Mar 11, 2008

Providence Mount St. Vincent

Providence Mount St.Vincent in West Seattle, a care facility for older adults, hired Tom Mitchell as administrator of skilled nursing. Mitchell has been with the company for four years in a number of posts.

Golden Lasso

Seattle-based Golden Lasso, a marketing, communications and design firm, hired Sarah Steiger to the design team. Steiger worked as a designer and art director at Cassis, an Indianapolis design firm.

Alliance 2020

Renton-based Alliance Credit Services changed its name to Alliance 2020 to better reflect its range of services. The firm's services have changed from providing credit reports to providing employment screening, tenant screening, mortgage credit reporting, business credit reports, fingerprinting, notary services and drug testing.

Griffin, Hill & Associates

Griffin, Hill & Associates, a Seattle-based management consulting firm, hired Joann Francis as president. Francis is a lawyer who was Sound Transit's chief administrative officer.

Harborstone Credit Union

Harborstone Credit Union in Lakewood promoted Phil Jones to president and chief operating officer. Jones will assume the role of CEO at the end of the year, when Rick Schmidtke retires. Jones was senior vice president and chief financial officer.

Professional Service Industries

Engineering testing firm Professional Service Industries promoted Kevin Sapp to branch manager of the Mountlake Terrace office and R. Steve Padilla to business development manager of the Mountlake Terrace and Tacoma offices. Sapp has been with the firm for two years and is ICC, ACI, WABO, NWCEL and RSO certified. Padilla has been with PSI for one year and has completed its Project Manager Certification Program. PSI is headquartered near Chicago and operates 125 offices in North America.

Mar 07, 2008

FCS Group

Redmond-based FCS Group in Redmond hired Martin Chaw as a project manager. Chaw was a small business owner and worked for seven years for the city of Redmond as a financial planning manager. FCS provides consulting services on utility rates, finance and management.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

The Seattle office of the law firm Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt hired Lawrence A. Costich as of counsel. Costich was with Graham & Dunn and will work in the land use practice group.

Westin Seattle

The Westin Seattle hired Jennifer Magnusen as director of sales and Jesica Strong as associate director of sales. Magnuson was director of sales and marketing at The Westin Portland. Strong began her hospitality career at the Westin Seattle in 1997.

Safeco

Safeco hired Robert Ingram as executive vice president and chief information officer. Ingram worked for Argonaut Group, Andersen Consulting and IBM.

ÁegisLiving

ÁegisLiving, a Redmond-based operator of retirement and assisted living communities, promoted Kristine Stidham to regional marketing director for Washington. Stidham joined Aegis in 2005. Áegis operates 32 communities in Washington, California and Nevada.