Jan 22, 1997

MWW/Savitt

The Seattle strategic marketing firm of MWW/Savitt hired John Smith as senior art director in its creative services department. Smith will develop visual concepts and design elements for such clients as The Ackerley Group, Bally Total Fitness, Delta Airlines and Trillium Corporation.

Premiere America

Premier America, a Redmond-based video duplicating company, has hired Sage "Caddy" Swanson as marketing manager. He will be responsible for account management, sales and marketing development in the Northwest and Hawaii for Premiere America and its subsidiary Optical Data Resources.

Marten & Brown

Joshua Lipsky has joined the Seattle law firm of Marten & Brown LLP as an associate. Lipsky will advise clients on hazardous and solid waste issues, air permitting, land use review and environmental insurance coverage.

Bastyr University

Bastyr University, the only regionally accredited multi-disciplinary natural medicine university in the country, has appointed Darrell Williams as academic vice president. Three new department chairs have also recently joined the Bastyr faculty: Mark Kestin, chair of the Nutrition Department; Lise Alschuler, chair of the Botanical Medicine Department; and William Roedel, chair of the Department of Counseling and Health Psychology. Bastyr University has also announced the founding of Bastyr University Press, a book publishing imprint specializing in material on alternative and complementary medicine. Bastyr University Press will publish books for professional, scholarly and academic audiences, as well as for the general public. The first titles will be published and distributed this fall.

WWU Asian business study tour

Shanghai, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia will be the destinations of a Western Washington University study tour to be conducted in June and July, which will include visits to manufacturing companies, universities, government offices and cultural sites. There will be an information meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Parks Hall 146 for those interested in participating. A preparatory course, "Business Management in Southeast Asia," will be taught spring quarter 1997. For more information contact Pease at (360) 650-7444/E-mail: cpease@cbe.wwu.edu.

Bellingham/Whatcom visitors bureau

The Bellingham/Whatcom County Convention & Visitors Bureau's 1996 annual report shows that the number of visitors reached 186,410 -- a 12.7 percent increase over 1995. The number of visitor centers grew by one when the Bureau took over management of the Blaine VIC in January. Nineteen conventions were booked that will bring an estimated $2.4 million into Whatcom County during the next few years. CVB Executive Director John Cooper will present the 1997 marketing plan during a public meeting at 3 p.m. on Jan. 29 a the Best Western Lakeway Inn in Bellingham.

The Jewish Transcript

Donna Gordon Blankinship has been named editor of The Jewish Transcript. Blankinship is a freelance writer and college instructor who has been writing for The Transcript for about five years. The Transcript, Washington's only Jewish newspaper, is a non-profit corporation owned by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

wa.net

Zachary Lark joins wa.net (Washington Internet Services) as vice president of sales and marketing to help meet the demand for Internet connections. Lark will service residential accounts, business accounts and Internet resellers.

FMI Corp.

FMI Corp. has made two promotions at its Denver office. Ron Magnus has been promoted to manager of Corporate Planning & Evaluation Group West and Ben Brahinsky to director. Magnus will be responsible for corporate planning, strategic planning, leadership development, compensation planning and other services. Brahinsky specializes in business continuity, mergers and acquisitions, and management succession planning.