May 28, 2004

Device-Works

Redmond-headquartered Device-Works is entering the mobile technology market. Bryan Mistele and Craig Chapman left posts in mobile devices at Microsoft to start the consumer electronics company. Mistele is CEO and Chapman is chief technology officer. Seth Eisner, who was corporate director for Expedia.com, will be vice president of operations. Device-Works will develop devices that integrate with PC and desktop software. Mistele built four businesses within Microsoft while working there. Chapman is a development engineer and architect with 30 years' experience with software and hardware systems. Eisner was responsible for global operations at Expedia.

IMS Capital Management

Griffin

Portland-headquartered IMS Capital Management named Kathleen Griffin director of marketing communications. Griffin will work on sales collateral, shareholder communications and media relations. IMS Capital Management has offices in Seattle and manages $500 million in mutual funds and managed accounts.

Laird Norton Tyee

Kristianne Blake and Laura Jennings were elected to Laird Norton Wealth Management's board of directors. Blake is president of an accounting firm and works on tax planning. Jennings was a Microsoft vice president of worldwide strategic planning. Laird Norton Tyee is based in Seattle and serves individuals, families, private foundations and non-profits on financial and wealth planning.

EverTrust Bank

Everett-based EverTrust Financial Group announced Malcolm R. Harding is now senior vice president of its principal subsidiary EverTrust Bank. Harding will lead, manage and develop strategic plans for the private client group.

Baldwin Resource Group

Donald W. Jenkins joins Baldwin Resource Group as executive vice president. The company provides business consulting, risk management and insurance services. Jenkins will oversee business development and provide risk management consulting and insurance brokerage. He has worked in risk management and insurance for 30 years in the transportation, technology and retail sectors.

Biotechnology & Biomedical Association

Ruth Scott, president of the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association, will retire at the end of this year after six years with the group. The association represents academic institutions and organizations that research and develop medical, agricultural and environmental products. Under Scott's leadership the association grew from 191 members to 400. A search to recruit a new president is expected to conclude by late fall.

May 27, 2004

WestCoast Hospitality

Heaney

Spokane-based WestCoast Hospitality appointed William J. Heaney vice president of sales. Heaney was with Boykin Hospitality and was a director for the Philadelphia-based division of a London tour operator. WestCoast owns, manages and develops mid-scale hotels under the WestCoast and Red Lion brands.

Tacoma Art Museum

Janeanne A. Upp will leave the Tacoma Art Museum as executive director on July 2. She and her husband, who recently purchased a business in western Idaho, will be moving to Coeur D'Alene. Upp joined the museum in 1999. During her tenure the museum raised $27 million for a new museum and endowment. The board of trustees will conduct a national search to replace Upp.

ReliOn

Chief technical officer Mike Davis of ReliOn, a Spokane fuel cell company, was elected chairman of the National Hydrogen Association's board of directors. The trade organization helps with information exchange among its industry, academic and business members.

Venture Bank

Lacey-headquartered Venture Bank will expand into King County this fall with a Kent branch at 10914 S.E. Kent-Kangley Roa. Venture will also open an administrative headquarters in Pierce County and intends to construct a 50,000-square-foot facility in the DuPont Station development. Venture Bank is a subsidiary of publicly held Venture Financial Group.

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bank appointed Jan Furey community development officer. Furey will provide loans and community development services for low and moderate income people. Columbia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia Banking System and operates 34 branches in Pierce, King, Cowlitz, Kitsap and Thurston counties.

MWW Group

The Silver Co. merged with public relations firm MWW Group's Seattle office. Bob Silver, president and founder of public relations firm The Silver Co., will be senior vice president and general manager of MWW's Seattle office. Headquartered in East Rutherford, N.J., MWW has seven offices. Its Seattle office, formerly known as MWW/Savitt, has been renamed MWW Group.

TrueActive Software

TrueActive Software appointed Richard Eaton president. Eaton, who was a software entrepreneur for 25 years, replaces Tom P. Ryan. TrueActive's business operations have moved to its corporate headquarters in Kennewick. The company's software is used to monitor computer activity.

Avista

The board of directors of Spokane-based energy company Avista Corp. elected Don Kopczynski vice president. Kopczynski will be responsible for energy delivery for electric and natural gas customers. He worked in leadership roles within Avista's subsidiaries.

Alaska Airlines

Seattle-based Alaska Airlines promoted Scott Ridge to work on dispatch, air traffic and operations engineering as managing director of technical operations. Sam R. Sperry, a Seattle public relations consultant, joined Alaska as director of corporate communications. Sperry worked at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, KING 5 News and The Seattle Times, and was executive policy director for Gov. Gary Locke.