At The Top

-- DALE COWLES Cowles, head of the employee benefits division, was named executive vice president of Kibble & Prentice.

-- PAULA HEATH Heath will be responsible for production of sales promotion materials and events as director of advertising for Group Health Cooperative.

-- RANDY HURLOW Hurlow, former division media relations coordinator, was promoted to director of communications at the Washington division of the American Cancer Society.

-- DONNA MITCHELL-KEENE Mitchell-Keene, vice president, was appointed to the board of directors and management committee of Frank B. Hall & Co. of Washington.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS: -- BANKING

Richard Sproul was promoted from senior vice president and manager to executive vice president and manager, retail banking group, at Key Bank of Puget Sound. -- ENGINEERING

John Robinson was named senior material handling engineer and project manager for CNA Industrial Engineering. -- ENVIRONMENT

Chuck Perov was named charitable campaigns manager for the Environmental Fund of Washington. -- FINANCE

Kibble & Prentice promoted Dorothy Bailey-Archer, Dan Guy III and Lawerence Hood to vice presidents. Bateman Eichler named Betsy Urner investment broker and Paul Douglas vice president of the Seattle office. -- INVESTMENT

Chris Ishii was named vice president, investments, of Smith Barney's Seattle office. The Safeco board of directors promoted Dale Lauer to assistant vice president; Stephen Collier to assistant secretary of the property, casualty and life insurance companies; James Stiegler to regional vice president; L.D. McClean from president of mutual funds to director of mutual funds; and David Hill to president of Safeco Mutual Funds, Safeco securities and Safeco services corporation. -- LODGING

Rose Meador was promoted from senior sales manager and assistant director of sales to director of sales at the Edgewater Inn.

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