May 27, 2011

JayRay

JayRay, a Tacoma-based communications consultant, hired Adam Cochran as assistant advisor. Cochran previously worked for T-Mobile and has written, produced promotional videos and coached baseball.

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bank in Tacoma hired Chris Sakas as vice president and private banking officer. Sakas recently worked at Wells Fargo Bank in Seattle as a senior relationship manager in the commercial real estate and business banking group. He has 14 years experience in the banking industry.

May 26, 2011

Low Income Housing Institute

The Low Income Housing Institute's board of directors elected Pearl Leung and Joe Ingram as members. Leung is community relations manager with Vulcan. Ingram is executive director of Vets Edge, a nonprofit providing advocacy and outreach to homeless veterans. LIHI owns and manages over 1,800 affordable housing units for low-income individuals and families in the Puget Sound region.

Symetra

Symetra Life Insurance hired Brent Martonik for a new position: vice president and director of capital markets pricing in the Retirement Division. Martonik will be based in Bellevue. He previously worked with Surema, a Seattle-based risk management consulting firm he co-founded in 2004.

May 25, 2011

Carney Badley Spellman

Carney Badley Spellman shareholder James Lobsenz was inducted into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. The academy is the premier appellate law group in the country with 300 members. Lobsenz's induction makes Carney Badley Spellman one of two law firms in this state with two academy members.

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Group Health Medical Centers has joined Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Network to become its 10th affiliate in the Northwest. The affiliation focuses on expanding access to cancer treatment options and helping foster advances in cancer care.

Benaroya Research Institute

The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason named Kay Branz director of communications. Branz was vice president of communications and marketing for the American College of Healthcare Executives based in Chicago. The position was created to lead media relations and community outreach. Branz will also serve as executive director of communications for the Immune Tolerance Network, a federally funded clinical research consortium based in Seattle.

May 24, 2011

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives announced Richard Goldfarb of the Seattle office and a partner in the firm's Corporate Practice Group, was inducted as a fellow into the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. The ACCFL is an exclusive group of commercial finance lawyers, jurists and academics who have achieved preeminence in the field of commercial finance law and contributed to the education of others.

Berk

Lisa Grueter has joined Berk's sustainable communities consulting practice. Grueter is a senior land use planner with 20 years of experience in policy planning. Berk, formerly known as Berk & Associates, is a public policy consultancy working on strategy, analysis and communication.

Williams Kastner

The law firm of Williams Kastner hired Jake Winfrey to its Seattle office as of counsel. Winfrey will focus on civil litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice, personal injury defense and wrongful death claims. He was a partner at Helsell Fetterman.