Jul 07, 2011

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bank hired Brian Dunnigan as assistant vice president and commercial banking officer in the Tacoma Commercial Banking Center. Dunnigan has six years of banking experience and recently worked at Union Bank.

WWU

Western Washington University hired John Furman as director of facilities management. Furman was deputy at the U.S. Coast Guard's Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center in Norfolk, Va. He begins his duties at Western in August and was hired following a national search. Furman succeeds Tim Wynn, who is retiring.

Wurts & Associates

Wurts & Associates, a provider of investment solutions, hired Jeffrey Scott as chief investment officer and Max Giolitti. Scott is currently CIO of the $40 billion Alaska Permanent Fund, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. Giolitti is the fund's director of asset allocation and risk.

Jul 06, 2011

Seattle Art Museum

Catharina Manchanda will join the Seattle Art Museum as the Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. She will oversee the modern and contemporary artistic program at SAM Downtown, Seattle Asian Art Museum and Olympic Sculpture Park. Manchanda was senior curator of exhibitions at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio.

Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau

Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau hired Ali Daniels as director of marketing. Daniels was recently senior account manager at Creature, a Seattle advertising agency. The nonprofit is Seattle/King County's official destination marketing organization.

Sound Credit Union

Members of Watermark Credit Union voted to merge with Sound Credit Union, the final step in the approval process. The merger will be effective Sept. 1, and the combining of operating systems is set for spring of 2012. The credit union will operate as Sound Credit Union. Richard Brandsma, Sound's president and CEO, will lead the organization.

Jul 01, 2011

EDI

EDI, a health care IT consulting and design firm, hired John Darby as vice president in the Seattle office. Darby will help lead business development efforts from the Northwest. He has served on the Lacey City Council and as Lacey deputy mayor, and was VP of business development for the Thurston County Chamber.

Ball Janik

Ball Janik hired Mark Rosencrantz in its Seattle office as of counsel in the litigation and construction defect groups. Rosencrantz was a partner in litigation and construction law with Ashbaugh Beal from 2000 to 2011.

KeyBank

KeyBank hired Jeff Lewis as area retail leader in its Seattle Cascades District. He will manage 13 branches in downtown Seattle. Lewis has worked with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, U.S. Bank and Frontier Bank.