Sep 30, 2015

KCTS 9

KCTS 9 added new board members Larry Estrada and Glenn Wong. Estrada is a vice president in the Seattle office of Goldman Sachs. Wong, who is based in Vancouver, B.C., is founder of Catalyst Solutions.

U-Haul of Washington

U-Haul Co. of Washington said Uncle John's LLC signed on as a dealer in Buckley. Uncle John's at 26306 Highway 410 East will offer U-Haul trucks, towing equipment, support rental items and in-store pickup for boxes. Uncle John's owner is Wally Kempe.

Sep 29, 2015

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

Johnson

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce named Meadow Johnson senior vice president of government relations. She will lead policy and government activities, and work with private, public and nonprofit sectors. Johnson was deputy chief of staff to Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and was district director for U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer. She also worked for Gogerty Marriott.

Rock Steady Boxing Seattle

Wells Fargo named Rock Steady Boxing Seattle one of 25 finalists in the Wells Fargo Works Project contest. More than 4,200 small businesses entered the national contest. Five grand prize winners will be selected to receive $25,000 and mentorship from a small business expert. Karen Johanson launched Rock Steady Boxing, an affiliate of Rock Steady Boxing, to help people with Parkinson's disease with fitness. Finalists get $1,000 from Wells Fargo.

Novinium

LaClair

Kent-based Novinium said Mike LaClair has returned as Northeast regional sales manager, responsible for direct sales of cable rehab products and services to the utility and industrial markets. LaClair has over 20 years of experience in sales management.

Sep 25, 2015

Washington Appleseed

Helm

Washington Appleseed is giving the Bradley C. Diggs Outstanding Service Award to Lucy Helm, Starbucks executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary, for advancing social justice in her work with MercyCorps, Washington YMCA, Disability Rights Advocates and Parkview Services. The award will be presented at Breakfast with the Best Oct. 14. Appleseed is a legal advocacy nonprofit focused on social and economic issues.

Washington State University

Michael and Virginia Jessemey McCarty won the Washington State University Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award for service to the community, state and WSU. He was CEO of the Association of Washington Cities. She owns McCarty & Associates marketing firm. Both are active in philanthropic, church and economic development efforts.

Sep 24, 2015

REI

REI promoted Rachel Ligtenberg to vice president of retail. She has had a 25-year career with the co-op and leads store design, visual merchandising and flagship strategy. She will focus on new store design concepts. The co-op has 141 stores in 33 states, and four flagship stores: Seattle, Denver, Bloomington, Minn., and New York. The fifth flagship will open next fall in the Uline Arena in Washington, D.C.

Marchex

Marchex, a mobile advertising analytics company, named two new people to its executive leadership team. Kenshoo and Oracle veteran Gary Nafus is chief revenue officer. Matt Muilenburg, who most recently spearheaded international strategy and business development at CDK Global, has joined as senior vice president, customer evangelist.