Aug 04, 2009

City of Bothell

The city of Bothell is hosting an open house and free barbecue reception on August 16 for residents to meet six candidates for the position of fire chief. The department is currently led by Interim Fire Chief Rudy Alvarado, who has held the position since April and is not a candidate for the position. The event will be at the Downtown Firehouse at 10726 Beardslee Boulevard in Bothell.

Friday Harbor House

Friday Harbor House, a 23-room waterfront inn on San Juan Island, hired Michael O’Dell as general manager. O’Dell has 20 years of hospitality experience and was recently director of operations at Talaris Conference Center, a retreat, event and meeting destination near the University of Washington.

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross serving King & Kitsap Counties hired Randy Hutson as chief executive officer. Hutson will succeed Larry Petry who retires at the end of August. Hutson is currently chief operating officer for the organization.

GreenRubino

GreenRubino, a Seattle-based marketing agency, hired Phil Stafford as key client director. Stafford has 28 years of experience in global marketing and consumer packaging and was co-founder of Voxgrafica, founder of Brandfluency and global production director at Landor Associates.

Jul 31, 2009

Fresh Cup Magazine

Fresh Cup Magazine in Portland hired Dan Leif as associate editor. Leif was a copy editor at New York City-based marketing industry trade publication, Advertising Age, where he edited and wrote headlines. Fresh Cup covers specialty coffee and tea.

Wells Fargo Wealth Management

Sterling Sankey, a 23-year financial services veteran, has been named regional manager for Bellevue's Wells Fargo Wealth Management Group. Sankey will lead 57 team members. He was recently a senior private banking regional manager in Seattle.

Charter Bank

Charter Bank in Bellevue hired James Garvey as president and chief operating officer. Garvey has 25 years of banking industry and management experience, and recently worked at Flagship Bank and Trust of Worcester, Mass.

Jul 30, 2009

Federal Bar Association

Jane Pearson, a member in Foster Pepper's creditor's rights and bankruptcy and financial institutions practice groups, has been elected treasurer of the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington.

Winston & Cashatt

Law firm Winston & Cashatt announced Ryan Yahne has become a LEED accredited professional. He is one of the few lawyers nationally and the first in Spokane to receive the designation for sustainable design, construction and operation. Yahne focuses on construction law.

Williams Kastner

The law firm of Williams Kastner hired Quanah Spencer, an enrolled Yakama tribal member, in its Seattle office as of counsel. Spencer worked as a public policy lawyer for the Yakama Nation, Coeur d'Alene Tribe and the National Congress of American Indians. He will join the Tribal Practice Group.

Anthropologie

Fashion and furnishings purveyor Anthropologie will open a store at The Shops at The Bravern in September. Anthropologie will be located in a 10,700-square-foot space next to Piazza Sempione off of 110th Avenue N.E. Currently there are 127 Anthropologie stores in the United States and Canada.