Feb 10, 2004

Richmond Public Relations

McCulloh

Meyers

Hamilton

Seattle-based Richmond Public Relations promoted three executive staff members. Hamilton McCulloh was promoted from vice president of public relations to senior vice president, Lori Meyers was promoted from senior manager to vice president and Jason Hamilton was promoted from account manager to vice president. Richmond PR specializes in product launches, media relations, crisis communications, investor relations, grand openings and special events.

Glacier Bay Cruiseline

Doug Toms, Don Simplot and Bob Brennan, former president of Sunmakers Travel Group, are the new owners of Glacier Bay Cruiseline. The Seattle-based company, formerly owned by Juneau, Alaska-based Goldbelt, Inc., will offer cruises featuring Oregon's Columbia, Willamette and Snake rivers, as well as Glacier Bay National Park.

Worktank Creative Media

Worktank Creative Media has been certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. The company said certification process ensures that the business has 51 percent ownership by a woman or women, effective management, solid financials and a level of clients and contracts past and present. Worktank is based in Seattle and provides creative strategy and production for companies including Microsoft, HP, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Puget Sound Energy.

Alaska Distributors

Seattle-based Alaska Distributors, which distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Alaska and Washington, selected Motek's Priya warehouse management software to integrate its Anchorage, Bremerton, Fairbanks and Seattle distribution operations on a single server. Motek is based in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Portland State University

Lawrence Wallack, director of Portland State University's School of Community Health, was named dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs. Wallack, who replaces Nohad A. Toulan, came to PSU in 1999 from the University of California, Berkeley. He was founding director of the Berkeley Media Studies Group and is a founding senior fellow of the Rockridge Institute.

Feb 06, 2004

Alteon Training

Alteon Training, a Renton-based aviation training company, named John Barrett regional sales manager to be based in Luton, United Kingdom, where he will be responsible for sales activities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Barrett, who has 25 years of experience in the aviation industry, has worked with British Caledonian Airways, Ryanair, Thomson Simulation and Parc Aviation. Alteon is a subsidiary of Boeing Co.

Columbia Bank

Tacoma-based Columbia Bank promoted Sue Leonard, vice president and corporate audit manager, to the new position of senior vice president and manager of loan operations and compliance. Prior to joining Columbia, Leonard was vice president at Key Bank.

Federation of Independent Business

The National Federation of Independent Business presented Scottie Marable with the Small Business Champion Award for her years of advocacy and lobbying on the behalf of Washington state small-business owners. Marable is the co-founder of Bellevue-based Pinnacle Marketing.

Simply Thai

Simply Thai opened a new Seattle location at 1001 Andover Park E. that will provide lunch service through the cafeteria at Boeing Longacres Park Facility.

Kibble & Prentice

Kibble & Prentice, a Seattle-based financial services firm, acquired BGI, Inc. BGI is a Seattle-based insurance company specializing in the medical professional liability market.

Parker Smith & Feek

Parker, Smith & Feek has added three new board members. Jim Chesemore, Jim Hamlin and John Emery are all vice presidents and shareholders in the Bellevue-based company. The insurance brokerage was founded in 1937.