Aug 29, 2000

Leisure Care

Tana Gall has been promoted to the position of vice president of marketing at Leisure Care, a Bellevue-based assisted living company. Gall will be responsible for establishing the company's marketing philosophy and policies and developing objectives for marketing and sales programs.

Imagio

Imagio, a Seattle-based marketing and communications company, has announced three new hires. James Martin comes from Parallel Communications and Philip Shaw from Tip Top Creative to Imagio as senior graphic designers. Debbie Kapsner joins the company as an account executive. She previously worked for Microsoft's home and retail division.

The Rockey Co.

Jennifer Simmons Goldstone has been named senior account executive for The Rockey Co., a Seattle-based public relations company. Goldstone will assist clients in managing stakeholder relationships through strategic public relations, internal and external communications. She is an eight-year veteran of the public relations industry. Janelle Coughran joins the company as an assistant account executive. Coughran will support media relations and public affairs campaigns.

ELF

ELF, a Seattle-based software and services provider for insurance claims departments, corporate law departments and law firms, has promoted Tom Melling to vice president and general counsel. Melling will be responsible for analyzing the legal issues arising in the e-commerce sector, such as security, licensing, digital signatures and privacy.

Financial Security Group

Financial Security Group, a Bellevue-based affiliate of Moss Adams providing financial planning and asset management services, has added to it’s investment management department by hiring George Taylor as chief investment officer. Taylor has been an advisor with Financial Security Group for three years and he brings 17 years of investment experience managing equity and fixed income portfolios for individuals, businesses, retirement plans and non-profit organizations.

Drury Construction

Drury Construction has added Dan Firestine, Bob McDonald and Brian Russell to its office and field staff. Firestine, a Purdue University graduate, brings 16 years of jobsite management skills and public construction experience to the firm, including school and theater construction in other states. McDonald has been involved in many Kitsap County construction projects in recent years as a technical and field representative for Fred Hill Materials Co., suppliers of ready-mixed concrete and related products. Russell is an intern in project management while he completes his construction management degree at the University of Washington. Drury is based out of Poulsbo.

Ash Grove Cement

Tom Warfield has been hired as a sales representative in Ash Grove Cement Co.'s Bellevue office. In his new position, Warfield is responsible for cement sales to concrete ready-mix dealers and contractors. He has 13 years of sales experience.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Bob Salisbury has been hired as a marketing assistant and Matt Hays has been promoted to proposals manager in Lease Crutcher Lewis' marketing department. Salisbury has worked as an administrator for Chicago Title and Security First Mortgage. Hays has been with the firm since 1996. His new roles include writing proposals, coordinating proposed project teams, and internal/external communications.

Short Cressman

Seattle's Short Cressman & Burgess has announced Charles R. Gossage has joined the law firm. Gossage will concentrate his practice on construction, suretyship, government contracts and bankruptcy laws. He also has experience in both state and federal courts, and holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Arizona State University and a juris doctor from Pepperdine University.

Electrical classes

The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington is holding several electrical continuing education classes in Bellevue in September. The list includes: "Grounding & Bonding" Sept. 12 and 14; "Residential Multi-Family Calculations" Sept. 16; "NEC Update" Sept. 19 and 21; "Transformers & Vaults" Sept. 24; "Limited Energy/Fire Alarm" Sept. 23 and 30; "Low Voltage" Sept. 23; "Journeyman Refresher" Sept. 25-Oct. 25; "NEC Calculations" Sept. 30; and "Residential Wiring" Sept. 30. Classes offered in other cities include "Trouble Shooting" Sept. 9 in Federal Way; "NEC Calculations" Sept. 16 in Everett; and "Prep for Journeyman Exam" Sept. 16 in Tacoma. All classes are $100, except "Limited Energy/Fire Alarm" ($205) and "Journeyman Refresher" ($325). For more information, contact the council at (425) 454-2482.