Jul 13, 2007

Global Diving & Salvage

Global Diving & Salvage hired Elizabeth McKay as safety, health and compliance specialist. McKay recently graduated from Central Washington University. Global Diving and Salvage is working in the Pacific Northwest, Gulf of Mexico, New York and Illinois.

Maggiano's Little Italy

Maggiano's Little Italy in Bellevue hired Kenny Savage as banquet operations manager. Savage was with CRG Research and has worked with Red Robin Corp. and the Cheesecake Factory. Maggiano's is one of four restaurants in the portfolio of Dallas-based Brinker International.

Seattle City Council

Seattle City Councilmember Jan Drago, chair of the Transportation Committee and co-chair of the Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety, hired Jodie Vice as a legislative aide responsible for major transportation issues. Vice is a transportation planner who has worked in the public and private sectors. She is a member of the Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board.

Jul 12, 2007

Clipper Navigation

Seattle-based Clipper Navigation hired Darci Haustveit as controller. Haustveit will be responsible for Clipper's U.S. and Canadian accounting functions. Clipper Navigation is the operator of Clipper Vacations, the Victoria Clipper vessels and Destination Services Northwest.

University of Washington

Mark Green, chief operating officer for Seattle Public Schools, has been chosen by the University of Washington's School of Medicine as its new director of business affairs. Green has been with SPS for 11 years.

Neah Power Systems

Neah Power Systems promoted David Wine to vice president of development. Wine was director of cell and stack development. Neah Power Systems is a Bothell-based developer of fuel cells for military applications, notebook computers and portable electronic devices.

Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney lawyers Alexander Baehr and Carllene Placide have been named to the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission's Technical Support Group. Baehr and Placide are partners in the Seattle office's Labor and Employment Practice. Dorsey & Whitney employs 650 lawyers on three continents.

Foster Pepper

The Seattle office of law firm Foster Pepper hired Kellie Gronski and Emanuel Jacobowitz. Gronski is in the Real Estate Practice Group and was a former associate at Wells, Love & Scoby in Boulder, Colo. Jacobowitz is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and worked at Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C. Foster Pepper has offices in Seattle, Spokane and Portland.