Appointments, promotions and awards in the business community.
Seattle area
Advertising: Reshma Solanki was hired as an assistant account executive at Copacino +Fujikado.
Cold storage: Carl Byrnes was appointed vice president of business development at SCS Refrigerated Services.
Communications: Kevin Thompson was hired as director of the community building and public-involvement group at PRR.
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Health care: Dr. Brenda Bruns was named executive medical director for the health-plan division of Group Health Cooperative.
Landscape architecture: Nick Hagan and Andy Rasmussen were promoted to principals and Wendy Anderson, Mike Loe and Jon McNamara were promoted to senior associates at Weisman Design Group.
Law: Seth Wilkinson was named a partner and Matt Carvalho joined Yarmuth Wilsdon Calfo. Nathan Paine joined Rohde & Van Kampen.
Nonprofits: Larry Ehl was appointed executive director at Partnership for Learning.
Outsourcing: Jan Claesson was hired as senior vice president and chief business development officer at Adaptis.
Public relations: Laura McLeod was hired as an account manager at Nyhus Communications.
Restaurants: Jim Rowe was promoted to president, Greg Hinton to director of operations (full-service division) and Phil Warchol to director of operations (fast-casual division) at Consolidated Restaurants.
Software: Ted Gauld was appointed vice president of product management and marketing at Adapx.
Eastside
Banking/finance: Carrie Casanas was named vice president of finance and Barry Schnell as vice president of technology at Guidant Financial Group, Bellevue.
Marketing: Colleen Richardson was hired as a production manager, Willem Buys as a production designer and Shaye Mitchell as an account coordinator/project manager at Hodgson/Meyers, Kirkland.
Surveying: Ben Petersen, of PLS in Issaquah, was elected state president of the Land Surveyors’ Association of Washington.
Technology: Jeff Beard was named senior consultant at Electronic Evidence Discovery, Kirkland.
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