Dec 09, 2014

Adolfson & Peterson

Weaver

Randy Weaver joined Adolfson & Peterson Construction as regional safety manager. Weaver has 15 years of experience in health and safety for the construction industry. At A&P, he is managing safety and health requirements for the Pacific Northwest region, and serving on the national safety committee.

Banner Bank

Hogg

Banner Bank hired Alex Hogg on the residential lending team for Bellevue and Mercer Island. He ran his own mortgage company over the last six years.

Zender Thurston

The 100-year-old Bellingham law firm of Zender Thurston PS is changing its name to Carmichael Clark PS. This does not reflect a change in the firm or the attorneys practicing there. Carmichael Clark has nine attorneys who serve clients in northwest Washington.

South Sound 911

Ken Sharp, retired fire chief at West Pierce Fire & Rescue, is South Sound 911's first deputy director of fire services. Sharp retired as WPFR fire chief in 2013. He will serve as deputy director in a part-time interim capacity until a permanent hire is made.

Walsh Construction Co.

Coogan

Simpson

Johnson

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Derek Johnson to project manager, and hired Michael Simpson as project engineer and Claudia Coogan as subcontractor accounts payable specialist. Johnson joined the company in 2007 as assistant superintendent, and was promoted in 2010 to superintendent. His new duties are estimating, value engineering, job costing and schedule monitoring. Simpson recently completed a career with the U.S. Army. Coogan has more than 15 years of construction accounting experience.

Dec 05, 2014

Lisa Dupar and Co.

Michael Zimmer is the new chef-de-cuisine for Lisa Dupar and Co. catering and Pomegranate Bistro. Michael replaces his father, Jonathan Zimmer, who has left to pursue other projects.

Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications, a provider of broadband, voice, data and television services, promoted Frank Aff to director of operations in the West Region: California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Aff will oversee the Fiber Service Center, Dispatch Resource Center and Network Operations, based in Beaverton, Oregon. Timothy Ross was named sales manager for Western Washington. Ross worked for Comcast in Washington and Clearwire.

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham Technical College President Patricia McKeown said she plans to retire next June. Her career at BTC spans more than 30 years.