At The Top

- First Interstate Bank of Washington has named RICHARD SONSTELIE to its board of directors. Sonstelie is president of Puget Sound Power and Light Co.

- ROBERT CASEY has become a partner at Eisenhower, Carlson, Newlands, Reha, Henroit & Quinn.

- JOHN FOLSOM has been elected president and chief executive officer at Raleigh, Mann & Powell Insurance Brokers Inc., Tacoma.

- DONALD KRAFT has been named chairman of Evans Communications Inc.

- ALLAN MURPHY has been appointed vice president and manager of private banking at the Seattle office of The Bank of California.

- JIM DAVID joins ButtonWare Inc. as vice president of sales and marketing.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ACCOUNTING

Dianne Mayhew has become a shareholder and vice president at Smith Carr & McLane, P.S.

ADVERTISING/PR/MARKETING

Washington Transit Advertising has named Pam Olah local sales manager for Western Washington and Joan McNeil national sales manager.

David Vobr has been appointed vice president/controller at American Passage Media Corp.

BANKING

Puget Sound Bank has named to assistant vice president: Carol Hanson, real estate group; Rich Heald, controllers department; Steve Kuhn, controllers department; Mary Lee Mills, manager of the Kirkland branch; Tina Owens and Dave Rickard, consumer financial services department; and Dennis Turnbow, Eastside home loan center, Bellevue.

The bank has also named to vice president: Sandy Boice, real estate group; Karla Kirkwood, construction loan manager; and Michael Wallingford, commercial loan officer.

COMMUNICATIONS

MCI West Division has appointed Dennis Helppie sales manager in its Seattle-based sales office.

Brad Smith has been named general manager of Dickson-Fletcher Printing in Bremerton.

CONSULTING

Kellog Corp. has named Marc Mortensen principal, Richard Long senior principal, Davis Schwartz principal-in-charge of the group and Kenneth Butler principal consultant.

Mark Tibergien has been appointed president and managing director of Management Advisory Services Inc.

FINANCE

The board of directors of Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Inc. has elected: Harold Strong managing director; Mary Cleary and R. Stephen Meyers vice presidents; and Susan Hallberg assistant vice president.

Also at the company, Geoffrey Barker has been appointed vice president in the corporate finance department, and Fred Eoff Jr. has been named managing director in the public finance department.

Glenn Nies has been named manager of sales and marketing for Washington Credit Inc.

GOVERNMENT

Cathy Sander has been named administrative assistant for the Washington State Film and Video Office for the state Department of Trade and Economic Development. Beryl Cheal will join the department as manager of the new Child Care Facility Fund.

LAW

Thomas Kilbane has joined Lindsay, Hart Neil & Weigler as special counsel focusing on environmental law.

Steven Wood has been named managing director for Century Real Estate Advisors, a partnership formed with Davis Wright Tremaine.

LODGING

Wendy Bonvechio has been promoted to director of sales at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel & Towers.

Philip Costner has been named director of food and beverage for The Warwick Hotel in Seattle.

MEDIA

KEZX FM has named Ronnie Hayes operations manager.

ORGANIZATIONS

Chris Gorley has joined Washington Film and Video Association as executive director.

William Ehli, chief executive officer of Ehli's Commercial/Industrial Auctions Inc., was elected president of the Washington State Auctioneers Association.

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