R. Bryce Seidl Elected Pilchuck Board President

Pilchuck Glass School formally elected its officers for 2003 during its October 16, 2002, annual meeting at The Westin Seattle. Elected unanimously, Pilchuck’s officers are:

• R. Bryce Seidl, President
• Dianne Loeb, Vice President
• Benjamin P. Moore, Vice President
• John Price, Treasurer
• Norman B. Sandler, Secretary
• Jeffrey Atkin, Past President

Bryce Seidl, who had functioned as Pilchuck’s interim executive director for ten months, officially assumed the office of President on December 2, 2002, when Patricia Watkinson assumed her appointment as executive director. Formerly an executive with Fisher Mills, Inc. and Simpson Paper Company, Seidl has served on Pilchuck’s board since 1996. He succeeds four-year Board President Jeffrey Atkin.

Prior to the annual meeting, the trustees elected Bruce R. Bachmann (Chicago, IL), Leonard Klorfine (Philadelphia, PA), David Pollart (Seattle, WA), and Cheryl Zahniser (Seattle, WA) to its board. Trustees Manya Drobnack, Robert Ness, Babo Olanie, Jeannie Pollart, J. Thurston Roach, Joan Stonecipher, and Michelle Swerland officially concluded their service as Pilchuck trustees at the October meeting.