Nov 13, 2013

Seattle Public Schools

Kenneth Gotsch is the new assistant superintendent for business and finance. He starts Dec. 2 in the position vacated by Duggan Harman. Gotsch will oversee the departments of finance and audit response, and provide leadership on financial issues involving human resources. He comes from Chicago, where he was vice president for business affairs/chief financial officer at Columbia College Chicago. He also worked as CFO for the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Department of Commerce

The Washington State Department of Commerce recently appointed Ken Casavant, professor of economics at Washington State University, to the Community Economic Revitalization Board. He was appointed to a three-year term as the board economist.

Nov 08, 2013

Lane Powell

Julia Abelev and Margaret M. Grega have joined Lane Powell's Construction and Litigation Practice Groups, respectively. Abelev focuses on complex disputes involving construction, contract and environmental law. She was a summer associate at Lane Powell and an intern to Judge Bruce E. Heller of King County Superior Court. Grega was also a summer associate at Lane Powell and a legal extern to Judge Deborah M. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska and Judge Karl Boettner at the Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings.

Clark Nuber

Bellevue-based Clark Nuber, a CPA and consulting firm, has made several new hires: Adam Bystedt, Doug Denneson, Mai Cha and Brittani Reiterman are audit associates; Johnathan Diem, Kelsey Hicks, Andrew Murphy, Jacob Strba and Christine Sorteberg are tax associates; and Krystal Kurokawa is an audit senior.

Nov 07, 2013

Bell Harbor

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Flaherty

Bell Harbor International Conference Center named Brian Flaherty as general manager and Ashley Asher as director of sales. Flaherty worked at the Bellevue Club and Hotel Bellevue, where was general manager. He was vice president of operations at MTM Luxury Lodging, and came to Seattle to be general manager at the Olympic Hotel. Asher worked at Washington Athletic Club as director of catering sales, and at Santa Barbara Four Seasons, and Ojai Valley Inn and Spa.

Gov. Jay Inslee

Gov. Jay Inslee has a new chief of staff: senior adviser Joby Shimomura. Shimomura will replace Mary Alice Heuschel, who has served as chief of staff since January. Heuschel will now work on updating a program to track government performance and efficiency. Shimomura served as Inslee's chief of staff for six years when he was in Congress and managed several of his campaigns.

Nov 06, 2013

Langfeldt Law

Langfeldt Law has opened as a boutique law firm representing businesses, nonprofits and individuals with an office in Queen Anne. Monica Langfeldt, a corporate, small business and tax attorney, formed the new firm. She was a partner at Garvey, Schubert Barer; Ogden Murphy Wallace; and Miller Nash; and is also an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law teaching international tax law.

Nintex

Nintex, which makes workflow software, named Christian Smith senior vice president of global sales. John Burton was recently named Nintex CEO, as part of the company's growth plan. Smith has more than 20 years of tech sales and marketing experience, and worked at Oracle as group vice president of service automation. Nintex said its products are used by more than 5,000 businesses in 90 countries.