Feb 09, 2007

Short Cressman & Burgess

Andrew W. Maron has been elected managing partner of the Seattle law firm of Short Cressman & Burgess. Maron is chair of the Construction Law Group. Chris A. Pothering was promoted to partner. Pothering will serve as co-chair of the Business and Tax Law Group. Robert S. Klein, was named partner and co-chair of the Business and Tax Law Group.

Perlego Systems

Perlego Systems named Frank J. Costa chief executive officer. He held executive positions with Active Voice and Intel. Perlego's founding CEO, Todd Ostrander, will be chief strategy officer. Perlego Systems provides hosted mobile device lifecycle management solutions, and is based in Gig Harbor.

Destination Hotels and Resorts

Destination Hotels and Resorts hired Kris Colborn as executive chef of The Inn at Suncadia in Suncadia, near Roslyn. Colborn was executive chef at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland. Suncadia is managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, headquartered in suburban Denver.

Moss Adams

Moss Adams named David W. Schilling managing partner of the accounting firm's Seattle office. He succeeds W. Arthur King, who is now northern regional managing partner.

Feb 08, 2007

Port of Everett

The Port of Everett promoted Carl Wollebek to the new post of senior director of operations. He was the director of marine terminals. Scott Grindy was promoted to marine terminals facilities and security director. John Chatterton was appointed to the new position of supervisor-facility security officer. Ken Cole will be lead for security.

Allstate

Allstate Insurance Co. promoted Chuck Lund to market distribution leader for the Seattle-metro area. Lund has worked for Allstate for three years. Allstate is a national publicly held personal lines insurer.

Foster Pepper

Foster Pepper added two construction litigators in Seattle. Jeffrey G. Frank and Gregory A.V. Clark join as members in the Litigation and Construction Practice Group. Both were with Bullivant Houser Bailey. Foster Pepper has offices in Seattle, Spokane and Portland.

Leibsohn & Co.

Bellevue-based Leibsohn & Co. Commercial Real Estate added Joel Rue as an associate specializing in retail leasing. Shanell Jones has joined as an associate specializing in office leasing.

Coast Real Estate Services

Coast Real Estate Services recently entered into a property management and leasing services agreement for the Bank of Everett Tower, 2722 Colby Ave., Everett. The 90,000-square-foot building was renovated after changing ownership last year. The Bank of Everett is the largest tenant.

NAIOP topic: Boomers, Gen-Xs, Millennials

“Boomers, Gen-Xs, Millennials: How Generations Affect Business” is the topic of the Feb. 21 meeting of the National Association of Office and Industrial Parks at the Bell Harbor Conference Center on Alaskan Way in Seattle. The meeting starts at 7 a.m. with registration and networking. The speaker is Kip Lilly, a consultant and business management trainer, who will look at how the business world is going to change with the aging of these generations. He will also look at how to recognize the differences and communicate effectively with each generation. For information call (206) 382-9121.