Dec 07, 2005

Potlatch

Spokane-based Potlatch Corp.'s board of directors announced Michael J. Covey, currently executive vice president at Plum Creek Timber Co., will become president and chief executive officer of Potlatch, effective Feb. 6, 2006. L. Pendleton Siegel, 63, chairman and chief executive officer since 1999, will continue as chairman of the board of directors through the end of 2006. Covey, 48, has been with Plum Creek for 23 years. Potlatch is a diversified forest products company with 1.5 million acres of timberlands in four states.

SonoSite

Bothell-based SonoSite, maker of hand-carried ultrasound equipment, has established a liaison office in New Delhi, India, and named Pavan Behl as country manager with overall responsibility for India operations. Behl has worked with Becton Dickinson, SpaceLabs Medical and Guava Technologies.

Stonepath Group

Stonepath Group, a Seattle-based global logistics services organization, announced its president, Bob Arovas, has also assumed the position of chief financial officer. Tom Scully, who held the title previously, resigned in connection with the company moving its headquarters from Philadelphia to Seattle earlier this year. The firm's clients include retailers, automotive and technology concerns, government agencies and defense contractors.

Dec 06, 2005

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives, a Seattle-based law firm, added two associates: Gloria S. Hong and Douglas J. Steding. Hong is in the litigation practice group and focuses on general commercial litigation. Steding focuses on environmental compliance.

Hills Clark Martin & Peterson

Hills Clark Martin & Peterson recently added two new associates: Julie B. Hamilton and Karen D. Breckenridge. Hamilton is a graduate of Seattle University School of Law. Breckenridge is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law. Her practice will emphasize land use and environmental law.

Riddell Williams

Ryan D. Rein comes to Riddell Williams from the law firm of Short Cressman & Burgess. He joins the Seattle law firm's Trusts, Estates and Personal Planning practice group. Rein is active on the Estate & Gift Tax Committee of the state bar association's Taxation Section.

Berk & Associates

Seattle-based Berk & Associates recently added Jon McConnel as a policy analyst, cartographer and information manager/designer. McConnel previously worked at the University of Oregon's InforGraphics Lab and for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The firm offers strategic planning; policy, financial and economic analysis; outreach and communications.

Dec 05, 2005

Riddell Williams

Rebecca Andrews and Rachel Goldberg have joined the Seattle law firm of Riddell Williams. Andrews received her J.D. from the University of

Washington School of Law. She joins the Labor and Employment practice group. Goldberg received her J.D. from Stanford Law School. She joins the Labor and Employment, and Environmental and Natural Resources groups.

Hydrogen

Jane Gallup joined the Hydrogen advertising agency in Seattle as senior print production manager. Gallup worked as a freelance production and project manager, production manager for a Seattle advertising agency and was a corporate communications manager.

Amazon.com

Amazon.com said Brian McBride, managing director for T-Mobile UK, will join the company as managing director for Amazon.co.uk, Ltd. in January 2006. He has more than 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry and also held senior positions in Europe at Dell and IBM. He is a native of Scotland and lives with his family in Surrey.

Laplink Software

Laplink Software of Kirkland named Mark Chestnut senior vice president of business development and corporate sales. Chestnut has 16 years' of management experience at Microsoft, including nine years in the OEM division. He will manage North American corporate sales and business development, and also direct the company's worldwide OEM activities.