Aug 14, 2014

Tuta Bella

Joe Fugere is this year's recipient of the Gill A. Centioli Memorial Award by Festa Italiana, which produces the Italian Festival at Seattle Center. The award honors a local Italian-American for success and positively reflecting the Italian community. Previous winners include Albert D. Rosellini, Victor Rosellini, Art Oberto and Lou Guzzo. Fugere opened his first Neapolitan pizzeria in 2004 and now owns five more restaurants.

City of Fife

Interim Police Chief Mark Mears has been appointed the city's new police chief. He led a collaborative effort to develop a strategic plan for the department and has been assistant police chief since 2006.

Aug 13, 2014

Stoel Rives

Leppo

The law firm Stoel Rives said partner Jeffrey W. Leppo has been appointed office managing partner in Seattle, the firm's second-largest office. Leppo is an environmental and natural resources practitioner, with a focus on environmental, wildlife and natural resources law. He succeeds Melanie Curtice, who is returning to full-time practice in the employee benefits practice.

AssureStart

AssureStart, a Seattle-based online small business insurance provider, named Chad Zenner chief marketing officer. AssureStart sells business property and general liability insurance to small businesses on the Internet. Zenner was with Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa, as director of digital marketing.

Aug 12, 2014

Expeditors International

Expeditors International of Washington said Americas President Robert L. “Bob” Villanueva will retire at the end of the year after 20 years of service.

Aug 08, 2014

Wells Fargo

Hannon

Aaron William Hannon has been named business banking relationship manager for Wells Fargo in Seattle, working with small and-medium-sized-businesses. He has worked at US Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase.

Pierce County

Pierce County won a national award for using technology to help locate abducted children. The International Association of Emergency Managers said investigators can use the system to quickly search and organize thousands of tips about a child's possible location. The county worked with Tacoma police to create the system.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Davis Wright Tremaine said it is one of 50 firms on this year's list of Best Law Firms for Women. The list is compiled by Working Mother magazine and a consulting firm called Flex-Time Lawyers. Firms are ranked based on women in the partnership ranks, availability of flex-time work and business development opportunities tailored to women.

Seattle Repertory Theatre

Seattle Repertory Theatre named Marya Sea Kaminski associate artistic director. Kaminski most recently taught acting at Cornish College of the Arts, and has appeared as an actor and solo performer in Seattle, New York City and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She will appear in Intiman Theatre Festival's staging of Tony Kushner's “Angels in America” this month. Kaminski was a founding member and co-artistic director of Washington Ensemble Theatre.