Jul 17, 2018

MultiCare

Poltawsky

Jeff Poltawsky joined MultiCare as president and market leader of Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network, and Sharon Oxendale moved from interim to permanent president and COO of Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals. Poltawsky was president of American Family Children's Hospital and senior vice president of UW Health, Wisconsin for the past 10 years. Oxendale has more than 25 years of health system experience, serving as COO and CEO for hospitals in Pennsylvania, Texas and Illinois.

Fox Rothschild

Mitchell

Maureen Mitchell, a partner in the Seattle law office of Fox Rothschild, was selected by the Washington State Bar Association's board for a two-year term on the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, which controls and administers ABA.

Embark Aviation

Embark Aviation, an airline management firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Seattle, acquired Sun Valley Air Club and Telluride Air Club. The two air clubs provide private flights to Idaho and Colorado from a number of western gateways, including Seattle. It also started Embark Air Club as a wholly owned subsidiary, with Tim Sieber as managing director and Stephanie Rice as director of member relations.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Beller

Aebischer

Jenness

LeBeau

Wong

Cummings

In Seattle, Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted six to senior project engineers: Max Cummings, Margaret Wong, Herb LeBeau, Jessica Jenness, Joe Aebischer and Zach Beller. Cummings joined Lewis full-time in 2011 after interning in 2008. He is on the Rainier Square project. Wong is a 20-year construction professional who has been with Lewis since 2014. She is working on the Seattle Opera at the Center project. LeBeau is a 14-year professional who has been with Lewis since 2015. He is constructing the 15th & Market office building. Jenness, PE, SE, has been in structural engineering and construction for 12 years, and with Lewis since 2015. She is building the Third & Lenora mixed-use high-rise. Aebischer, LEED AP, has been in construction for 11 years and with Lewis since 2013. He is working on Third & Lenora. Beller, LEED AP, has been in construction for 14 years and with Lewis since 2013. He is building the new Kirk and Mead elementary schools.

Schuchart

Tobin

Schuchart

Smith

Seattle-based Schuchart promoted Dan Smith to carpenter foreman, and announced that Casey Schuchart has become board president of the Seattle Architecture Foundation and Jeff Tobin has been elected to the board of the Associated General Contractors of Washington Education Foundation. Smith has nearly 20 years of construction industry experience, and has been with Schuchart for five years. Casey Schuchart is vice president of strategy for the company and Tobin is vice president of operations.

Forma Construction Co.

Forma Construction Co. hired Gabe Baker and Brianna Davies as project engineers in Olympia; Jennifer Harper as construction and estimating administrator in Olympia; and David Blankenship as project engineer in Seattle. Formerly with Sellen Construction, Baker has 25 years of industry experience, beginning as a carpenter before transitioning to safety and project management. With Forma, he is working on the Science & Lab building at Saint Martin's University. Davies has 15 years of construction management experience, most recently as quality control manager at Absher Construction. She is working on the Jefferson Lincoln and Fords Prairie elementary schools in Centralia. Harper has 10 years of experience as a contracts specialist for WSDOT's construction division. Blankenship was a project architect at Ankrom Moisan Architects. He is assigned to Sartori Elementary School in Renton.

The Walsh Group

Currier

In Tukwila, The Walsh Group hired John Currier as assistant project manager and Johnathen Nygard as quality control specialist. Formerly with Pacific Pile & Marine, Currier has worked on several large marine construction projects, including the Elliott Bay Seawall and Colman Dock ferry terminal. He is now on the Tacoma Link extension project. Nygard comes from Intertek-PSI, and has worked in the special inspection industry for six years. At Walsh, he is working on the Building 431 project in Bremerton.

Jul 13, 2018

KEXP

Metcalf

Sharlese Metcalf, who hosts KEXP's Audioasis music program, is taking a new job: education coordinator to build education and community programs. Metcalf hosted Audioasis for 10 years and will continue as a fill-in host.

F5 Networks

In Seattle, Mary Gardner joined tech company F5 Networks as chief information security officer. Gardner held the same position at Seattle Children's. She also held security positions at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Port of Seattle, JPMorgan Chase and Washington Mutual.

Washington Federal

Steve Singh will join the board of Seattle-based Washington Federal. Singh is CEO and chairman of Docker, a San Francisco cloud technology company, and was CEO and co-founder of Concur Technologies, a Bellevue travel and expense management company. Washington Federal operates 236 bank branches across the West and in Texas.

Union Bank

Debra Montgomery joined Union Bank in Bellevue as Pacific Northwest region managing director in the Private Mortgage Division. Montgomery has more than 15 years of experience, most recently as Northwest market leader for Movement Mortgage and at Bank of America.

Russ Dean RV

Camping World Holdings signed an agreement to acquire Russ Dean RV, 40-year-old dealership in Pasco. Lincolnshire, Illinois-based Camping World operates three RV sales and service stores in Washington: Burlington, Spokane and Fife.