Feb 10, 2004

Richmond Public Relations

McCulloh

Meyers

Hamilton

Seattle-based Richmond Public Relations promoted three executive staff members. Hamilton McCulloh was promoted from vice president of public relations to senior vice president, Lori Meyers was promoted from senior manager to vice president and Jason Hamilton was promoted from account manager to vice president. Richmond PR specializes in product launches, media relations, crisis communications, investor relations, grand openings and special events.

Glacier Bay Cruiseline

Doug Toms, Don Simplot and Bob Brennan, former president of Sunmakers Travel Group, are the new owners of Glacier Bay Cruiseline. The Seattle-based company, formerly owned by Juneau, Alaska-based Goldbelt, Inc., will offer cruises featuring Oregon's Columbia, Willamette and Snake rivers, as well as Glacier Bay National Park.

Worktank Creative Media

Worktank Creative Media has been certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. The company said certification process ensures that the business has 51 percent ownership by a woman or women, effective management, solid financials and a level of clients and contracts past and present. Worktank is based in Seattle and provides creative strategy and production for companies including Microsoft, HP, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Puget Sound Energy.

Alaska Distributors

Seattle-based Alaska Distributors, which distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Alaska and Washington, selected Motek's Priya warehouse management software to integrate its Anchorage, Bremerton, Fairbanks and Seattle distribution operations on a single server. Motek is based in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Portland State University

Lawrence Wallack, director of Portland State University's School of Community Health, was named dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs. Wallack, who replaces Nohad A. Toulan, came to PSU in 1999 from the University of California, Berkeley. He was founding director of the Berkeley Media Studies Group and is a founding senior fellow of the Rockridge Institute.

Paras General Contractors

Paras General Contractors, based in Spokane, promoted Terry Martin to general superintendent and Randy Zutter to safety administrator/craft labor manager. Martin is a former superintendent and Zutter was previously a foreman and project superintendent. Reid Dickinson, who has been in the construction industry since 1991, was hired as the concrete division manager for Paras Concrete Contractors, the firm's concrete contracting division.

The Sutor Group

The Sutor Group has moved to a new location in Bellevue. The new address is: 355 118th Ave. S.E., Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98005. The new phone and fax numbers are: (425) 990-1600 and (425) 990-1601.

Ash Grove Cement Co.

Burg

Ash Grove Cement Co. has hired Dave Burg as technical services manager for Washington. Burg will be responsible for customer technical services for concrete and cement, along with heading up regional Ash Grove concrete testing labs. He has 16 years of concrete industry experience.

Associated General Contractors of Washington

The Associated General Contractors of Washington recently installed its officers and trustees for 2004. It also handed out its Contractor of the Year award to Gloria Van Dusen of Absher Construction and its Affiliate of the Year award to Ross Pouley of URS Corp. New officers include: Wilf Wainhouse of Sellen Construction, president; Brett Ferullo of Northwest Construction, first vice president; Gus Gottschalk of Lydig Construction, second vice president; Wendy Pare of Nuprecon, secretary/treasurer; George Kramer of Aecon Buildings, Seattle District vice president; Rusty Laird of Com-Steel, Northern District vice president; David D'Hondt of Absher Construction, Southern District vice president; and John Lewis of R.P. Lewis Construction, Central Washington District vice president. Trustees include: Kurt Hildebrand of Lease Crutcher Lewis, Kelly Bosa of KLB Construction, Edward Brooks of Sunset Pacific General Contractors, Don Grimes of Glacier Northwest, Pher Holmberg of Holmberg Company Mechanical Contractors, Pamm Jardine of Kibble & Prentice, Ruby Jones of Turner Construction, Paul Koshiyama of BMWC Constructors, Mary Lawrence of Matia Contractors, Kelly Martin of Edifice Construction, Pat McGarry of Manson Construction, Mike Myette of Tri State Construction, Mike Poppoff of Poppoff Inc., Doug Roach of Groff Murphy Trachtenberg & Everard, John Tremper of Howard S. Wright Construction, Jeff Woodworth of Woodworth & Company, James Paras of Paras General Contractors, John Schaufelberger of the University of Washington Department of Construction Management, and William Southern Jr. of Southern Communications.