Apr 26, 2000

DDB

Scott Janzen, president of Seattle-based public relations firm the Fearey Group, has left the company and joined the Seattle office of the advertising agency DDB. Janzen spent six years at DDB (then Elgin Syferd) in the 1980s before founding his own firm, Janzen & Associates in 1991. He return to DDB to help grow its public relations efforts on a national level.

King County Civic Television

King County Civic Television recently won two Awards of Excellence in the Alliance for Community Media's Annual 2000 Video Festival. The first award was for a program about King County's Native Plant Salvage Program. The program won an Award of Excellence in the Community Involvement category. The other Award of Excellence was for "Point Rediscovery, Hamm Creek" in the documentary category.

Apr 25, 2000

Short Cressman & Burgess

John J. Houlihan has become of counsel to the Seattle law firm of Short Cressman & Burgess and William L. Dixon has joined the firm as an associate. Houlihan's practice is concentrated in the areas of environmental litigation, compliance counseling and general business law, litigation and planning. Dixon joins the firm litigation practice group practicing in the area of commercial litigation.

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates, a Seattle-based merchandise agency, has appointed Michael Schiller as vice president of sales/licensing. Schiller joined the company in 1997 as an account executive. His new responsibilities include the development and implementation of license acquisition and retail distribution strategy, new client development, cross-promotional opportunities and sales training.

InfoSpace.com

Arun Sarin, former chief executive of Vodafone AirTouch's American and Asia Pacific region, will become the new CEO of InfoSpace.com, a Seattle-based company that provides Internet services to other businesses. Sarin takes the post from the company's founder and chairman Naveen Jain, who will take on the role of chief strategist as the company moves to expand its reach by providing Internet services for cellular phones and other wireless devices.

Salish Lodge & Spa

Stephen Janke joins Salish Lodge & Spa at Snoqualmie Falls as executive chef. Janke has cooked in some of California's most celebrated kitchens including Aqua, Act IV and the Cypress Club, all in San Francisco. Kenn Madsen has joined the lodge as director of food and beverage. Madsen held the same position with The Lodge at Pebble Beach, The Inn at Spanish Bay and Casa Palmero before joining the team at Salish.

Experience Music Project

Experience Music Project, Seattle's soon-to-open interactive music museum, has selected Seth Adleman as the museum's retail operations manager. Adleman will be responsible for establishing and building the museum's retail operations both at the museum itself and online, focusing on new and distinctive merchandise

Apr 21, 2000

Publicis

Publicis, a communications agency with offices in Seattle, announced its annual appointments of senior executives to principal, senior principal and executive principal positions. The new Seattle office appointments are Jane Morimoto, senior principal, director of test kitchens, Lorin Walker, principal, executive producer, Mark Jones, principal, associate creative director, John Bissell, principal, group management director and Wendy Johnson, principal, group management director.

Edmonds Community College

Governor Gary Locke has appointed Jack C. McRae of Edmonds, senior vice president of legislative and congressional affairs for Premera Blue Cross, to the Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees. He replaces Charles Kee, Lynnwood insurance executive, who is retiring.

Prairielaw.com

Prairielaw.com, a Seattle-based legal information site dedicated to educating Main Street America on the basics of the law, announced a strategic partnership with AskMe.com, the largest person-to-person question and answer service on the Web. The partnership will integrate the AskMe Network Q&A service into the Prairielaw.com site, giving visitors access to over 790 legal experts offering personalized responses in more than 2,000 categories, ranging from immigration and business law to law enforcement and legal careers.

Communicate.com

Communicate.com announced that it has expanded its Vancouver, B.C., offices and opened a Seattle office. To accommodate its growth, Communicate.com has added an additional office to its Gastown location and has opened a new office in downtown Seattle. Communicate.com is building a network of intuitive brands. With brands in several key categories including Sports & Leisure, Health & Beauty and Country portals, Communicate.com’s mission is to deliver the best and most accessible Web sites on the Internet.

LightingUniverse.com

LightingUniverse.com, a Kirkland-based Web site dedicated to the lighting needs of interior designers, architects, builders and other lighting specifiers, is donating more than $2,500 worth of lighting fixtures to the Lighthouse project of Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The Lighthouse is a 20-unit apartment complex in south Seattle that will provide safe, continued after-care programs for Union Gospel Mission clients.

Marmon/Keystone

Marmon/Keyston, a distributor of carbon, stainless, aluminum and nickel alloy, announced two appointments at its Seattle service center. Vernon Lyter has been rehired as western regional fluid power manager. Lyter has been with the company since 1983. Tracie Fowler has accepted the position as an inside salesperson.

Northwestern Trust

Northwestern Trust, a Seattle-based private trust and investment management company, announced that Kelly Bartle has been promoted to marketing director. Bartle is responsible for managing marketing and public relations for the company. She has more than six years experience in marketing, public relations and communications, most recently serving as marketing director at Holy Names Academy.

Shurgard

Tony Stallings has been hired as the president and chief operating officer of Shurgard Storage To Go, a subsidiary of Shurgard Storage, a Seattle-based self-storage company. Stallings will be responsible for the Shurgard subsidiary which delivers mobile storage units to customer's homes or businesses. Prior to joining Shurgard, he was the acting principal and chief operating officer of Value Group, a specialty consulting practice.

5th Avenue Theatre

The board of directors of Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre announced the selection of David Armstrong to fill the newly created position of producing artistic director. Armstrong has directed both plays and musicals at many leading regional theaters including the Kennedy Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Ford's Theater. He has been the adjunct professor and guest director at Brandeis and Hofstra universities.

Seattle's Best Coffee

Seattle's Best Coffee announced that due to consumer demand, it will expand its organic coffee line to six by adding two new blends, Tierra Verde and Twilight Decaf. Sales for Seattle's Best coffee were 55,687 pounds in 1998, and shot up to 74,881 pounds in 1999, prompting the expansion.