Feb 13, 2009

Tacoma Art Museum

The Tacoma Art Museum named Kara Hefley as the new director of development. Hefley fills a position left vacant after Leslie Kinkade accepted a position with Alpha Supported Living Services. Hefley was recently at Foss Waterway Seaport where she was associate director.

Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser promoted Marvin (Ray) Risco as vice president-international operations. Risco was managing director of South American operations while residing in Uruguay and is a native of Peru. He joined the Weyerhaeuser Forestlands International team in 1998.

Miller Nash

Miller Nash promoted three associate attorneys to partner. They are Heather Cavanaugh and Mike Ryan, practicing from the Portland office, and Leslie Meserole, based in Seattle. Cavanaugh works in the litigation group and joined the firm in 2002. Ryan works in the business practice group. Meserole works in the business department.

ShoreBank Pacific

ShoreBank Pacific, Seattle's first sustainable community development bank, made two new additions at its new office in Belltown. Jae Easterbrooks is commercial relationship officer and has 15 years experience in Seattle's commercial and investment banking industry. Francis Janes is branch manager, and has previously worked as vice president of cash management and deposit services.

Van Ness Feldman

Van Ness Feldman elected Matthew Love as a new member. It also hired two new associates, Daniel Neilsen and Athena Kennedy, to the Seattle office. The Seattle office, which focuses on energy and environmental law, now has 10 lawyers.

Feb 12, 2009

Premier Media Group

Tacoma-based Premier Media Group, a publishing company, hired Neil Buchsbaum, John Stubb and Amy Yamada as account executives, and Sara Bitterling as senior graphic designer. Buchsbaum worked for Washington CEO Magazine. Stubb has worked at NW Cable Advertising, KIRO-TV and KBRO Radio. Yamada worked at Clear Channel Broadcasting. Bitterling recently graduated from Western Washington University.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Regional law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt hired Farjam Majd in the firm's Intellectual Property Practice Group in the Seattle office. Majd was formerly part of the patent prosecution team at the international IP firm Darby & Darby.

Life Care Center of West Seattle

Mitzi Stern was recently appointed executive director at Life Care Center of West Seattle, a nursing and rehabilitation facility. Stern has worked at Washington Care Center and Messenger House Care Center.

Williams Kastner

Law firm Williams Kastner hired Larry Leggett to its Seattle office as of counsel. Leggett will focus his practice on real estate, land and title insurance matters. He worked at LandAmerica Financial Group.