At The Top

-- THOMAS MIZELLE Mizelle was promoted from director of sales to vice president, sales and marketing, for Immunex Corp.

-- GORDON LAING Laing will oversee corporate actuarial functions as vice president, corporate actuary, for Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska.

-- MARIA DENNY Denny was named executive director of Earth Share of Washington, an organization that raises money through charitable giving campaigns for environmental groups.

-- SUSAN ASHMUN Ashmun was appointed creative director/producer for Vidatron Corp. and will oversee the production operations in the Seattle area.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-- ADVERTISING/PR/MARKETING

Terry Fitzgerald was named as a consultant for G.T. Rapp & Co.

-- BANKING

Sally Jewell will oversee business and private banking activities as executive vice president of West One Bank's Washington affiliate. Carol Wilber was promoted to vice president at the East Commercial Banking Center for Key Bank of Washington.

-- COMMUNICATIONS

Doug Ball was named sales executive for Vidatron Corp.

-- CONSULTING

Jeanie McKay was appointed senior associate trainer with RZ Communications, a consulting company. Sedgwick James Consulting Group's Seattle office promoted Robert Seigfried to vice president and Marilyn Sargent to assistant vice president. Robert Collett, a fellow of the Society of Actuaries, was elected chief executive officer of Milliman & Robertson, a national consulting and actuarial

company.

-- DISTRIBUTORS

William Corbin was named to serve as a member of the senior management team and head the wood-products businesses for the Weyerhaeuser Co.

-- EDUCATION

Jill Larson was promoted from career consultant to regional admissions trainer of Business Computer Training Institute.

-- INSURANCE

Robert Garis will focus on public-utility and risk-management-related business as senior vice president of Sedgwick James of Washington's Seattle office.

-- LAW

Robert Denomy Jr., specializing in real estate and business transactions and land use, was named senior attorney with Williams, Kastner & Gibbs.

-- MANUFACTURING

Ron McFarlane will be responsible for the expansion of manufacturing as vice president, strategic projects, and Chuck Barnett was named general sales and marketing manager for Red Dot Corp.

-- ORGANIZATIONS

Michael Runyan, a partner with Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky, was elected president of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers. Douglas Hofmann, a partner with Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, was elected vice president of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Geoffrey Revelle of Revelle Hawkins, P.S., was elected president of the Seattle-King County Bar Association.

-- TRANSPORTATION

Thomas Hawkins was named senior facilities project manager, Korbey Hunt was promoted from properties manager to director of properties, Brad Tilden was appointed assistant controller/director of general controlling, Bill O'Dwyer was named director of financial reporting and Bennie Johnson was named assistant controller/director of taxes for Alaska Airlines.

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