Jun 24, 2003

Trendwest Resorts

Cendant Timeshare Resort Group appointed Donald L. Harrill president and chief executive officer of Trendwest Resorts. Harrill is a 20-year veteran of Hilton Hotels and former CEO of Hilton Grand Vacations. He succeeds Jeff Sites, who will leave the company after a transition period to pursue personal interests. The company also announced that Gene Hensley, executive vice president of operations, has been named chief operating officer, and Al Schriber, executive vice president of administration, will be leaving the company to pursue other career opportunities. Trendwest Resorts, headquartered in Redmond, operates 48 WorldMark resorts in the U.S., British Columbia, Mexico and Fiji. Trendwest is a subsidiary of Cendant Corp.

POP! Multimedia

Nations

Goetze

Seattle's POP! Multimedia has added several new members to its team: Greg Nations, previously with Methodologie as vice president of interactive, is the new chief creative officer in charge of the company's design group; Tan Le and Jeff Barlow, formerly with Grip Design Studio, have joined POP as design directors; and Chris Goetze, founder of Invent Interactive, joins the company as its creative director. POP specializes in digital and print communication, from Web site design to annual reports.

American Marine Bank

Saliba

Al Saliba joined the staff of American Marine Bank as vice president and commercial loan officer. Saliba will serve customers on Bainbridge Island. American Marine Bank is based in Bainbridge Island, with locations in Port Ludlow, Poulsbo, Silverdale and Seattle.

National Association of Credit Management

Gilbert

The National Association of Credit Management, Western Washington-Alaska, elected Gerry Gilbert chairman of the board. Gilbert is credit and collections manager for SimplexGrinnell. Also elected were Kim Sizemore, accounting manager at Rice Insurance, chairman-elect; Donald Conklin president; Karen Parks vice president-secretary; and Claude Harmon treasurer.

King County Bar Association

The King County Bar Association named Stephen E. DeForest a recipient of its Helen Geisness award. DeForest is a principal at Riddell Williams. The award is presented for exemplary service to the bar. DeForest joined the King County Bar Association in 1963 and has served on its Civil Rights Committee, Superior Court Rules Committee, Public Relations Committee and Board of Trustees, and as president.

Jun 23, 2003

Ogden Murphy Wallace

Ogden Murphy Wallace reappointed Wayne D. Tanaka as managing member and head of the firm's board of members and Karen Sutherland to serve as assistant managing member. Tanaka is a lead attorney in the firm's municipal practice. Sutherland chairs the employment and labor law department.

Microsoft

Tanya Clemons has joined Microsoft as vice president of people and organizational capability. Clemons brings more than a decade of experience in leading organizational, management and executive development programs. She was vice president of global executive and organization capability at IBM and has held positions at Georgia Pacific and Anheuser-Busch.

Seattle Symphony

The Seattle Symphony named Patricia Isacson Sabee as interim executive director to replace Deborah R. Card who will become president of the Chicago Symphony in September. Sabee is currently senior director of operations and hall management for Seattle Symphony. The symphony also appointed Christian Knapp to a two-year position as the Douglas F. King Assistant Conductor. Knapp has conducted worldwide, including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony.

Avista Labs

Spokane-based Avista Labs received approval from the U.S. General Services Administration to sell its Independence 500 fuel cells to the federal government. The contract runs through April 30, 2008. Avista Labs currently markets three Independence fuel cell products for commercial and industrial back-up power in the 50-watt to five-kilowatt range.

Cutter & Buck

Cutter & Buck appointed William B. Swint vice president and manager of its order fulfillment group. Swint was recently a consultant and project manager for Columbia Sportswear in Portland, and Cambrai, France, and was previously chief executive officer of Simply Collectible.com based in Atlanta. The company also announced that John Leech, former vice president of information technology, has left the company.