Feb 19, 2015

Finsphere

Oppenheimer

Finsphere Corp., a mobile identity-authentication service, named Deanna Oppenheimer of Seattle-based CameoWorks as a strategic adviser because of her experience in financial services. She was president of consumer banking at Washington Mutual and CEO of U.K. retail banking at Barclays PLC. Oppenheimer started CameoWorks to advise companies on decisions, opportunities, relationships and strategies.

Whitepages

Whitepages of Seattle hired Geoffrey Arone as executive vice president of products. The website provides access to more than 200 million personal identities. Arone was chief scientist at Experian, where he tested and designed products and technologies. He founded three startups, and worked at Oracle and Real Networks.

Frazier Healthcare

Frazier Healthcare, a Seattle-based provider of growth capital to health care companies, added Brett Moraski to its Growth Buyout team as an operating partner. He will focus on payor services and IT-enabled ancillary services to the payor industry. He worked at LLR Partners, WellPoint and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Feb 18, 2015

Rush, Hannula, Harkins & Kyler

Crowley

Molly Kling Crowley is a personal injury attorney who has been named a partner at Rush, Hannula, Harkins & Kyler. She was admitted to the Washington bar in 2000 and joined RHHK in 2007. The firm has eight attorneys in Tacoma.

Frontier Communications

Christian

Frontier Communications named Cameron Christian vice president of West Region marketing, covering California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, and managing over 2,000 employees. Christian was director of product, marketing and analytics for Cox Business California and also worked at Clearwire in Kirkland. He will be based in Beaverton, Oregon.

Feb 13, 2015

Snohomish County PUD

Snohomish County Public Utility District CEO/General Manager Steve Klein will retire May 1. Klein has led the PUD for nine years and focused on smart grid upgrades, telecom technology and energy storage. The utility said it has become a national leader in tidal energy research. If needed, the utility will appoint an interim general manager prior to May 1 while it searches for a new CEO. Klein headed Tacoma Power for 13 years.

State Department of Veterans Affairs

Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs named Ronald Bergstrom superintendent of Washington Veterans Home in Retsil. He is an Air Force veteran and has experience providing long-term care in a number of states. He replaces Dax Dowling, who served as interim superintendent.

Flying House Productions

Dennis Coleman, artistic director of Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus, will retire in July of 2016 after more than 30 years of working in the Seattle LGBTQ and arts communities. During the 2015-2016 season Flying House Productions will search for a new artistic director.