Jul 26, 2007

Sheraton Seattle Hotel

The Sheraton Seattle Hotel hired Tami Simons and Wendy Floyd as sales managers. Simons will be responsible for sales of guest rooms and meeting space for the West Coast, while Floyd will handle the Washington, D.C., territory for stays up to 150 rooms per night. Simons was with the Santa Clara Marriott in Santa Clara, Calif. Floyd was with the Courtyard Marriott in Bellevue.

Avenue A / Razorfish

Avenue A / Razorfish, an international interactive services firm, promoted Clark Kokich to CEO. Kokich has been with the company since 1999 and has been worldwide president for two years. The company is an operating unit of Seattle-based aQuantive.

Pratt Fine Arts Center

Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle hired Michelle Bufano as executive director. Bufano has been interim executive director for 16 months. She has 20 years experience and has worked with the Tacoma Art Museum and the Museum of Glass. Pratt was founded in 1976 to offer arts education programs and studio rentals to artists.

Jul 25, 2007

Foster Pepper

The Seattle office of law firm Foster Pepper hired Colm P. Nelson and Allison C. Schwartzman. Nelson is an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group and was with Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker. Schwartzman is an associate in the Municipal Government and Public Finance Practice Groups and was a public finance associate at Dilworth Paxton in Philadelphia. Foster Pepper has offices in Seattle, Spokane and Portland.

Tacoma Art Museum

The Tacoma Art Museum hired Margaret Bullock as curator of collections and special exhibitions. Bullock was curator and collections manager at the Harwood Museum of Art at the University of New Mexico in Taos, N.M.

Dillanos Coffee Roasters

Dillanos Coffee Roasters of Sumner acquired Dominic's Coffee Co. of Tumwater. Dominic's was founded in 1999 by COO Scott Erickson, and currently has more than 150 customers with sales nearing $3 million.

Jul 24, 2007

The Fearey Group

The Fearey Group, a Seattle-based public relations and public affairs firm, promoted Natalie Quick to senior vice president, Lora Lee to vice president, Aaron Blank to account supervisor and Kate Miller to account executive.

Forest2Market

Forest2Market, a Charlotte, N.C.-based provider of raw-material pricing data for the forest-products industry, has expanded to the Pacific Northwest. The regional headquarters will be in Eugene, Ore. Gordon Culbertson will lead business in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Montana. Culbertson was with Rose Logging.

Pelindaba Lavender

Pelindaba Lavender recently opened its first Seattle retail store at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Union Street in the City Centre Building. The store sells lavender products from Pelindaba's organic lavender farm on San Juan Island.