Jan 28, 2016

Grant Thornton

Greg George joined Grant Thornton as an international tax partner in the Seattle office. George has more than 20 years of experience in international structuring, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, intangible property management, private equity, global tax planning and financial reporting. He was a partner with KPMG's Pacific Northwest international tax practice.

Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications named Chris Lyons vice president and general manager for Washington. Lyons held leadership roles at Nexius, Comcast and Charter. He will be based in Everett. Frontier offers broadband, voice, video, wireless Internet and security services in 28 states.

F5 Networks

F5 Networks hired Mike Convertino to lead the information security team as the first chief information security officer, based in Seattle. Convertino has nearly 30 years of experience in security, cloud systems and advanced cyber capability. He was chief information security officer at CrowdStrike, senior director of network security at Microsoft, and a colonel in the U.S. Air Force responsible for a telecom unit.

Jan 27, 2016

Lane Powell

Lane Powell named Jennifer R. Castleberry director of marketing. Castleberry was the director of marketing and business development for Davis Wright Tremaine and director of marketing for Perkins Coie.

Canopy Advisory Group

Canopy Advisory Group, a Denver-based portfolio of multi-disciplinary consultants, is expanding into Seattle. Canopy matches “highlancers,” which it defines as professionals with big-firm training who want part-time employment, with employers that want strategic support without hiring a new employee. It was founded in 2009 and works with people in marketing, finance, nonprofit consulting and law. Carin Parcel will lead the Seattle office. Parcel is an attorney with experience in intellectual property and litigation.

Washington State Historical Society

After working for the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Leah Melber has been named director of audience experience at Washington State Historical Society. The new position will oversee education, exhibits, outreach, programs and volunteers. She was curator of the Natural History Gallery at the center and before that was senior director of the Hurvis Center at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.

Jan 26, 2016

Stoel Rives

Mertens

Meier

Jones

Ferguson

Stoel Rives added 14 new lawyers to the firm's partnership, five of whom are in the Seattle office: Hunter Ferguson, Litigation, Privacy Incident Response; Karin D. Jones, Appellate Law, Employment Law and Labor Relations; Stephanie J. Meier, Corporate, Food Liability Law, Intellectual Property; Alexandra L. Mertens, Corporate, Energy Services, Mergers and Acquisitions, Project Finance; and Alex Oh, Patents, Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation Services, China Services. The firm has nearly 400 attorneys in 11 offices.

Pratt Fine Arts Center

Pratt Fine Arts Center appointed Julia Harrison jewelry and metals studio manager. She has been a professional jeweler since earning an MFA from the University of Washington in 2004, and became an instructor at Pratt in 2009.