Feb 02, 2001

The Boeing Co.

John Dern has been appointed director of media relations for The Boeing Co. Dern is responsible for the external communications of the aerospace company, including maintaining contact with print and broadcast journalists, serving as a company spokesman on corporate matters and coordinating media relations efforts of the company's business units. He was previously director of media relations for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the business unit responsible for designing, building and selling commercial jetliners and servicing airline customers.

The Ackerley Group

The Ackerley Group, a Seattle-based media and entertainment company, announced the hiring of John Dresel to a newly created position at the company, senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions. The position is intended to assist the company in identifying undervalued media assets that fit with its core media operations. He is currently president of Full House Sports & Entertainment, the business arm of the company's NBA and WNBA basketball teams. He is a 15-year company veteran who has held leadership roles in the sports and entertainment and radio broadcasting segments of the company.

CapitalStream

CapitalStream, a Seattle-based provider of hosted e-commerce solutions for the commercial finance industry, announced the appointment of Walter Demaree to senior vice president of sales. Demaree brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial finance industry, specializing in sales and marketing. He served as senior vice president and group manager of financial institutions for CapitalStream since joining the company last June.

Microsoft

Microsoft announced that Dan'l Lewin joined the company as vice president of .NET business development. Lewin, a 25-year Silicon Valley veteran, will be responsible for managing and expanding strategic business relationships in Silicon Valley around Microsoft's Next Generation Internet platform, Microsoft .NET. Lewin is based at Microsoft's Mountain View, Calif., campus.

WildTangent

WildTangent, a Redmond-based multimedia technology and content creation services provider, announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointment of Alec Hogg as vice president of sales and strategic relationships and Max Lakritz as vice president of systems technology. Hogg is responsible for maintaining and developing strategic relationships with corporations utilizing the company's services. He will also be driving sales efforts in conjunction with the company's new enterprise development team. Lakritz is responsible for the technical direction and strategy of the company, as well as the design and implementation of all production systems that support the company's users

Feb 01, 2001

JAMS

JAMS, a Seattle-based legal resolution provider, announced that Patricia Aitken, a former King County Superior Court judge, will join its Seattle office as part of the company's family law panel. Aitken joins the company's already extensive panel of family law specialists. JAMS plans to expand the family law panel even further over the next year.

EvergreenBank

Wendy Whitcomb and MonaLisa Oaks were named assistant vice presidents and Keri Garber was named real estate lending officer for EvergreenBank. Whitcomb manages the bank's loan services area and is developing several new product lines. Oaks will serve as operations officer for all current and future bank locations. Garber now oversees the bank's residential real estate lending program.

Services Group of America

Seattle-based Services Group of America, parent company for western U.S. distributor, Food Services of America, completed its acquisition of McCabe's Quality Foods. The acquisition is expected to add approximately $151 million to Service Group of America's current $1.3 billion annual revenue. Founded in 1967 in Portland, McCabe's is a provisioner for quick service restaurants throughout the western U.S.

University of Washington

Sharon Nelson, director of the University of Washington Law School's Center for Law, Commerce and Technology, has taken on an additional leadership post as chair of the board of the Consumers Union. Nelson will lead the 18-member board that governs Consumer Union, publisher of Consumer Reports. She is a former legislative counsel to the Consumers Union and has served on the group's board since 1984.

State Investment Board

Gary Bruebaker has joined the Washington State Investment Board as chief investment officer, with responsibility for 31 funds, totaling $56.9 billion under management. Bruebaker comes to the board from Oregon, where he was Oregon's deputy state treasurer. His experience spans 22 years and includes asset allocation, manager/consultant evaluations and strategic and tactical investment strategy implementation.

Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland

Timothy Warzecha has joined the Seattle law firm of Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland as an associate. Warzecha will work in the firm’s litigation group, and will focus his practice on commercial litigation and collection matters