At The Top

-- PAUL GRAF Graf was promoted from vice president and corporate counsel to senior vice president and general counsel for Metlife Capital Corp.

-- ROD WINTERS Winters, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, was named senior manager in the audit department of Deloitte & Touche's Seattle office.

-- GEORGE WHYEL JR. Whyel, a member of the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, was named president of Columbia Bank in Bellevue.

-- JOHN DARCY Darcy was appointed president of Penwest Foods Group, a new position, and elected vice president of Penwest.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-- ADVERTISING/PR/MARKETING

Michael Jaglois was named general manager for Borders, Perrin & Norrander's Seattle office.

-- FINANCE

Michael Cullen was promoted to senior vice president and manager of Middle Market West for MetLife Capital Corp.

-- INSURANCE

GNA Corp. promoted Patrick Welch from senior vice president, chief financial officer to executive vice president, chief operating officer; A. John Miller, Victor Moses and Lawrence Blonquist to senior vice presidents; and Hans Carstensen III and David Sanderford from senior vice presidents to chief marketing officers in the northern and southern marketing divisions.

-- LAW

William Schoel, Steven Thorsrud and Michael Walter have become shareholders in Keating, Bucklin & McCormack Inc. P.S.

-- LODGING

David Johnson was named president and chief executive officer of Red Lion Hotels & Inns.

-- MANUFACTURING

Bradley Wiens was appointed director of finance of Edward Mendell Co., a Penwest subsidiary, and Edward Larkin was promoted to controller for Penwest. Gerald Pickman, a private investor, was appointed to the board of directors for Benchmark Power Corp.

-- MEDIA

Jane Keller was promoted from assistant editor to managing editor, Connie Day was promoted from staff reporter to assistant editor of Media Inc., and Gordon Todd, former managing editor was named communications director of the Nature Conservancy, published by Media Index Publishing Inc. Keith Askenasi was named publisher of Seattle Magazine, published by Pacific Northwest Media Inc.

-- ORGANIZATIONS

Lloyd Hara, treasurer, was elected president of the Municipal Treasurers' Association of the United States and Canada.

-- RESEARCH

Jon Olson, a member of the American Sociological Association and the Pacific Sociological Association, was named director of Battelle's Human Factors and Organizational Effectiveness Research Center.

-- TRANSPORTATION

Jeff Morse was appointed line service manager for Galvin Flying Service.

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