Jun 20, 2008

The Resort at The Mountain

The Resort at The Mountain, an all-season resort near Mt. Hood, Ore., hired Brad Boler as sales manager and Job York as catering sales manager. Boler has worked for Victory Gear Athletics and Adidas Europe. York was director of catering at The Inn at Otter Crest.

Washington Mutual

Seattle-based Washington Mutual hired Michael S. Solender as executive vice president and chief legal officer. He will be responsible for overseeing legal, compliance and government relations functions. Solender will also be a member of the Executive Committee. He succeeds Stewart M. Landefeld, interim chief legal officer, who is returning to private practice at Perkins Coie, Seattle. Solender worked at The Bear Stearns Companies as general counsel.

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre hired Katie Jackman as director of marketing and communications. Jackman has 10 years experience marketing nonprofit and commercial theater for organizations based in the Twin Cities.

PivotLink

Bellevue-based PivotLink, a provider of on-demand business intelligence solutions, hired Nan Froisland as director of product strategy. Froisland has 15 years of software product management experience and last worked with JDA Software.

Banner Bank

Banner Bank announced the grand opening of its second Bellevue branch at 411 108th Ave. N.E.

Jun 19, 2008

The Westin Seattle

The Westin Seattle hired Irene Lin as director of sales and marketing. Lin recently held the same position at The Westin Resort and Spa, Whistler, B.C.

Carney Badley Spellman

Carney Badley Spellman hired Elizabeth K. Maurer as of counsel. She focuses on employment law matters for private and public sector employers and was a corporate attorney at Microsoft.

Ray's Boathouse

Ray's Boathouse, Café & Catering on Shilshole Bay in Seattle, hired Seth Prigg as sous chef and Scott Redington as dining room manager of for its fine-dining Boathouse restaurant. Prigg was the sous chef for the Union Square Grill. Redington has 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has managed restaurants in Portland, California and Honolulu.

Shoreline Community College

Stephen P. Smith is the new vice president for human resources and legal affairs at Shoreline Community College. Smith was human resources liability prevention/dispute resolution manager for the state Department of Labor and Industries. He succeeds Jim Tuttle, who had served as interim special assistant to the president for human resources.

Capitol Hill Housing

Capitol Hill Housing has made two staff additions: Josephine Wong as chief operating officer and Kate Stineback as housing and community developer. Wong was director of finance and administration at the Seattle Office of Housing. She will lead the property managment department as well as leasing, compliance and office administration, and report to CHH Executive Director Christopher Persons. Stineback was with Beacon Development Group, where she managed development of numerous properties including Evergreen Vista II in Olympia, and the Laube Hotel in Bellingham. She will not only be developing properties but also contributing to community planning efforts on 12th Avenue. CHH owns and operates more than 35 buildings in the Capitol Hill, Denny Regrade, Ballard, Central Area and Cascade neighborhoods serving over 1,600 low-income families and individuals annually.

GVA Kidder Mathews

Seattle-based GVA Kidder Mathews continues its Northern California/Bay Area expansion with the opening of an office in Redwood City in the 101 Tech Corridor/San Francisco Peninsula. Steve Bouret and Gregg Domanico are leading the firm's growth throughout the region, and they have added six agents who will relocate with them to the new Peninsula office: Scott Altick, Rico Cheung, Erik Corrigan, Mark Melbye, John Olenchalk and Amy Sims.

Kennedy Associates

Real estate investment advisor Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel was one of nine global winners in the Sustainable Cities Award competition for its Responsible Property Investing Initiative. RPI considers environmental and social ramifications, as well as fiduciary responsibilities, in managing real estate investments. The awards are sponsored by the Financial Times and Urban Land Institute to recognize innovative programs that enhance the environment.