Mar 08, 2005

Bear Creek Web

Seattle-based Bear Creek Web named Tim Riley president. Riley founded Door to Door Storage, a Seattle-based self-storage company. Bear Creek is a Web site design and marketing firm.

Telco Credit Union

Spokane-based Telco Credit Union is changing its name to PrimeSource Credit Union. The credit union was set up for people who worked for the Pacific Telephone Co., and the name change reflects expanded membership.A $1.2 million 7,000-square-foot headquarters is being built at 9707 N. Nevada by Leone & Keeble of Spokane. The building is slated to open this summer.

Aloecorp

Lacey-based Aloecorp, a supplier of aloe vera raw materials, named Walt C. Jones vice president of sales and marketing. Jones will develop new products and services.

Envision

Seattle company Envision Telephony announced it will open a United Kingdom office. As regional manager William Enderby will manage the UK sales team. Enderby has 10 years of experience in the business intelligence and contact center industries and was an account director at Exony Ltd.

Weber Shandwick

Seattle public relations agency Weber Shandwick added Hillary Crowley as an account supervisor to handle analyst relations. Brooke Shepard was promoted to vice president, Amy Jorgenson to group director and Karissa Sams to senior account executive. Weber Shandwick, is a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies.

Seattle Genetics

Bothell's Seattle Genetics promoted Eric L. Dobmeier to senior vice president of corporate development. Dobmeier will manage legal affairs, business development and corporate communications.

Cascade Natural Gas Corp.

Cascade Natural Gas Corp. named David W. Stevens president and chief executive officer. Stevens is succeeding W. Brian Matsuyama, who will retire from his position of vice chairman, president and chief executive officer, as well as from the board of directors. Stevens was president of Panhandle Energy, a subsidiary of Southern Union Co. Cascade Natural Gas Corp. is a natural gas distribution company that serves about 220,000 customers in Washington and Oregon.

Mar 07, 2005

Stoel Rives

Christopher N. Weiss has been named chair of Stoel Rives' litigation practice group, which includes lawyers in seven offices across the western United States. Weiss is a principal in the Seattle office and focuses on products liability, toxic tort, and business and employment litigation.

Wells Fargo & Co.

Wells Fargo & Co. named Jeff Miller business banking relationship manager for East King County. Miller will be based in Bellevue.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Robert H. Alsdorf, former trial judge for the Superior Court for the State of Washington, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine as a partner in the law firm's Seattle office. Alsdorf will handle complex litigation, special corporate investigations and governmental relations.

Galvin Flying Services

Galvin Flying Services of Seattle has entered into a cooperative agreement with American Pacific University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to provide flight training for Vietnamese pilots. Peter Galvin Anderson, Galvin president since 1980, has joined the board of directors of APU.

American Shipping Group

American Shipping Group Chairman Robert P. Magee was named Business Leader of the Year at a recent awards ceremony sponsored by University of Washington Tacoma's Milgard School of Business. ASG is a holding company for SaltChuk Resources, which operates Totem Ocean Trailer Express, TOTE, a shipping company connecting Tacoma with Anchorage.

Home Technologies

Bellevue-based Home Technologies has entered into a joint venture agreement with PremiStar, a residential systems dealer in Bend, Ore. Premistar is looking for Home Technologies to help expand its market. PremiStar will change its name to Home Technologies-Bend.