Mar 15, 2007

Potlatch

Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. said Gerald L. Zuehlke will retire as chief financial officer at the end of the year after 36 years with the company. He has been CFO since 2000. Potlatch is a REIT with approximately 1.5 million acres of forestland in Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Oregon.

Allstate Insurance

Allstate Insurance has a new agency at Redmond Ridge East in Redmond. Owned and operated by agent Kent Nichols, Legacy Insurance and Investment Services is at 22500 N.E. Marketplace Drive, Suite B206.

First Sound Bank

Seattle-based First Sound Bank added three people to its staff. Mark Buchanan is a senior operations services specialist. Josh Bolinger is a cash management associate. Duyen Pham is an operations services specialist.

Washington Restaurant Association

The Washington Restaurant Association promoted Nisha Ajmani Wade to public relations coordinator. The Washington Restaurant Association is a business association for the restaurant industry.

Mar 14, 2007

Davis Wright Tremaine

The Seattle law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine named Joseph D. Weinstein to chair the Business and Corporate Finance Law Practice Group. Weinstein has over 25 years of legal experience. He joined the firm in 1986, and became a partner in 1991. Davis Wright Tremaine has 480 employees internationally.

Summit Law Group

Seattle-based Summit Law Group has appointed two of its founding members, Ralph Palumbo and Polly McNeill to its management team. Palumbo has been appointed chairman. McNeill has been appointed CEO. Summit Law Group also hired John Chun and Chris Brown. Chun joins the Labor and Employment Group. He was a partner at Preston Gates & Ellis. Brown joins the Corporate, Securities and Tax Group. Brown was a partner at Garvey Schubert Barer.

Hotel Deca

Paul Winters has been appointed sales manager for the 158-room Hotel Deca in Seattle's University District. Winters was a group sales coordinator at the Watertown Hotel. Winters will be the hotel's primary liaison with the University of Washington. Hotel Deca is owned and managed by Seattle-based Noble House Hotels & Resorts.

PayByCheck

Ronald Ehli has joined EZPay Financial Services as CEO. Ehli was president/CEO of PayByCheck, a company he created. EZPay is a billing and processing company.