May 09, 2008

Pacific Continental

Pacific Continental Corp., the bank holding company for Pacific Continental Bank, announced two title changes. Charlotte Boxer is now president, director of commercial real estate, and Basant Singh is president, greater Seattle market. The title changes reflect their executive leadership in their respective markets.

Group Health Credit Union

Group Health Credit Union hired Robert Schweigert as vice president and chief lending officer. Schweigert was vice president of lending at Washington's Credit Union for ten years. The Group Health Credit Union serves 27,000 members nationwide.

Seattle Public Library

Marilynne Gardner, chief financial and administrative officer for the Seattle Public Library, will serve as interim chief executive for the library system when City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs joins the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in July. Gardner will not be a candidate for the city librarian position. The library board plans to use an executive search firm to lead a national search for Jacobs' successor.

Bell Harbor Conference Center

Columbia Hospitality named Pieter Koomen director of sales for Bell Harbor International Conference Center and World Trade Center Seattle. Koomen has 20 years of industry experience and has worked with Columbia Hospitality for the last four years at Talaris Conference Center in Seattle and the Washington Mutual Leadership Center at Cedarbrook in SeaTac.

May 08, 2008

American Institute of Certified Planners

The American Institute of Certified Planners inducted Stephen C. Butler of Seattle into its membership of the AICP College of Fellows. Election to the fellowship is granted to planners who have been longtime members of AICP and demonstrated excellence. Butler is director of planning and community development for the city of SeaTac.

Tulalip Resort Casino

Tulalip Resort Casino hired Arleen Edward as director of catering and conference services of its new 30,000-square-foot meeting and conference facilities, opening this summer. Edward has 14 years of hospitality and catering experience and was senior event director at The Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, Mich.

Pelago

Seattle-based Pelago, creators of the mobile social discovery service Whrrl, appointed Bill Gossman as a board member and hired Jeff Ayars as vice president of engineering. Gossman has 20 years experience building and leading organizations, holds 11 patents, and was president and CEO of Revenue Science. Ayars has 17 years experience designing and writing software, holds three patents, and was chief technology officer at Seattle startup Konamoxt. Pelago was founded by former senior executives from Amazon.com.

May 07, 2008

Venture Bank

Venture Bank hired Pamela Johnstone as a financial center manager for the Woodinville Financial Center. She has 28 years of banking experience. Venture Bank has 18 financial centers in four Western Washington counties.

Merrill Gardens

The R.D. Merrill Co. and its senior housing operator Merrill Gardens made two promotions. Steve Delmore is senior vice president of the R.D. Merrill Co., in addition to his work as executive vice president of Merrill Gardens. Billy Pettit is vice president, real estate of R.D. Merril Co.