Dec 20, 2013

LifeWise Health Plan

Havens

Jim Havens has been promoted from vice president and general manager at Premera Blue Cross to president and CEO of LifeWise Health Plan of Washington, which has more than 100,000 members.

King County Library System

King County Library System said its long-time director, Bill Ptacek, has been named CEO of Calgary Public Library in Alberta, Canada, and will start that new job Feb. 1. He has led KCLS since 1989. In 1990, KCLS operated 36 libraries, and annual circulation was about nine million items. Annual circulation now is more than 22 million items, and KCLS typically shares one of the top three spots for highest circulating public libraries in the U.S. Julie Brand, director of Community Relations & Marketing, will serve as interim director until a new director is hired.

Dec 19, 2013

Bank of America

Bank of America said Anthony DiBlasi has been named market president for Seattle and state president for Washington. He will focus on strategy and oversee social responsibility activities including philanthropy, community development lending and investing, employee volunteerism, environmental initiatives, diversity efforts, and arts and culture projects. DiBlasi is director of the Evergreen Complex for Merrill Lynch U.S. Wealth Management and manages Washington and northern Idaho.

Marten Law

Brian Ferrasci-O'Malley has joined Marten Law. His practice focuses on environmental and natural resource litigation, permitting and review, helping clients with CERCLA, MTCA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act issues. He was an environmental consultant involved in habitat restoration and conservation projects in Washington and Montana.

Dec 18, 2013

Porch.com

Porch.com, a Seattle-based home improvement network, named Jeff Dossett chief operating officer. He was chief revenue officer of Demand Media, held senior leadership positions at Yahoo and spent 17 years at Microsoft. He is co-founder of Compass Construction Resources Ltd., which specializes in commercial and institutional renovations. Porch launched in September and has grown to more than 80 people.

Pierce County Juvenile Court

TJ Bohl, who has worked in juvenile rehabilitation for 18 years, is the new administrator for Pierce County Juvenile Court, which provides court, detention, probation and adoption services. He has been the court's assistant administrator overseeing probation since 2005. Bohl will manage a $19.3 million budget and 147 employees.

Dec 17, 2013

Everett Community College

Davis

Ryan Davis is a new dean at Everett Community College, leading the Business, Advanced Technology, North and East County Division. Davis was executive director of the Regional Education and Training Center in Elma, a nonprofit focused on filling jobs in energy, advanced manufacturing and sustainable building sectors.

Dickey's Barbecue Pit

Dickey's Barbecue Pit in Tacoma will open on Thursday. The franchise owner is Gary Depping. He opened his first Dickey's Barbecue in Auburn in 2012 and plans to open a third in 2014. Dickey's in Tacoma is at 8425 S Hosmer St., across the street from Red Lion Inn. Dickey's was founded by Travis Dickey and now has more than 350 locations in 43 states.

Porch.com

Porch.com, a home improvement network, hired three executives: Peter Baltaxe, Kiran Akkineni and Craig Cincotta. CEO Matt Ehrlichman said he expects to quadruple the size of the company in the next year. Former CEO and co-founder of RedEnvelope, Baltaxe is the vice president of product management. Akkineni is director of analytics. He oversaw analytics at zulily. Cincotta is vice president of communications. He worked at Microsoft leading the Kinect for Xbox 360 launch campaign. Porch.com connects homeowners and renters with home service professionals.