Nov 01, 2005

Honda of Seattle

Honda of Seattle named Dan Edwards director of finance and insurance. Edwards has 13 years of industry experience. Krista Tolison is a product manager whose past experience is in electronics. Sales consultants are Shanti Hill and David Roghaar, who manages sales of used vehicles.

Washington Mutual

Seattle's Washington Mutual named John F. Woods corporate controller and principal accounting officer. He will manage the corporate accounting and financial reporting divisions. Woods was with Freddie Mac and also worked for Arthur Anderson.

Small Business Administration

The Seattle district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is moving to the Fourth and Battery Building, at 2401 Fourth Ave., in Seattle's Belltown district. Phone numbers remain the same. The SBA's regional office is moving into the same building. Since 1995, the Seattle district office has been in the Park Place building at 1200 Sixth Ave.

American Bankers Association

Patrick D. Redmond was appointed chair of the American Bankers Association's Community Bankers Council. Redmond is president and chief executive officer of Financial Services Corp., a Seattle-based financial holding company. Redmond leads a group of 97 bank CEOs looking at issues that affect community banks and their customers.

Longitude 122

Woods

Ross Woods has been appointed president of Seattle-based Longitude 122 LLC. Woods has 23 years of real estate experience. Woods, a member of Triad Development since 1990, will continue as executive vice president of that company. Longitude 122 is a construction company started by Triad.

Oct 31, 2005

Mackay Restaurants

Mackay

Seattle-based company Mackay Restaurants named Chad Mackay president and chief operating officer. He was vice president of business operations. His father, Paul Mackay, founded the company in 2000. The elder Mackay will focus on expanding its El Gaucho restaurants beyond the Northwest.

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers appointed Jennifer Campbell committee chair of its products liability practice section. She focuses on product liability as a laywer at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt in Seattle. Washington Defense Trial Lawyers is a statewide association of civil defense laywers.

Sleep Country USA

Northwest mattress retailer Sleep Country USA is expanding, with a new store in Everett Mall opening this month. Others are set to open in the coming months, bringing Sleep Country's total number of stores in Washington and Oregon to more than 50.

F5 Networks

F5 Networks of Seattle promoted Andy Reinland and John Rodriguez to senior executives. Reinland will do financial planning and analysis. Rodriguez will work on worldwide accounting and corporate operations. Both have been in senior positions with the company for four years. F5 offers networking solutions for computer applications.