Jul 15, 2008

Molina Healthcare of Washington

Bothell-based Molina Healthcare hired Glen H. Bogner as president of its health plan subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of Washington. Bogner has 20 years of health care industry experience. He replaces Dale Ahlskog, who retired this year. Molina has about 289,000 members enrolled in its health plan.

Northwest Seaport

Jim Flies has joined the board of directors of Northwest Seaport in Seattle. Flies is the purchasing manager for Harley Marine Services. He has also served as the academic dean and dean of students at Seattle Preparatory School, where he taught for 20 years.

World Trade Center

Meg Zook is director of sponsorship for the World Trade Center in Seattle, which is owned by the Port of Seattle and managed by Seattle-based Columbia Hospitality.

Plumbing JRC

Location: Bellevue

Cost: $490

Information: Construction Industry Training Council of Washington, (425) 454-2482 or http://www.citcwa.org

Timberland Homes

Auburn's Timberland Homes promoted Dave McKim to president and Bill Marr to vice president. Gilbert Wood, former president, remains as chairman but is stepping back from daily operations. McKim joined Timberland Homes in 1976 through the parent company, Timberland Industries. He worked in accounting for four years and then bought the company in partnership with Wood. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Washington. Marr joined the company in 2001 and is experienced in real estate sales. Timberland specializes in building customized modular homes primarily for landowners.

Randolph Construction Services

The Department of Energy named Randolph Construction Services in Pasco the Woman-Owned Small Business of 2007. The company was honored for creative solutions on DOE projects, good customer service and the value it brought to government work. Battelle nominated Randolph, which did the site work for Battelle's physical sciences facility at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Khris Judy is the president of Randolph.

Jul 11, 2008

Rusty George Creative

Rusty George Creative hired John Anderle as art director, Shayne Meyer as Web developer and Matt Enloe as account manager. Anderle was a partner at MarketQuest Creative. Meyer was the Web master at Renton Technical College. Enloe was the marketing and communications manager at Sound Options.

Outsource Marketing

Bellevue-based Outsource Marketing made a series of personnel changes. New hires are Martin Pierce as design manager and Mary Kate Baker as marketing project manager. Promotions were given to Victoria Ostrovskaya who is marketing integrator, Dan Murphy who is strategist, Bill Boyd who is a senior strategist and Eric Anderson who is chief operations officer.

i2i Group China

Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Port of Seattle and Washington State Tourism have founded their first representative tourism office in Beijing, China, called i2i Group China. The Chinese marketing and public relations firm will launch a new campaign designed to strengthen tourism ties between China and Washington. Washington is viewed as a highly desirable destination for Chinese travelers and is the mainland U.S. destination that is closest to China.