Apr 04, 2014

Central Washington University

George Clark, Central Washington University's vice president for finance and business services/chief financial officer, will join the finance and audit committee for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, Calif. The world's longest particle accelerator has helped discover some of the building blocks of matter. Clark has been instrumental in helping move CWU toward a new budgeting model.

Pacific Continental

Pacific Continental Corp., the holding company of Pacific Continental Bank, said Michael Dunne has joined as public information officer and will work from the headquarters in Eugene, Ore. The bank has 14 offices in Oregon and Washington, and a loan production office in Tacoma.

Artist Trust

Margit Rankin has resigned as executive director of Artist Trust after two years but will continue to work in the nonprofit sector. Artist Trust Board President Susan Wagner said the board is analyzing the structure of Artist Trust and intends to hire a new leader this fall. The not-for-profit's mission is to support and encourage individual artists.

Apr 03, 2014

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Roth

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker said Howard W. Roth joined the firm as of counsel in Seattle. Roth, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, will focus on government contracts, including bid protests, contract claims and disputes, intellectual property and maritime contracts. He was legal counsel for construction of more than 50 buildings in seven states and advised a team developing an IT data center.

North Seattle College

Brown

Warren J. Brown, an administrator at community colleges throughout Western Washington, is the next president of North Seattle College, starting July 1. Brown is executive vice president for instruction and student services at Seattle Central College and an adjunct faculty member at Seattle University. He has a doctor of education degree in higher education. North Seattle College serves more than 15,000 students a year.

Bullitt Foundation

Amy Solomon is stepping down from her position at the Bullitt Foundation in May and the foundation has hired Rashad Morris as the new energy, industry and technology program officer. Morris was the principal staff member on climate and energy for Washington Environmental Council and worked as legislative assistant to Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien. Solomon plans to reopen her consulting practice.

Erwin Park joins NAI

Park

NAI Puget Sound Properties hired Erwin as a senior associate. He will represent regional, national and global office tenants with interests in the Seattle area. Erwin last worked at Jones Lang LaSalle, and started his commercial real estate career in 2007 after working in aquarium management. NAI Puget Sound Properties is a locally owned affiliate of NAI Global, with offices in Seattle, Bellevue and Tacoma.

JLL promotes Prasad

Prasad

Jones Lang LaSalle has promoted Gina Prasad to be chief administrative officer of the west region. Prasad is based in the Palo Alto office and was previously vice president of Northwest operations. Prasad has more than 18 years of experience in finance and administration. Before coming to Jones Lang LaSalle, she spent nine years working in human resources for Merrill Lynch.

eXp Realty hires Gagnon

David Gagnon has been hired as eXp Realty International Corp.'s director of cloud leadership and growth. Gagnon was with Keller Williams Realty, where he held a variety of titles including team leader, consultant and director of growth. Bellingham-based eXp Realty is an agent-owned, cloud-based residential real estate marketing and sales company with agents in 29 states and Canada.

CREW program tackles gender issues

“Gender Matters: Increasing Influence, Improving Productivity, and Making Drama Disappear” is the topic of a luncheon and afternoon workshop at the April 10 meeting of CREW. The real estate industry is largely dominated by men, and CREW says in a press release that female professionals in the industry often say they want to better understand male bosses, colleagues, subordinates and customers. Shaunti Feldhahn, author of “The Male Factor,” will shares results of a nationwide survey and confidential interviews with more than 3,000 men, and talk about men and women in the workplace, including flextime, compensation, emotions and even clothing. The luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave. The workshop will go deeper into Feldhahn's findings from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Pre-registration is $50 for members and $70 for non-members and the walk-in fee is $60 for members and $75 for non-members. Register online at crewseattle.org.