Mar 06, 2009

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives promoted three attorneys to principals in the Seattle office. They are Steven Thiele, Samuel Webb and W. Scott Wert. Thiele practices in the Resources, Development and Environment Group. He is the former chief toxics cleanup attorney for the Washington State Attorney General's Office Ecology Division. Webb is in the Technology and Intellectual Property Group. Wert is in the Real Estate Group.

Motricity

Richard Leigh has been hired as senior vice president and general counsel for Bellevue-based Motricity. Motricity is a provider of mobile data solutions and services. Leigh has been general counsel for Cell Therapeutics and general counsel for Vulcan Inc.

Crowley Maritime

Crowley Maritime promoted Scott Craig to director West Coast/Alaska. Craig will oversee the Seattle, Long Beach and Anchorage crewing locations that service operations from southern California to northwestern Alaska. He joined Crowley in 1975 as mate.

Pacific Place

Elizabeth Rossi has been named marketing manager at the Pacific Place shopping center in downtown Seattle. She has been interim marketing manager since October and has 15 years experience in media marketing. Hoa Tran, former marketing coordinator at Pacific Place, has been named assistant marketing manager.

Mar 05, 2009

Sound Transit

Sound Transit hired Ron Tober as deputy chief executive officer and Ron Klein as director of communications and external affairs. Tober has 35 years of experience and was CEO of the Charlotte Area Transit System. He had previously been director of transit for the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle. Klein worked for eight years in Pierce County's communication department.

Center for Economic Vitality

The Small Business Development Center at Western Washington University has changed its name to the Center for Economic Vitality, and will no longer be affiliated with the SBDC statewide network housed at Washington State University. The center will still offer business counseling and research, and will also continue to be connected to the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University. It is located in Bellingham Towers.

King County

The Metropolitan King County Council unanimously confirmed Executive Ron Sims' appointee Kathleen Van Olst as director of the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. Van Olst has been running the department on an interim basis since October. She previously served in the King County Prosecutor's Office managing the new Complex Prosecutions and Investigations Division. She replaces Reed Holtgeerts, who recently retired after 32 years with the department.

Mar 04, 2009

Lane Powell

Lane Powell hired Jennifer Wyatt as an associate in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. Wyatt was an associate with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, where she supervised junior associates in all stages of litigation. Wyatt is also chair of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Women in the Profession Committee and a member of the organization's Diversity Committee.

Pacific Retirement Services

Pacific Retirement Services of Medford, Ore., hired Steve Eichen as chief information officer. Eichen has worked with Boeing, Deloitte & Touche and Nautilus. PRS is a national nonprofit senior living and health care organization and the parent company of Mirabella Seattle.

Rainier Industries

Rainier Industries, a manufacturer of fabric and display products, has acquired The Big Print and consolidated operations. The Big Print is an eco-friendly print product company that was created by Jon and Dan Zinsmeyer.

The Resort at the Mountain

The Resort at The Mountain hired Ryan Daugherty and Molly Logosz as sales managers in the sales department. Daugherty worked at Zermatt Resort and Spa in Utah. Logosz has worked at Skamania Lodge. The golf and meeting resort is at the base of Oregon's Mount Hood.