Dec 04, 2014

KCTS 9

Pihl

KCTS 9 named Michell Pihl vice president of finance and administration, in charge of finance, personnel and legal functions. Pihl was chief financial and administration officer for Girl Scouts of Western Washington. She has worked for other nonprofits and Bank of America.

Basho Technologies

Basho Technologies, which makes software to run Web, mobile and social applications as well as cloud platforms, will open a new headquarters in Bellevue early in 2015. Basho has offices near Washington, D.C., and in London and Tokyo. The Seattle area was chosen for its tech industry and talent pool. Amy Kelleran Pelly has joined Basho as chief financial officer and Heather McKelvey is vice president of engineering. Pelly was the CFO at Doxo. McKelvey was CTO at GoGrid.

Dec 03, 2014

Shook, Hardy & Bacon

Mulgrew

Harmon

Shook, Hardy & Bacon is expanding its intellectual property and high tech practice with the addition of partners Bill Harmon and John Mulgrew in the Seattle office. Both worked at Microsoft, in the U.S. and overseas. Harmon was an assistant general counsel in the patent litigation group. Mulgrew was an assistant general counsel and team lead for patent conflicts at Microsoft. The law firm is based in Kansas City and has 12 offices in the U.S. and abroad.

Hilliard's Beer

Hilliard's Beer of Ballard has a new distribution agreement with Spendrups Bryggeri, Sweden's largest beverage distribution company. Hilliard's Amber Ale will be sold in alcohol stores and through sales agents. Ryan Hilliard and Adam Merkl opened Hilliard's Beer in 2011 to make craft beer.

Workforce Development Council

The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County was awarded $464,872 for youth internships. The council will lead a partnership with King County Employment and Education Resources, United Way, Seattle Public Schools, Highline Public Schools and the city of Seattle to help more than 3,000 young people.

Dec 02, 2014

JayRay

Moira Davin has joined JayRay in Tacoma as an advisor. She was director of sales for Travel Tacoma + Pierce County. JayRay's services include branding, advertising and strategic communication programs.

Auburn School District

Dr. Dennis Kip Herren, superintendent of Auburn School District, was named 2015 Superintendent of the Year by the Washington Association of School Administrators. Herren has been in education for 40 years, 35 of them in Auburn. The district has 15,000 students with 56 percent who are in poverty, 25 percent Hispanic, and 2,500 English-language learners from 65 different first languages.

Nov 28, 2014

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle elected new member directors representing Idaho and Wyoming and one independent non-public interest director. David P. Bobbitt is chairman and CEO of Community 1st Bank in Post Falls, Idaho. David J. Ferries is president/CEO and director of First Federal Savings Bank in Sheridan, Wyoming. The independent director is David F. Wilson, CEO of Wilson Construction in Ketchum, Idaho.

Washington State University

Ted Baseler has been reappointed to a second full term on the Washington State University Board of Regents. He is a WSU alumnus and president and CEO of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates.