May 07, 2001

Washington State Chiropractic Association

Hanson

Hansen

Peick

Pete Hanson and Eric Hansen were honored with the Outstanding Service Award and John Peick named Citizen of the Year by the Washington State Chiropractic Association. Both Pete and Eric Hansen serve on a WSCA task force to advance and protect chiropractic in Washington. Peick, an attorney who focuses his practice on health care law, personal injury, wrongful death and business and real estate law, was honored for his years of legal service to the WSCA since its foundation in 1991.

Preston Gates & Ellis

Preston Gates & Ellis, a Seattle-based law firm, announced that fourth-year associate Kristi Helgeson was named Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the King County Bar Association. Helgeson teaches young women about leadership and the legal system through the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Program, and is a volunteer legal counsel to the Northwest Women’s Law Center. She volunteered for the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project, devoting more than 400 hours on a pro bono basis to representing a young man on Alabama’s death row. As an associate at Preston Gates, she provides counsel to clients regarding intellectual property issues.

Red Monkey Advertising

Red Monkey Advertising, a Portland-based advertising agency, announced the hiring of Katherine Simnett as account manager and Christy DeLise as account coordinator.

Highland Capital Management

Jason Bushman has been named associate portfolio manager at Highland Capital Management in Bellevue. Previously, he was an associate analyst at Columbia Financial Advisors in Seattle.

First Heritage Bank

Dr. Dennis Frederick was elected chairman of the First Heritage Bank board of directors. Frederick is the president of Frederick & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in strategic planning for financial and insurance companies. First Heritage Bank is a Snohomish-based bank with branches in Monroe, Marysville, Arlington and Everett

May 04, 2001

KCTS

Leonard

Mark Leonard, general manager of KYVE/Yakima, has been appointed chief administrative officer of KCTS/Seattle Public Television. Leonard has served the position in an interim capacity since October 2000. His responsibilities include directing work groups and subsidiaries, helping to shape corporate strategy and leading the transition to digital content provider and broadcaster.

R Group Communications

R Group Communications, a Vancouver, B.C.-based marketing firm specializing in real estate projects, announced the appointment of Lynn Harrison to the position of account manager. Harrison was assistant marketing manager and director of merchandising for ParkLane Homes prior to joining R Group.

Seattle Goodwill

Seattle Goodwill announced the promotions of Janetta Nartey to vice president of education and workforce development programs, JoAnn Moran-Kyle to vice president of human resources and Billy Colburn to director of the adult basic education program.

Genelex

Genelex Corp., a Redmond-based provider of genetic analysis services to academic and industrial researchers, announced the appointment of Dr. Susan Sunkin to head the genomic services department. Before joining Genelex, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and the University of Washington Department of Pathobiology.

Cinnabon

Cinnabon has moved into the South Korean market, signing a development agreement for 50 Cinnabon bakeries there over the next six years. The first bakery opened in Seoul on April 17. Cinnabon's new franchise partner, YBM FNB, is a diversified media company that was founded in 1961 by Y.B. Min. YBM is the largest publisher of English language media, video, audio and print in Korea. Founded in Seattle, Cinnabon is a subsidiary of Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises.

Donation Depot

Donation Depot, a Tacoma-based company that helps nonprofits, donors and corporations use technology as a fundraising tool, recently added two executives to its management team. Michael Jensen is managing the company's sales division, and will concentrate on the sale and marketing of Donation Depot's Web application products. Stephanie Tuck, formerly with the Seattle Supersonics, is now the company's vice president of operations