Oct 15, 2014

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie named Kip Guthrie chief marketing officer. He was with DLA Piper as director of marketing for the Americas and also worked for Jones Day and Brobeck. Perkins Coie has more than 950 lawyers in 19 offices in the United States and Asia.

Children's Music Foundation

The Children's Music Foundation has expanded its board adding Dana Pethia, who was director of regional development for Constant Contact, and former high school principal Eduardo Mendonca, who is also a musician, singer, composer and director.

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker said attorney Melia A. Preedy has joined the Seattle-based firm as a member of the Government Contracts and Construction Law practice groups. She earned a law degree from Seattle University School of Law in 2014.

Oct 14, 2014

Pacific Bonsai Museum

Packard

McCabe

Pacific Bonsai Museum (formerly the Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection) added two new staff members: Kathy McCabe is executive director and Aarin Packard is curator, succeeding Dave De Groot, who is retiring after serving as curator since the museum opened in 1989. McCabe was deputy director of Cascade Bicycle Club. Packard was assistant curator of The National Bonsai and Penjing at The U.S. National Arboretum.

Stokes Lawrence

Schulkin

Stokes Lawrence said Alan Schulkin has joined its Financial Services practice from Schulkin Rein, where he practiced for 15 years. He has represented financial institutions in all aspects of commercial lending, including tax-exempt bond financing, and will work with clients in Washington and Oregon.

Lee & Hayes

Lee & Hayes added attorney Joel Baldwin to the Seattle office. His practice focuses on drafting and evaluating patent applications for product development in areas such as bulk chemical processing, materials engineering, composites materials and aerospace technologies. The firm is based in Spokane and has seven U.S. offices.

Oct 10, 2014

Lane Powell

Patent attorneys Kevin D. Jablonski and Bryan A. Santarelli joined Lane Powell's Seattle office in the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. Both were with Graybeal Jackson LLP, an intellectual property law firm.

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Pacific Northwest College of Art named a new board of governors chair: Aric Wood, CEO of Xplane. The board also added a new governor: Norman J. Smith, former president of the Ford Family Foundation. Next February, the school will move into the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design, in the renovated federal building at 511 N.W. Broadway, which is in Portland's North Park Blocks.

Peterson Sullivan

Peterson Sullivan LLP, an accounting and advisory firm in Seattle, promoted to partner Scott Jaeger, CPA, CFP, and Mark Mitchell, CFA, ASA. Jaeger is partner in the tax practice. Mitchell is partner and director of valuation services.