Jan 08, 2001

Daniels-Brown Communications/Ellis Paguirigan

Wiggins

Halverson

Vicki Wiggins has joined the Olympia-based firms Daniels-Brown Communications and Ellis Paguirigan Designs as an executive assistant. Wiggins was previously an office and project manager with Gibbs & Olson Engineering. She has more than 12 years experience managing client projects with a strong background in computer networking and software systems. Cori Halverson has been hired as a project manager at Daniels-Brown Communications. Halverson was the Washington State Senate production services manager for four years. Prior to that, she was a Senate legislative assistant for six years. She will be responsible for tracking and managing a wide variety of client advertising and PR projects. Daniels-Brown Communications is an advertising, design and public relations firm. Ellis Paguirigan Designs is a graphic design and marketing firm.

Wing Luke Asian Museum

Chew

President Bill Clinton has appointed Ron Chew, Wing Luke Asian Museum executive director, along with seven others, to the National Council on the Humanities. The Council advises the National Endowment for the Humanities on its projects to create, preserve and increase the availability of federal resources important for research, education, and public programming in the humanities. Chew has been executive director of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, located in Seattle's International District/Chinatown, since 1991. He is a board member of the Seattle Public Library Foundation and serves on the Advisory Board of the Museum Loan Network. He has received a number of awards, including the Governor's Heritage Award from the Washington State Arts Commission and the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Asian American Studies.

City of Tacoma

Tacoma City Councilman Mike Crowley will take over as mayor for the departing Brian Ebersole. Crowley has served on the council for seven years. Ebersole resigned as mayor, effective Jan. 1, to serve as president of Bates Technical College. Crowley will serve as mayor until Dec. 31. Voters will elect a new mayor to a four-year term this November. Term limits prevent Crowley from running.

Seattle City Council

Elaine Ko is a new legislative assistant in the office of Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin. Ko's background includes work in the public and private sectors as well as years of community and volunteer service work. She has served on several boards including: The International Examiner, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center and the Corporate Volunteer Council. She participated in Leadership Tomorrow and has been awarded the Donor of the Year from College Planning Network and Outstanding Volunteer from Denise Louie Education Center.

AK Media

AK Media, a Seattle-based outdoor media provider, announced that Kathy Clarke has rejoined the company as Northwest regional account manager for AK MediaPrint, the company's vertically integrated large format, digital printing service. Clarke has more than 10 years of experience in sales, marketing and advertising. She previously served as local account manager at AK Media/NW. In her new position, she will be responsible for sales and customer service.

Unigard

Unigard Insurance Group has named Jeff Dehn as vice president commercial lines. Dehn brings more than 25 years of commercial property casualty experience to the position, with the majority of his professional career in the Northwest and Northern California. He joins the company's home office in Bellevue

Jan 05, 2001

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

A former deputy chief of staff to President Clinton has been named executive vice president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sylvia Mathews, now deputy director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, will oversee finance, administration, legal matters, government relations, public affairs and other foundation activities. Mathews has served as budget office deputy director for the last two years. Before working as President Clinton's deputy chief of staff, she was chief of staff to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Foster Pepper & Shefelman announced that Ivy Arai, Joseph Brogan, Sharon Cates, Andrew Carter and Susan Drummond have joined the law firm as associates in its Seattle office. Arai focuses her practice in employment, labor and healthcare law. Brogan concentrates his practice in land use, environmental and natural resources law and litigation. Cates and Carter focus their practices in litigation and alternative dispute resolution and Drummond focuses her practice in land use.

Carter & Burgess

The consulting firm of Carter & Burgess announced that Paul Miller has been promoted to discipline leader of the facilities management/information technology group for the firm's facilities division in Seattle. Miller joined the firm in June 1999 as a senior GIS specialist with the firm's Fort Worth facilities unit. He has more than 10 years of experience in solving problems in earth science, land management and engineering.

Washington Institute

Daniel Mead Smith was elected president of the Washington Institute Foundation on Dec. 14. Mead Smith has been with the institute since 1991, serving as office/project manager and for the last four years as vice president of operations. He is the fourth president of the institute. The Washington Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit think tank promoting limited government and free market solutions for state and local issues.

Seattle City Council

Elaine Ko is a new legislative assistant in the office of Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin. Ko's background includes work in the public and private sectors as well as years of community and volunteer service work. She has served on several boards including: The International Examiner, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center and the Corporate Volunteer Council. She participated in Leadership Tomorrow and has been awarded the Donor of the Year from College Planning Network and Outstanding Volunteer from Denise Louie Education Center.

AK Media

AK Media, a Seattle-based outdoor media provider, announced that Kathy Clarke has rejoined the company as Northwest regional account manager for AK MediaPrint, the company's vertically integrated large format, digital printing service. Clarke has more than 10 years of experience in sales, marketing and advertising. She previously served as local account manager at AK Media/NW. In her new position, she will be responsible for developing sales efforts and maintaining high levels of customer service.

Unigard

Unigard Insurance Group has named Jeff Dehn as vice president commercial lines. Dehn brings more than 25 years of commercial property casualty experience to the position, with the majority of his professional career in the Northwest and Northern California. He joins the company's home office in Bellevue