Mar 12, 1998

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Barbara J. Duffy has been elected partner at the law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in the Seattle office. Duffy concentrates her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation and health care litigation.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Sophia Chrusciel has joined Foster Pepper & Shefelman as of counsel practicing ERISA and employment law in the firm's Seattle office. Chrusciel was formerly a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery, a Chicago law firm. Brian Danzig has joined the Seattle office as of counsel practicing real estate law. Danzig was formerly a member at Steefel Levitt & Weiss, a San Francisco law firm.

Northwest Lodging, Inc.

Robert R. Jammerman has been named general manager at the Ramada Inn Downtown in Seattle, operated by Seattle-based Northwest Lodging, Inc. Jammerman formerly worked for Ellensburg's Comfort Inn. The Ramada Inn Downtown is located at 2200 Fifth Avenue in Seattle. Northwest Lodging primarily operates Ramada and Howard Johnson nationally franchised hotels and motels. Michelle Fuller has been named regional sales manager for Washington at Northwest Lodging, Inc. Fuller formerly served as director of sales for the Ramada Inn Downtown in Seattle.

Public Relations Society of America

The Puget Sound chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has established a community service award in honor of Hugh A. Smith, a longtime regional member and activist, who died in June 1997. Smith was co-founder and chairman of Kraft Smith, a public relations and advertising agency. The award will be presented annually to a public relations professional who makes extraordinary community service contributions.

Mar 11, 1998

Council on Substance Abuse

Priscilla Lisicich was appointed to serve as chair of the Governor's Council on Substance Abuse. Lisicich is the executive director of Safe Streets, the Tacoma-Pierce County citizen action campaign to combat violence, drug abuse and gangs.

Public Relations Society of America

The Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has named Erik V. Peterson, principal in Reis Endicott Peterson Inc., the public relations professional of the year. Peterson is president of the state chapter of the American Lung Association. Paige Ziegele has been awarded the new member of the year award. Ziegele is account manager for MorseMcFadden Communications.

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, a Northwest law firm, has hired Teena M. Killian as of counsel in the Seattle office. Killian concentrates her practice on employment litigation. Killian was formerly a partner at Lane Powell Spears Lubersky.

Seattle Chinese Garden Society

The Seattle Chinese Garden Society has hired Christine Stollery to manage a $6 million capital campaign to build a classical Chinese garden in Seattle. The Seattle Chinese Garden will be the first of its kind in the United States and the third in North America. The garden will be built on a six-acre site on South Seattle Community College in West Seattle.

Siemens

Siemens Medical Systems Inc. has expanded its worldwide marketing team and appointed Marcus Kirchgeorg, M.D., as vice president of marketing and sales worldwide. Kirchgeorg was formerly director of marketing for Siemens Medical Engineering's Computer Tomography Group in Germany.

Daniel's Broiler

Daniel's Broiler in Leschi has hired Douglas Metzger as executive chef. Metzger will maintain all culinary operations of the restaurant, menu development and staff supervision. He was formerly executive chef at the Doubletree Hotel in Los Angeles.

Clipper Navigation

Darrell E. Bryan, vice president and general manager of Clipper Navigation Inc., Seattle, and president of Victoria Ferry Ltd., has been named secretary-treasurer of the Passenger Vessel Association, headquartered in Arlington, Va. Clipper Navigation operates four high-speed catamarans and one monohull.