May 01, 2007

Bank of Everett

Bank of Everett hired Theresa Robinson as vice president and senior commercial relationship officer. Robinson has been in banking for more than 20 years in the greater Puget Sound area.

Teens in Public Service

Teens in Public Service, a nonprofit that connects Seattle teens with community service jobs, received a $10,000 grant from the Seattle Foundation. The grant is for general operating funds and was awarded through the Graham Carpenter Fund. The Seattle Foundation seeks to build healthy communities for King County residents.

Talyst

Bellevue-based Talyst, a pharmacy automation company, hired Gary Johnson as vice president of pharmacy practice solutions. Johnson was with Parkview Health System, a six-hospital system based in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Electronic Evidence Discovery

Kirkland-based Electronic Evidence Discovery hired Kurt Walker as vice president of client services. Electronic Evidence Discovery is a national company that specializes in electronic discovery.

Mackay Restaurants

Mackay Restaurants promoted Emily Wendell to sales and marketing manager for all Tacoma restaurants including El Gaucho Tacoma and Sea Grill. Wendell was one of the first servers hired when El Gaucho Tacoma opened in 2001, and was most recently private dining captain at the restaurant. Seattle-based Mackay has restaurants in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland.

PCL

PCL Construction Services changed the operational structure of its Seattle District office in Bellevue by appointing Fred Auch as regional vice president and district manager and Tony Sturgess as district construction manager. Auch transferred from PCL's district office in Minneapolis and is responsible for operations in Seattle, Hawaii and Alaska. He joined PCL as a project manager in 1980 and spent his entire career working in the Minneapolis area. Sturgess comes from PCL's Denver District office and reports to Auch. He is an 18-year veteran of PCL and served as manager of special projects in Denver since 2004.

ASCE

The American Society of Civil Engineers, along with the Admixture Systems business of BASF Construction Chemicals, selected the judges for the 2007 National Concrete Canoe Competition that will be held June 14-16 in the Seattle area. Local judges include J. Mark D'Amato, a principal at Bellevue-based DCI Engineers, and Cary Kopczynski, president of Bellevue-based Cary Kopczynski & Co. Both are practicing engineers. Other judges include Kenneth L. Caubble of the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Kelly Patterson of Oldcastle Precast Group and Rick Yelton of The Concrete Producer, Masonry Construction and Concrete Surfaces publications. The event challenges civil engineering students to design, build and race canoes constructed of concrete. The University of Washington is hosting the event this year.

Apr 30, 2007

Sunbelt Rentals

Naylor

Sunbelt Rentals has appointed Dave Naylor as its new regional vice president for the the Northwest Region, which includes the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Colorado. Naylor has more than 24 years of industry experience, spending the last five of those years with Sunbelt Rentals. Prior to that, Naylor worked for Sunbelt's UK sister company, A-Plant. He moved to the United States with Sunbelt in 2002 to open a Greenfield Pump and Power business. Since then, he has held back-to-back district manager positions in the Alleghany region and in Houston.

Sunbelt Rentals, a subsidiary of Ashtead Group, is the second largest equipment rental company in the United States. Sunbelt is based in the Charlotte, N.C., area and provides equipment rentals for the industrial, construction, and municipal markets, plus the DIY markets, from its network of over 450 branches, including 100 Sunbelt at Lowe's locations, in 35 states and the District of Columbia. For more information on Sunbelt Rentals, call (253) 872-0799.

Banner Bank

Banner Bank hired Christine Chi as vice president/client manager at the Bellevue Corporate Banking Center. Prior to joining Banner Bank, Chi was with the Business Banking Group for Wells Fargo. Banner Bank is a commercial bank headquartered in Walla Walla.

KemperSports

KemperSports hired Kristin Wells as sales and marketing director of Chambers Bay, the soon-to-open, links-style golf course in University Place. Wells last served as new business development manager for Air New Zealand. KemperSports is based in Northbrook, Ill., and operates golf facilities, athletic clubs, lodging venues and major sporting events.

K&L Gates

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis hired partners Tom Bassett and Philip J. Carstens and of counsel Jody K. Hamilton to the firm's business and corporate practices. All three come to K&L Gates from Lukins & Annis. K&L Gates comprises approximately 1,400 lawyers in 22 offices located in North America, Europe and Asia.

Aronson Security Group

Seattle-based Aronson Security Group hired Jack Turley as vice president of sales. Turley was with Integral Technologies. Aronson Security Group is an independent security integrator for enterprise security solutions.