Jul 09, 2015

Stoel Rives

Stoel Rives partner James M. Shore has been elected a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Shore represents employers in labor and employment law.

Community and Technical Colleges

The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges elected Shaunta Hyde as its chair, making her the first African-American woman to lead the board. Dr. Elizabeth Chen was elected vice chair. Hyde is the managing director of community relations at Alaska Airlines. Chen is a retired faculty member from University of Puget Sound.

Frontier Communications

Frontier Communications of Bothell named Eric List general manager for the Bothell/Lynnwood area. List oversees field operations and sales. He was regional director and general manager at Windstream Communications.

Jul 08, 2015

Seafair

Seafair President and CEO Beth Knox will leave Aug. 31, after 10 years with the organization. Seafair Festival Board Chair David Willis will be interim chief operating officer during a search for her successor. Under Knox, Seafair added the Fourth of July celebration, Rock and Roll Seattle Marathon, and other events to its roster. The nonprofit has 12 full-time staff, 5,000 seasonal volunteers and has more than 160 sponsors/partners.

Veris Law Group

Veris Law Group PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm, said Alison J. Robinson has been promoted to ownership and Molly Barker joined as a new attorney. Robinson advises clients on environmental and real estate matters. Barker's background is in environmental issues and complex litigation.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced the appointment of Christopher M. Alston as a judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington. He fills a vacancy following the retirement of Judge Karen A. Overstreet. Alston was with Foster Pepper in Seattle.

Jul 07, 2015

Seattle Southside Regional Tourism Authority

Wheeler

Philips

Leinbach

Hart

Bush

Seattle Southside Regional Tourism Authority, the tourism organization for Des Moines, SeaTac and Tukwila, named new members to its advisory committee: Mike Bush, Tiffany Hart, Owen Leinbach, Mollieann Mad, Peter Philips and Raquel Wheeler.

Pacific Crest Savings Bank

Safstrom

Hedlund

Pacific Crest Savings Bank appointed Edwin “Ed” Hedlund board director of the Lynnwood-based community bank. He was co-president and board director from 1997 to 1999, and recently retired from Washington Federal. Fred Safstrom was named chairman of the board. He is COO at Housing Hope.

Frazier Healthcare

Frazier Healthcare, a provider of growth capital to health care companies with offices in Seattle and Menlo Park, California, said Tadataka Yamada Ph.D. has re-joined the firm as a venture partner on the life sciences team and senior advisor to the growth buyout team. Yamada was chief medical and scientific officer at Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Tokyo and before that was president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program in Seattle.