Jul 03, 1997

Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Tasha Horton has been named regional director of sales and marketing for Noble House Hotels & Resorts in Washington state. She will oversee the sales and marketing efforts for Noble House's Northwest Hideaways. Based in Kirkland, Noble House owns and operates hotels throughout Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, Texas and Washington.

AdCorp

AdCorp has appointed Keith Weathers as senior art director overseeing the Graphic Design Department at the Redmond company's design, photography, electronic pre-press and printing facility.

Jerome & Associates

John Jerome, president and founder of Parallel Communications, announced that he will be leaving the company to launch a new consulting firm. The new company, Jerome & Associates, will provide executive counsel and strategic marketing communications planning for emerging growth and start-up companies.

Oceantrawl

Oceantrawl Inc., a Seattle-based commercial fishing and seafood processing company, has hired Peter Gruman as director of corporate operations.

fine.com

fine.com Interactive has added the following to its staff: Mark Sherman joins as a producer; Tim Fletcher, senior producer; Susan Slagle, marketing manager, and Nicklas Malik, senior database designer. fine.com is a Seattle-based web site design and interactive marketing firm.

Northwest Novelty Products

Lisa Schaff has established Northwest Novelty Products, a specialty advertising and promotional support company. Emphasis will be placed on specialty advertising with marketing support in the areas of writing press releases, brochures, sales literature, designing web pages, and packaging corporate/sales messages in screensaver format.

coMEDco

coMEDco, Inc., a national medical-legal consulting firm, announced the Elliott Oppenheim has been named the 1997 recipient of the American Bar Associations' Ross Essay contest for his essay entitled "A doctor's perspective on what the law should be for end-of-life issues".

The Children's Museum

The Seattle Children's Museum has promoted Jennifer Kelso to director of Operations, and Melissa Marsh to public relations and marketing director. The Children's Museum is a private non-profit learning institution focusing on interactive arts and humanities exhibits and programs for children and their families.

Safeco

W. Randall Stoddard has assumed the position of president of Safeco's property/casualty insurance operations. Stoddard succeeds Dan McLean who retired on June 30.

The Ackerley Group

The Ackerley Group has named Liz Paulmbo general manager of AK Media/MA, its Boston-area outdoor advertising company.