Jun 12, 2007

Summit Law Group

Summit Law Group hired Jaime Evans to its Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Evans has worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in Palo Alto, Calif., and in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

HaloSource

HaloSource, an antimicrobial and clean technology solutions company, hired Andrew Clews as vice president of marketing and business development. Clews was senior manager of global brands for Alticor.

Washington Research Council

The Washington Research Council selected Alan C. Ralston as president. Ralston will replace Richard S. Davis who became vice president of communications for the Association of Washington Business. Ralston has served as a public affairs advisor to Boeing senior leadership for 20 years and is the northwest regional director of government relations for Boeing. The Washington Research Council examines how public policy issues will affect business, government and the community, and conducts extensive research on such policies.

Shirey Handyman Service

Issaquah-based Shirey Handyman Service promoted April Bettinger to general manager and Jon Elkins to sales manager. Bettinger began as an administrator at the firm and helped it expand to eight service technicians. Elkins has been with the firm for three years. In addition to working closely with sales staff, he is responsible for training field technicians.

Shirey Contracting

Shirey Contracting, an Issaquah-based remodeling company, promoted Kelly Lems to general manager. Lems has been with the company for five years. She began as a receptionist, then moved into estimating and later sales.

PCL Construction Services

The Seattle District of PCL Construction Services hired Ward Thompson as an estimator and promoted Melissa McClure to accounting manager. Thompson has more than 28 years of industry experience, specializing in commercial, public works and infrastructure projects. McClure joined PCL in 2002 as an administrative assistant and was promoted a year later to project accountant.

Jun 11, 2007

DocuSign

DocuSign of Seattle, a Web-based electronic signature service, hired Bob DeSantis as vice president of sales. DeSantis has 20 years of sales experience in the technology industry and was regional vice president of sales at Procuri.

Minority and Women Business Enterprises

Gov. Chris Gregoire appointed Cynthia Cooper of Columbus, Ohio, as director of the Washington Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprises. Cooper was the diversity and ethics manager at Wendy's International where she developed diversity training for more than 20 Wendy's suppliers.

Marten Law Group

Marten Law Group, a Seattle environmental law firm, is expanding by opening an office in Portland and hiring Aaron Courtney. Courtney was with Perkins Coie. Marten Law Group also plans to hire two new lawyers in the fall.