Jul 15, 2014

Nyhus Communications

Nyhus Communications, a Seattle communications and advocacy firm, hired Beth Hester as director of public affairs and statewide operations. She worked for the city of Seattle as director of public affairs and management for Mayor Mike McGinn. She was also general manager of Seattle Channel and worked for Mayor Greg Nickels, King County Council and former King County Executive Ron Sims.

DNA

DNA, a full-service Seattle agency with expertise in brand strategy, advertising, digital strategy and media, hired Kammie McArthur as creative director. McArthur was with Swirl San Francisco, where she was creative director and worked on projects for eBay, Clorox and YMCA. She also worked at Publicis in Seattle on T-Mobile.

Jul 11, 2014

King County

King County Executive Dow Constantine nominated William Hayes as director of the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. He has been interim director since February. If confirmed by King County Council, Hayes would oversee jails, community corrections and juvenile detention.

Garvey Schubert Barer

The Seattle law firm Garvey Schubert Barer has added attorneys in New York, Portland and Seattle. In Seattle, Bill Humphries, Courtney Lee Tawresey and Miriam R. Woods are new. Humphries focuses on real estate, business and franchising, and also practiced as a Certified Public Accountant. Tawresey focuses on business, transaction, and federal and international tax law, and was with Grant Thornton in Denver. Woods worked as a state and local tax associate at KPMG. Patrick Conti has joined in Portland as a litigation associate. He was at Arnold & Porter in California. The Portland office also added Steven D. Nofziger, who was with Hershner Hunter in Eugene, and Jennifer F. Gould, who was an associate at Morrison & Foerster's San Francisco office.

State School Directors' Association

Alan Burke is executive director of the Washington State School Directors' Association. He is deputy superintendent at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Jul 10, 2014

State Transportation Commission

Governor Jay Inslee appointed Mary Riveland from Orcas Island and Roy Jennings from Vancouver to the Washington State Transportation Commission and reappointed Joe Tortorelli of Spokane to a second six-year term. Riveland served as director of the State Lottery, Department of General Administration, Department of Licensing and Department of Ecology. Jennings brings more than 30 years of experience in transportation and is a member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.

City of Kent

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke appointed Derek Matheson as chief administrative officer and Aaron BeMiller as finance director. Matheson is city manager of Covington and was interim city manager for Federal Way. BeMiller is budget and finance director/county treasurer for Clatsop County, Oregon, and also was Pierce County budget manager. Former CAO John Hodgson and Finance Director Robert Nachlinger both retired.

Jul 09, 2014

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie said John Devaney, age 56, has been elected managing partner, effective Jan. 1. He succeeds Bob Giles, who has been chairman since 1986 and will step down at the end of the year. Devaney served on the Executive and Management Committees and was Office Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office. He joined Perkins Coie in 1988 and focuses his practice on commercial litigation, political law litigation and communications law.

Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Timothy R. Vail will assume command of the Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on Friday. Vail was commissioned in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May 1997. Prior assignments include: platoon leader, company executive officer, battalion logistics officer and detachment leader. He deployed to Afghanistan and later was assigned to Rand Corp. headquarters in Santa Monica as an Army research fellow. His most recent assignment was in the Pentagon's Office for the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs.