Jul 14, 2017

U.S. Bank

U.S. Bank named Betsy Cadwallader as Seattle market president, effective Aug. 1. Cadwallader will succeed Mike Katz, who has been market president since 2015. Katz is relocating but will remain with U.S. Bank. She has more than 30 years of commercial, corporate and investment banking experience including at JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Constellation Energy, and joined U.S. Bank in 2012. Her most recent position was chief credit officer for commercial banking. U.S. Bank has more than 90 branches and 174 ATMs in this market.

State Department of Commerce

The Washington State Department of Commerce gave a 2017 Smart Communities award to the Southeast Washington Coalition, which consists of Columbia, Asotin and Garfield counties, and the cities of Clarkston and Starbuck. The award honors their growth management master program update. The shoreline master program covers more than 300 miles of coastline. They also worked with Brigham and Associates and Ben Floyd of Anchor QEA.

Jul 13, 2017

Northwest Kidney Centers

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Northwest Kidney Centers, a nonprofit that provides dialysis care in King and Clallam counties, has named three new members to both its board of trustees and its foundation board. New trustees are Owen Applequist of REI, Lara Macklin of Seattle Children's and nephrologist Dr. Meredith Mathews. New foundation board members are Dr. Raghu “Rags” Durvasula, Christine Odegard and Dr. Sanjit Reddy.

Seattle Foundation

Seattle Foundation's Engagement Pipeline program, which supports community leadership development, has selected eight organizations to help, with technical assistance and support as well as grants ranging from $80,000 to $125,000 per year for at least three years. Here are the winners: Asian Counseling and Referral Services: $105,000, Casa Latina: $100,000, International Examiner/Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation: $80,000, OneAmerica: $110,000, Potlatch Fund: $100,000, Puget Sound Sage: $100,000 and Somali Health Board/African Diaspora of Washington, CARE Center and Companion Athletics: $110,000.

Jul 12, 2017

Tideworks Technology

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Tideworks Technology, a software provider focused on maritime terminal management and planning, named Thomas J. (T.J.) Rucker president, effective Sept. 1. Rucker will relocate to Seattle in August and replace President Michael Schwank when he retires. Rucker is vice president of operations at Manzanillo International Terminal in Latin America. Carrix is the parent company of SSA Marine, Tideworks Technology and Rail Management Services. Rucker joined SSA Marine in 1999 on the Y2K team.

Horizon Air

Horizon Air named George Knobloch vice president of maintenance and engineering, overseeing maintenance and engineering at six facilities and more than 400 employees. Knobloch will be based in Portland. He joined Alaska Air Group in 2002, and was managing director of maintenance and engineering at Horizon Air.

Jul 11, 2017

U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard sector in Juneau said Capt. Phillip Thorne has taken over command of the sector after Capt. Shannan Greene relinquished the position. He has served in Alaska for 10 years and has been the Seventeenth District Chief of Response since 2016, overseeing search and rescue, ports and waterways security missions.

Corporations for Communities

Washington's Secretary of State will recognize for-profit companies for work in their communities. The National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion goes to businesses nominated by the public in the Corporations for Communities award program. Nominations are due by Aug. 31 and forms can be found on the Secretary of State's website at http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/corpsforcommunities/ . Any for-profit corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership is eligible. Last year the NASS Medallion went to Birch Equipment of Bellingham, Republic Services of Bellevue, US Martial Arts Center of Olympia and Sleep Train of Kent, now Mattress Firm.