Jun 24, 2014

Sound Cities Association

Caden

Lyset Cadena, who has been a policy analyst with the Washington State Democratic Caucus, joined Sound Cities Association as a senior policy analyst. SCA represents 36 cities in King County. Cadena will focus on transportation and public policy issues.

88.5 KPLU

88.5 KPLU added Ben Wyatt to its development team as major gift officer. From 2005 to 2009 he worked for KPLU's underwriting and corporate support team as an employee of Public Radio Partners, now Market Enginuity. Wyatt has over a decade of account management, sales and development experience.

Lee & Hayes

Lee & Hayes said life sciences patent attorney Rachal Winger, Ph.D., has joined the Seattle office. Winger has been with K&L Gates' Seattle office since 2003. Three former K&L Gates colleagues will join her in Lee & Hayes' expanding life sciences practice: Rachel Haller, associate, and Suzanne Carter and Amy Flores, both paralegals. Winger has a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience and a law degree from University of California at Berkeley.

Jun 20, 2014

Bellevue Arts Museum

Kidder

Jennifer Navva Milliken will join the curatorial team at Bellevue Arts Museum as curator of craft. Milliken is a Woodinville native who studied at Western Washington University before earning an MA at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She founded Inter Alia projects, an independent curatorial practice. Karin Kidder will join BAM as director of marketing and communications. Kidder has worked in international marketing and business development.

City of Fife

Fife City Manager Dave Zabell is leaving to become city manager of Pasco. Zabell will remain with Fife through Aug. 12. He has worked for almost four years on Fife's City Center project, south campus master plan, economic development, budgeting and the jail.

Community and Technical Colleges

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Carol Landa-McVicker of Spokane to the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Landa-McVicker is past board chair of Community Colleges of Spokane and was an analyst for Spokane County involved in labor relations, training and diversity.

Jun 19, 2014

Washington State Transportation Commission

The Washington State Transportation Commission elected Anne Haley of Walla Walla as chairman, succeeding Dan O'Neal of Mason County. Joe Tortorelli of Spokane is vice-chairman, replacing Tom Cowan of Lopez Island. Haley has 30 years of experience managing libraries and chairs the board of Brown & Haley in Tacoma.

Vega Consulting

Vega Consulting has been acquired by Artech Information Systems, a staffing and professional services firm based in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey. Vega was founded in 2003 by Gunilla Luthra and provides consulting and staffing services in the Northwest. Artech has 23 locations in the U.S., India and China. Vega will keep the Vega name and management. John Pope has been named regional vice president.

Washington Poison Center

The executive director of Washington Poison Center, James Williams, has resigned to pursue other endeavors. Carrie Ulvestad will be interim executive director. Alexander Garrard, PharmD, DABAT will join as clinical managing director. Garrard worked at poison centers in New York and Florida, and at the CDC on public health policies.