Apr 30, 2003

The Harris

The Harris wealth management group named Bill Krueger and Gregory Denk as client advisory officers. Krueger is a former major league pitcher who ended his career with the Mariners. Most recently he was a national sales manager for Fastball Development. He will join the firm's Bellevue office. Denk joins the firm from his recent position as a client executive with a Tacoma-based investment management company and will be based in the firm's Seattle office. The Harris has offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Spokane and Tacoma.

Waterfront Seafood Grill

Christian Sparkman has been appointed general manager at the Waterfront Seafood Grill. Sparkman was maitre d' at the Seattle restaurant. He also served as dining room captain at El Gaucho Seattle, headwaiter at Olives in Washington, D.C., and senior waiter and maitre d' at The Orangery in Knoxville, Tenn.

Carnival Corp.

Miami-based Carnival Corp. announced a senior management realignment of the company's executive directors, including several with Seattle connections. Peter Ratcliffe will continue to be responsible for Los Angeles-based Princess Cruises and Seattle-based Princess Tours, and will also be responsible for all of Carnival's U.K.-oriented brands. A. Kirk Lanterman will maintain responsibility for Seattle-based Holland America Line and Holland America Tours, as well as Windstar Cruises.

Preston Aviation Solutions

Preston Aviation Solutions Pty Ltd., a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary, appointed Alan McCartney vice president, business development, a new executive position within the company. He was executive chairman of Ferranti Air Systems Ltd., which is based in Manchester, England. McCartney will be based in Preston's London office. Preston develops aviation management software.

WSU Museum of Art

Seattle area art curator Chris Bruce has been named director of the Washington State University's Museum of Art, and will begin his new position June 9. Bruce was senior curator at Seattle's Henry Art Gallery, and director of the former Meyerson & Nowinski Gallery in Pioneer Square. He was director of curatorial and collections at Experience Music Project until last year. The Museum of Art was established in the fall of 1974.

Apr 29, 2003

Dorsey & Whitney

Nancy L. Gallup, a partner in the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney, was awarded the Distinguished Contributor Award at the recent spring seminar of the Seattle chapter of the Western Pension and Benefits Conference, an educational organization for pension and employee benefits professionals. Gallup served on the board of the Seattle chapter for six years and has been active with the WB&PC for more than eight years.

Tenzing Communications

Tenzing Communications added Alexander W. Duff as chief financial officer. Duff was a vice president at Fremont Communications, a venture capital firm, which is a division of The Fremont Group. He was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. Tenzing will move its corporate offices from Seattle to 225-108th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue in mid-May, to accommodate an increased staff, which is expected to grow 30 percent in the next 12 months. Tenzing provides e-mail and short message service to travelers via laptop computers and airplane seatback video screens.

Digeo

Kirkland-based Digeo, Inc., a provider of media center products and TV services, added Marwan Fawaz, chief technology officer of Adelphia Communications, to its board of directors. Fawaz will provide cable industry guidance as Digeo begins commercial roll out of its media center products and services later this year. Paul Allen is chairman of the Diego board.

GeoCom Resources

GeoCom Resources of Bellingham announced John E. Hiner has joined the board of directors and was named president of the corporation. Hiner has 30 years of experience in resource exploration, managing exploration, acquisition and development programs for metals and industrial minerals on four continents. GeoCom Resources is a junior natural resource company operating in the oil and gas industry to identify and acquire oil and gas properties.

Glacier Bancorp

Kalispell, Mont.-based Glacier Bancorp will acquire Pend Oreille Bank in an all-cash transaction valued at $10.4 million. Pend Oreille Bank has approximately $65 million in assets in two banking offices in Sandpoint, Idaho, and one office in Newport, Wash. The three offices will become offices of Mountain West Bank of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Glacier's community banking subsidiary. Mountain West Bank will have total assets of about $500 million. Most current management and employees will remain with the bank, including current CEO Evelyn Meany who will become an executive vice president with Mountain West Bank.