Oct 09, 2014

Port Blakely Companies

Anderson

Tricia Anderson has joined Port Blakely Companies as corporate controller and treasurer. She was corporate controller at Bsquare Corp. before joining Port Blakely. The company owns and manages operations in forestry and forest products. It is based in Seattle with operations in the Northwest and New Zealand.

Capital Insurance Group

Capital Insurance Group of Monterey, California, named Angela Arralde and Jarrett Stewart agency development managers for Washington state. Arralde has more than 20 years in the insurance industry.

Oct 08, 2014

Clark Nuber

Ledbetter

Doyle

Harris

Clark Nuber, a CPA and consulting firm in Bellevue, promoted several people. Principals: Jennifer Becker Harris, Tax Services; Cindy Doyle, Accounting and Consulting Services; and Karen Ledbetter, Audit and Assurance Services. Senior managers: Matthew Sutorius, Audit and Assurance Services; and Melissa Takade, Marketing. Managers: Jason Chong, Information Technology; and Jessica Fabish, Audit and Assurance Services. Seniors: Amanda Brault, Tax Services; Garrett Cummins, Audit and Assurance Services; Celia Davis, Tax Services; Ashley Johnson, Audit and Assurance Services; George Lampe, Accounting and Consulting Services; and Patrick Lewis, Audit and Assurance Services. Administrative Promotion: Lisa Duong, Senior Business Analyst, Information Technology.

K&L Gates

The Seattle office of K&L Gates added Peter Mixon as a partner. He was general counsel for California Public Employees' Retirement System. Mixon will work with institutional investors, including public pension plans, and public entities on financial disputes, regulatory investigations, investment strategies, municipal insolvencies and complex litigation.

Oct 07, 2014

Dairy Farmers of Washington

Jacque Coe is the new senior director of strategic communications for Washington Dairy Products Commission, also known as the Dairy Farmers of Washington. This is a new position involving traditional and social media programs and services. Coe was director of communications for Bellevue School District and communications director for the Washington Lottery.

Lane Powell

Mary Lee Moseley has joined Lane Powell's Seattle office as co-chair of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group. Moseley has 27 years of experience in estate planning and trust and estate administration.

Sur La Table

Sur La Table named Diane Neal CEO. Neal has over 30 years of consumer and retail experience. She was CEO and president of Bath & Body Works, and is on the boards of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Fossil Group. Neal succeeds Jack Schwefel, who left the company to pursue other opportunities after serving as Sur La Table's CEO since 2007. The chain has more than 115 stores.

Oct 03, 2014

Lane Powell

Lane Powell said Charles W. Riley Jr. will become president and Thomas W. Sondag will be vice president, effective Jan. 1. Current President Lewis M. Horowitz will serve as chair of the board and return to his tax and business practice. Riley has chaired the Trusts and Estates practice group since 2000. Sondag focuses on appellate litigation.

Lee & Hayes

Lee & Hayes PLLC, an intellectual property law firm, has acquired Hope Baldauff, LLC, an Atlanta patent law firm with 11 attorneys, two patent agents and six staff members. This is Lee & Hayes' seventh U.S. location and the fourth office to open since 2011. Hope Baldauff's clients include Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. Lee & Hayes employs 85 attorneys and patent agents, with offices in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Austin, Rochester, N.Y., Atlanta and Washington, D.C.