Allred, Maren R. Norton and Douglas S. Silin joined the Seattle office of Stoel Rives. Allred will work in the real estate section on leasing and financing. Norton is an associate in the litigation section and will focus on commercial litigation. Silin practices in the corporate section.

Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser announced Michael A. Jackson has been named senior vice president, Pulp and White Paper, effective Dec. 27. He succeeds Michael R. Onustock, who will retire Dec. 31. Jackson will be responsible for the cellulose fibers, fine paper, newsprint and liquid packaging board businesses, and will be a member of the operating committee. He joined the company in 1977, and has held numerous management positions in the paper and containerboard businesses.

Dec 10, 2004

Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson

Seattle law firm Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson added associates Brian C. Free and Steven T. Masada Jr. Free is a graduate of the University of Washington Law School and will work on land use and litigation issues. Masada also graduated from UW Law School and will do litigation.

Utilities and Transportation Commission

Marilyn Showalter, chairwoman of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, was recently elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commisioners. Showalter was Gov. Locke's senior policy advisor on energy and telecommunications. The commission regulates telecom companies, utilities, ferries, bus companies and petroleum pipelines.

Center for Pediatric Bioethics

The Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle plans to set up what it says will be the first center for pediatric bioethics in the country. Congressional delegates including U.S. senators Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Congressman Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) worked to get $340,000 in federal funds for the center. Children's Hospital will give $1 million. The center will host a conference on pediatric bioethics in July of 2005.

Seattle Times

The Seattle Times Co. hired Stephen Oshin as online sales director. Oshin will work on long-term online strategy for the company's Web sites. Oshin was vice president and market manager for Entercom-Seattle and was also vice president of sales for KBIG in Los Angeles.