Jul 01, 2008

Matter Group

Matter Group, creator of the children's eco-adventure trading card game Xeko, hired Abby Katzman and Greg Camenzind, and promoted Mark Gross and Tyler Bielman. Katzman is director of digital media. She has worked with Microsoft and Experience Music Project. Camenzind is project and production manager. Gross is vice president of marketing and communication. Bielman is vice president of research and development.

DeVry University

DeVry University in Federal Way hired David Stewart as president of Seattle Metro, which includes DeVry University and the Keller Graduate School of Management locations in Federal Way and Bellevue and Portland. He replaces Reed Hackett, who has assumed the role of chief academic officer for the Seattle Metro after a seven-year term as president. Stewart joined DeVry University in 2005 as an admissions advisor.

South Seattle Community College

South Seattle Community College hired Bennett Taves as dean of transportation. He will be responsible for different automotive programs including automotive technology and automotive collision repair. Taves was a tenured welding instructor at Lake Washington Technical College.

Jun 27, 2008

The Resort at the Mountain

Coastal Hotel Group hired Paul Bosch as executive chef of The Resort at The Mountain, a golf and meeting resort at the Western base of Mount Hood in Oregon. Bosch has been commissary manager at Elephants Delicatessen, executive chef at Southwest Washington Medical Center and restaurant/sous chef at Skamania Lodge.

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center promoted Katerie Chapman to vice president. Chapman was administrative director of perioperative and anesthesia services. She has 13 years of health care experience and has been with Virginia Mason since 2000.

Wentworth, Hauser and Violich

Steven Rhone, CEO of Wentworth, Hauser and Violich, a wholly owned subsidiary of Seattle's Laird Norton Co., announced he has resigned after leading the San Francisco-based company for five years. Kurt Hauser, a member of the firm's board of directors, will serve as acting CEO. The change is effective immediately. Rhone said a recent decision by the board of directors to permanently relocate the entire executive management team to San Francisco led to his decision. WHV will continue to maintain a Seattle office.

Jun 26, 2008

4Culture

4Culture, King County's cultural services agency, hired Sara Edwards as communications manager. Edwards worked at Seattle's On the Boards for six years. She replaces Lara Holman Garritano in the position, who left 4Culture in April to move to Colorado.

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center hired Tony Wright as vice president of human resources. Wright spent 10 years in Atlanta, the last two as principal of The Wright Way, an HR consulting firm.

WWU

George Pierce, vice president for business and financial affairs at Western Washington University, will retire in December. Pierce has held the post since 1989 and led the division through major projects such as campus master planning. A national search for Pierce's successor will begin soon.

Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick, a global public relations firm, hired John Beale as executive vice president of the firm's Global Technology Practice. Beale will be based in Seattle and be responsible for developing new business. He has 20 years of global experience in different technology segments.