On the move

Seattle area

Airlines: Laurie Sands was named managing director of taxes at Alaska Air Group.

Banking: Shana Allen was promoted to vice president and information-technology manager at EvergreenBank.

Biotechnology: Christopher Lockett was named senior director of government affairs at Dendreon.

Design: Rosemarie DeLuca was hired as director of business development for the Northwest region at Marshall Erdman & Associates.

Engineering: Mark Shelton was hired as a senior planner at Parametrix.

Health care: The Rev. Gwendolyn Phillips Coates was hired as diversity project coordinator at Providence Hospice of Seattle.

Law: Christopher Howard, David Ebel and Mary Jo Newhouse joined Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. Bruce Kriegman joined Eisenhower & Carlson as a partner. Alexander Baehr joined Dorsey & Whitney.

Magazines: Amy Igoe was hired as an advertising account executive at Apartment Finder Magazine.

Newspapers: Janet Farness was promoted to strategic research director at The Seattle Times Co.

Retail: Patti Ongman was named senior vice president/general merchandise manager of Ready-to-Wear at Macy's Northwest.

Science: Stan Orchard was hired as Web publisher and database marketing specialist at the Pacific Science Center.

Sporting events: Tasha Sawabini was named sports convention and event sales manager of the Seattle Sports Commission.

Software: Murthy Srinivas was appointed vice president of product and platform development, John Ohrn vice-president sales and Yoram Lapid vice-president services and support at Teranode.

Utilities: David Easton was named vice president of business development at Seattle Steam.

Eastside

Health-care products: Garry Norris was named vice president, marketing, Cheryl Shea vice president, regulatory affairs and quality assurance and Daphne Taylor vice president, corporate controller at Cardiac Science, Bothell.

Hotels: Pablo Kovacs was appointed general manager of Barking Frog at Willows Lodge, Woodinville.

Real estate: Kip Durrell and Jeff Jochums were hired as senior directors of the Eastside office leasing team at Cushman & Wakefield, Bellevue.

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