Jan 07, 2015

Symetra Financial Corp

Symetra Financial Corp. of Bellevue named Mark E. Hunt executive vice president and chief investment officer. He will oversee a $30 billion investment portfolio and report to Tom Marra, president and CEO. Hunt was managing director of White Mountains Advisors in Guilford, Connecticut, responsible for all life company portfolios and alternative investments for clients including Symetra. His 11-person team at White Mountains is moving in-house to Symetra but will remain based in Connecticut. The team includes Nicholas Mocciolo, now Symetra vice president for derivatives, trading and portfolio strategy.

Ashbaugh Beal

Ashbaugh Beal has named Tymon Berger partner. He is in the Construction Law Group and helps clients with public bid protests, alternative and collaborative procurement methods, complex construction claims, federal contracting issues, lien and bond claims, and surety issues.

Jan 06, 2015

Council on Homelessness

Gov. Jay Inslee named Lael Duncan chair of the State Advisory Council on Homelessness. Duncan has served on the committee since 2006 and is executive director of Okanogan Community Action Council. The 20-member state council works on improving the state's response to homelessness.

NANA

The regional Alaska Native corporation NANA Regional Corp. has a new chief financial officer: Jens Beck. Beck also will be CFO for NANA Development Corp., NANA's wholly-owned subsidiary.

Jan 02, 2015

Lane Powell

MacLeod

Lane Powell named Seattle attorney Sarah MacLeod a shareholder. She is a member of the Trusts and Estates Practice Group, with clients who include owners of privately held businesses, beneficiaries of long-term trusts, fiduciaries and entrepreneurs.

Clearwater Paper

Clearwater Paper Corp. of Spokane sold its specialty products business and mills to Dunn Paper and will reinvest proceeds into capital projects in its consumer products division. The sale includes five Clearwater subsidiaries with facilities in East Hartford, Conn., Menominee, Mich., Gouverneur (Natural Dam), N.Y., St. Catharines, Ontario, and Wiggins, Miss. About 470 specialty products employees are now employees of Dunn Paper, which is located in Port Huron, Mich.

Dec 31, 2014

1st Security Bank

Krynsky

1st Security Bank hired Stacey Krynsky as vice president and manager for the Capitol Hill branch. She has nearly a decade of bank management experience and was vice president and store manager for Umpqua Bank.

Best running community

The Road Runners Club of America recently named Spokane the outstanding runner friendly community of the year.

The award recognizes the city's running trails, community enthusiasm and government support.

The biggest running event of the year is the annual Bloomsday run that attracts 50,000 runners on the first Sunday in May.

The Spokesman-Review reports there are countless running clubs and a robust running culture in high schools in the Spokane area.