Dec 22, 2009

Stoel Rives

The Seattle office of law firm Stoel Rives hired Maren Norton and Erin Lennon. Norton is returning to the firm as an associate in the Litigation Group, where she practiced from 2004 to 2008. She served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington. Lennon is an associate in the Employee Benefits Group. She was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Justice Susan Owens.

South Snohomish Chamber

The South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce and its board of directors elected Stan Finley as board chair for the current term. Finley replaced Barbara Earl, who remains part of the organization as an executive committee member and co-chair of the Joint Government Affairs Committee.

Clark Nuber

Clark Nuber, a CPA firm in Bellevue, promoted Winn Richardson to senior manager in charge of the Accounting Services Group, which provides accounting and consulting solutions to businesses. Richardson has 11 years of public accounting experience.

Washington State Algae Alliance

The Washington State Algae Alliance, comprised of bioscience firm Targeted Growth, Inventure Chemical and Washington State University, will benefit from $2 million in funding through WSU as part of the 2010 Senate Energy and Water Development appropriations bill. The alliance will jointly develop a new system for making sustainable and renewable fuels, and chemicals and chemical intermediates.

Dec 18, 2009

Lane Powell

Lane Powell announced three attorneys in the Seattle office have been elected to shareholder. They June Campbell, Ryan McBride and Jeffrey Odom. Campbell is a member of the Litigation Group. McBride focuses on complex commercial and class action litigation. Odom focuses on complex litigation, toxic torts and product liability.

Seattle Symphony

Seattle Symphony hired Robin Shuler as chief financial officer. Shuler succeeds former CFO Lisa Yamilkoski, who left the organization to pursue other opportunities. Shuler has over 30 years of financial leadership experience and has worked at Qualis Health, Abacus Engineered Systems and AGI Technologies.

Emeritus Corp.

Seattle-based Emeritus Corp., a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer's and related dementia care services to senior citizens, hired Robert Bateman as executive vice president – finance and chief financial officer. Bateman has been chief financial officer at VisionGate, Fisher Communications and Applied Microsystems Corp. He will replace Raymond Brandstrom, one of the original founders of Emeritus. Brandstrom will continue working with the company as an advisor and vice chairman of the board of directors.

Intellicheck Mobilisa

Intellicheck Mobilisa, an access control and wireless security system company, hired William Roof as chief scientist. Roof has over 27 years of software engineering experience and was recently vice president of engineering for IntelliDOT Corp. Roof has also worked for Pyxis Life Sciences and Ameranth Technology Systems.