Jul 25, 2013

Carney Badley Spellman

Luke

Seattle law firm Carney Badley Spellman hired attorney Lucinda J. Luke. Luke practices labor, employment, corporate and municipal law, and was general counsel for the Port of Kennewick and Tri-Cities Community Health.

March of Dimes

Heffernan

Spokane-based March of Dimes Washington Chapter appointed four new members to the board of directors. Sandi Heffernan, senior vice president and corporate controller of Red Lion Hotels; Dr. Thomas Benedetti from the UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Annette Alling, volunteer from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; and Lane Savitch, president of Kadlec Regional Medical Center.

Natural Molecular Testing

Renton-based Natural Molecular Testing Corp. named Keith Tyacke as chief financial officer. Tyacke was director of tax at Hauser Long, P.S. and tax manager at Clothier & Head. Natural Molecular provides personalized medicine testing that identifies a patient's genetics to help with prescribing and dosing medications.

Jul 24, 2013

Carney Badley Spellman

Clapham

Seattle law firm Carney Badley Spellman hired Linda B. Clapham as a principal. Clapham has 15 years of insurance coverage and litigation experience, focusing on appellate litigation.

ShoWare Center

The Kent City Council named Jeff Piecewicz to the ShoWare Center Public Facilities board of directors. Piecewicz is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and is a manufacturing and production specialist with the Defense Contract Management Agency.

MetaJure

R. William Ide III, chairman of Seattle-based MetaJure, appointed Rob Arnold as chief executive officer. Arnold is former president and CEO of Geospiza, which offers cloud computing solutions for genetic analysis, and currently serves on the executive committee and board of directors of the Technology Alliance. He will continue in that capacity as he joins MetaJure, a technology and services company.

Jul 23, 2013

Mobius Institute

Australia-based Mobius Institute named Michael Howard director of reliability solutions for its North American headquarters in Bainbridge Island. Howard is a U.S. Air Force veteran and worked for General Electric, Allied Reliability and Kerr-McGee Chemical. Mobius provides vibration analysis and machine reliability training courses and products.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo opened a new branch in South Lake Union at 510 Terry Ave. N., with Mike Kleckner as store manager.

Pierce County

The Pierce Workforce Development Council's executive board announced three appointments: Isa Nichols, CEO of Maxine Mimms Academies; Dr. Charles Horne, corporate affairs officer at MMA and Tacoma Ministerial Alliance; and Blaine Wolfe, project executive for Absher Construction. The council is one of 12 workforce development boards in Washington that oversees management of the federal Workforce Investment Act.