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Seattle and surrounding areas

Advertising/PR/Marketing/Branding: Rob Becker was named graphics supervisor, Jordan Hanauer display-advertising sales representative and Tim Burch sponsorship sales representative at Varsity Communications, Seattle. Liz Holz was named director of design services and Bryan Cohen senior associate in the technology group at Pacific Rim Resources, Seattle.

Coffee: Antonio Aguirre was named master roaster and John Christian Dema vice president at Caffe Luca Coffee Roasters, Seattle.

Consulting: Debra Compton was named account manager at Best Consulting, Sea-Tac.

Education: Stephanie Bowers was named executive director of development and of The Western Foundation at Western Washington University, Bellingham.

Health care: Forrest Ehlinger was named controller at First Choice Health, Seattle.

Hospitality: George Eubanks was named chef at Heron Beach Inn, Port Ludlow.

Insurance: Beau MacGregor and Ryan Shaw were named agents at Country Companies Insurance Group's Lynden office and Richard Royce was named agent at the Olympia office.

Investment: John Cortis was named senior vice president and Pacific Northwest regional manager at Mellon Private Asset Management, Seattle.

Law: Petrea Knudsen Reilly was named counsel and John Cullen associate at Bullivant Houser Bailey, Seattle. Michael Crisera, Robin McPherson, Maureen Mitchell and Jamie Walker were named associates at Short Cressman and Burgess, Seattle. Tad Shimazu was named counsel and Holly Benton, Gabe Galanda, Ryan Moore and Khanh Tran associates at Williams, Kastner and Gibbs, Seattle.

Medical: Juan Guerra was named family practitioner at Providence Medical Group Providence Clinic, Seattle.

Mortgage: Kevin Lane was named vice president and Lynnwood branch manager at Network Mortgage Services, Lynnwood.

Nonprofit: Susan Morgensztern was named president, Margaret Allen vice president, Dean Allen secretary, Tom Waldron treasurer and J. Paul Blake and Lou Yaseen members of the board of trustees at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle. Mike Pete was named chief operating officer at the United Way of King County, Seattle. Sharon Beda was named manager at the Goodwill Store, Tukwila.

Real Estate: Jim Figel was named senior vice president and director of transaction services at Trammell Crow, Seattle. Alison Girard was named director of marketing at Harbor Properties, Seattle.

Research: J.W. Rogers Jr. was named associate laboratory director for the Environmental and Health Sciences division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland.

Technology: Peter van Lieshout was named vice president of marketing at Znetix, Seattle.

Telecommunications: Pam Arcand was named manager of activations and Michelle Evans sales manager at Integra Telecom, Kent.

Other: Dan McKay was named chairman, Jim White vice chairman and Bradley Tompkins secretary-treasurer of the Washington Wheat Commission, Spokane. Vicki Curnutt of Snoqualmie and Jackie Harris of Battle Ground received accreditation as certified marketing directors from the International Council of Shopping Centers. Ronald Maier, surgeon-in-chief at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, was appointed president of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

Awards: Washington Mutual, Seattle, received the Edward T. Pratt Award from The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle.

Eastside

Consulting: Stephanie Stoffer was named vice president of national recruiting at Best Consulting, Kirkland.

Law: Henry Farber was named partner and Linda White Atkins counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine, Bellevue.

Medical: Craig Hendrickson was named executive vice president and chief operating officer at Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue.

Pharmaceutical: Curtis Buck was named vice president of business development at MedManage Systems, Bothell.

Real estate: Gerald Dunbar was named commercial real-estate professional at Wallace Properties, Bellevue.