On the move

Seattle area

Art: Jennifer Aydelott was appointed director of development at the Seattle Art Museum.

Banking: May-Ling Sowell joined 1st Security Bank of Washington as compliance officer, Mountlake Terrace. John Vandenberg was named chief financial officer at Shoreline Bank.

Biotechnology: Dr. Consuelo Blosch was appointed vice president of clinical and regulatory and Dan Allison senior director of therapeutic design at VLST.

Commercial real estate: Steve Brunette was hired as director of investment sales at Cushman & Wakefield of Washington.

Communications: Megan Averell, Natalia Barolin, Sonia Bouska and Barb Taub were hired at DDB.

Engineers: Jill Connell and Klaus Tilla were named associates at CDi Engineers, Lynnwood.

Health care: Dr. Michael Soung, Dr. Minori Yoshioka, Dr. Lily Chang, Dr. Antoine Jones, Dr. Sue Mystkowski and Dr. Heidi Shors joined Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Insurance: Alison Talbot was named senior vice president of human resources and administration at Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company.

Law: Leonard Feldman of Heller Ehrman was elected chairman of the King County Bar Association Appellate Practice Section. James Hanken and Marissa Alkhazov joined Wolfstone Panchot & Bloch.

Marketing: Ross Cattelin was hired as interactive design director and Marilyn Orozco copy/production editor and project coordinator at Hadley Green Creates.

Retail: Carlos Escobar was named vice president/operations and Anita Oswald regional merchandise manager for Home at Macy's.

Wildlife: Doug Howell was named regional executive director of the National Wildlife Federation's Seattle office.

Eastside

Insurance: Kim Bartos was promoted to Northwest Region assistant field vice president at Allstate Insurance, Bothell.

Software: Matt Scheuing was appointed president at Orrtax Software Solutions, Bellevue.

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