May 05, 2009

Group Health

Group Health Cooperative named Lin MacMaster vice president of marketing. MacMaster was senior managing director of member experience at the American Association of Retired Persons. MacMaster has also been president and CEO of Strategic Partners Group in McLean, Va.

RPI

Tukwila-based RPI, a digital image printing company, hired Rick Bellamy as chief executive officer. Bellamy joined RPI as CIO in 2008. Prior to that, he spent 15 years in technology and operational management.

Allied Fire & Security

Allied Fire & Security in Spokane promoted Craig Summers to vice president of operations & business development. Summers has worked at Allied for a total of 18 years. He started working at Allied in 1983 as an electronics technician. Allied provides life safety, security and communications solutions.

May 01, 2009

Savor Seattle Food Tours

Savor Seattle Food Tours, a group that specializes in guided culinary walking tours of Pike Place Market and downtown Seattle, has launched a Coffee Bites & Sights Tour. The tour features coffee in everyday foods, award-winning barista art, specialty cocktails, Seattle coffee history and city attractions. It was designed by Angela Shen, founder of Food Tours. The tour costs $69 per person. For more information, visit http://www.savorseattletours.com.

Swedish Neuroscience Institute

The Swedish Neuroscience Institute hired Dr. John Henson as director of neurology for the institute and co-director of the newly opened Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment. Henson is the former executive director of Massachusetts General Hospital Brain Tumor Center in Boston. He has more than 20 years of experience in neurology and neuro-oncology.

AMRI

Albany, N.Y.-based AMRI has completed the relocation of its Bothell research unit into about 44,000 square feet of newly refurbished laboratory and office space nearby. The new site provides capacity for growth.

Apr 30, 2009

Intiman Theatre

Intiman Theatre's board of trustees elected a new slate of officers. Kim Anderson is president and replaces past president Susan Leavitt. Other new board officers for the 2009 season are president elect Bruce Bradburn, treasurer Paul Lawrence and secretary Bradley Tong.

Washington State University

Washington State University's College of Business, in partnership with the Center for Distance and Professional Education, is launching an online MBA program beginning fall semester. The program initially will be available for part-time enrollment, and in fall of 2010 for full-time and part-time enrollment. It will consist of 39 semester credit hours and is comparable to WSU's accelerated one-year MBA on the Pullman campus.