Jun 30, 1995

Northwestern Trust

Seattle-based Northwestern Trust and Advisory Co., a provider of trustee, custody and investment management services to corporations and individual clients, has added Brian P. Forster as vice president of marketing. Forster comes from Smith Barney where he served as financial consultant. He has also held marketing positions for the Federal Express Corp., and has worked as account executive for San Francisco-based Pacific Bell.

EvansGroup

Andy Hopson has been appointed president of Seattle-based EvansGroup Public Relations. He replaces Lon LaFlamme, who stepped down to take some time off after 22 years with the firm. Hopson, formerly the division's chief operating officer, joined EvansGroup in 1993 as executive vice president and managing director of its Seattle public relations unit. His public relations career includes stints as Congressional press secretary and as manager in the Houston and Seattle offices of international public relations firm Ogilvy & Mather. Before joining Evansgroup, he served as vice president of marketing for the Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County. With Hopson's succession, executive vice president Dale Simpson was named executive director of Evans Food Group and Steve Bryant becomes general manager, corporate communications/product promotion. Simson has supervised public relations and advertising for major food clients at the agency for five years, prior to which he worked for Cole and Weber and other West Coast firms. Bryant, formerly deputy general manager, is a 10-year EvansGroup veteran.

Northwest Cable Advertising

Northwest Cable Advertising, providing advertisers access to 12 cable networks, has promoted one employee and added several new staff members. Scott Hardy has been promoted from retail sales representative in the Snohomish County office to agency sales representative in the Seattle headquarters office. Melene Thompson replaces Hardy in the Snohomish County office. Thompson comes from Val-Pak where she was account executive. Peter Alvarado, previously a producer for Viacom in Salem, Ore., has been hired as producer/director for home shopping network TV Mart. Barry Silveira has joined the network as retail sales representative. Most recently, he was regional sales manager for Vancouver, B.C.-based Anitel Communications. Also, Joe Jabon has been named editor for the network and Megan O'Hara is a new sales assistant.

Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel

The first Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel in the Pacific Northwest opened in Everett on June 3. The facility, formerly known as the WestCoast Everett Pacific Hotel, is the 41st property to be designated a Howard Johnson Plaza. The hotel, which features 250 guest rooms, will target executives, business and government leaders, and professionals, in addition to conference, meeting and convention attendees. The Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel is operated by Seattle-based hotel management company Northwest Lodging Inc.

Jun 29, 1995

First Interstate Bank

First Interstate Bank has appointed vice president Marilyn Joyce Metz to the expanded private client services group in Bellevue. Metz has been in banking for 20 years, 16 of those with First Interstate affiliates. The bank has also hired veteran trust professional Tom Grandorf as trust officer and assistant vice president of its Seattle office. Prior to joining First Interstate, Grandorf worked for Bank of America, where he was co-manager of its Taft-Hartley Plan department when he left. He has also worked as manager of the employee benefit department for the Bank of California, and for Peoples National Bank as trust officer and administrator.

AFSCME AFL-CIO

Chris Dugovich has been re-elected president and chief executive officer of the Washington State Council of County & City Employees, AFSCME AFL-CIO, for a four-year term. Dugovich has 15 years of experience as a labor leader. His organizing efforts included the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorneys -- the first prosecuting attorneys in the nation to organize. Two other union officials also retained their state offices and have begun new four-year terms. Roy Bannam, employee of the Clark County Public Works Department, has been re-elected vice president and Judy Johnson, a Bellingham Public Library employee, has been re-elected secretary/treasurer.

MWW/Savitt

Seattle-based public relations firm MWW/Savitt has hired Karen Mensonides as assistant account executive. Previously, Mensonides was assistant in the Conferences and Events Office at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She has also worked as associate planner and administrator for a conference center dedicated to philosophical and political scholarship.

Asiana Airlines

Korean carrier Asiana Airlines took delivery of its second Boeing 747-400 freighter on June 27 and immediately filled it with approximately 253,000 pounds of Washington state cherries headed from from Seattle to Tokyo. The plane is one of five new Boeing jets with a combined value of $500 million being acquired by Asiana during 1995. The airline also has ordered two more of the all-cargo jets for delivery in 1997 and 1999. Asiana Airlines, which also began scheduled passenger service in May between Seattle and Seoul, Korea, flies 28 international routes serving a total of 38 cities in 10 countries in Asia, Far Eastern Europe and the United States.

ICONCO Inc.

ICONCO Inc. has announced the reopening of its Northwestern regional office, and has appointed William E.Rose as vice president/general manager. Rose was formerly vice president for Olshan Demolishing Co., and business development and operations manager for Cleveland Wrecking Co. ICONCO Inc. is a nationwide demolition and salvage company with experience ranging from selective interior demolition to complete plant dismantlement and salvage. The company also offers environmental services from asbestos and lead abatement to superfund projects.