Apr 22, 2016

Helsell Fetterman

Sarah Elerson has joined Helsell Fetterman as an associate in the family law practice group. She focuses on divorce or legal separation, and parenting plans as well as pre/post-nuptial agreements. She was an associate at Stokes Lawrence in the family law practice.

Rock Wood Fired Kitchen and Spirits

Rock Wood Fired Kitchen and Spirits named John D. Allegretto president and CEO. He was senior vice president and chief supply chain officer for BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse, and also worked at Walt Disney and Harvard University. Rock Wood opened in 1995 as a local pizza joint in Tacoma and now has 22 restaurants nationwide.

Lifelong

Lifelong, a Seattle-based organization focused on the health and well-being of people living with HIV or AIDS, named Barbara Ebert as executive director. Mark Baker and Paul Getzel are deputy executive directors. Ebert joined Lifelong in 2014 as director of finance and has been interim executive director. Lifelong's services include Chicken Soup Brigade, medical case management, prevention services, housing and health care access.

Apr 21, 2016

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Tran-Caffee

Cooper

Carson R. Cooper and Cozette Tran-Caffee of Lane Powell have been selected to serve on the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity 2016 class of Pathfinders. This new program trains early-career attorneys in leadership and network development. LCLD is a group of more than 240 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Jim Morehead has been named market executive for the Western Washington and Pacific Rim market in global commercial banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He oversees middle market banking teams that serve companies with revenues of $50 million to $2 billion.

Apr 20, 2016

Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development

Mirick

Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association said Grant Mirick will lead all seafood operations for the vertically integrated companies. Grant has experience in the fishing industry in Alaska and Washington, and sales in China, Japan and Thailand. He worked at Welmar Pacific as vice president of operations.

Sprint

Sprint named Jerry Gallegos president of the West Area. Based in Phoenix, he will be responsible for sales, service, network oversight, marketing and operations in 14 western states including Oregon and Washington, with nearly 1,170 retail stores.

Seattle Chamber WIBLI Awards

Seattle Chamber's first Women in Business and Leadership Initiative Award winners were announced. Moss Adams won WIBLI Business of the Year for advancing gender equity in the workplace. Patricia (Patty) Bedient, business EVP and CFO of Weyerhaeuser, was named WIBLI Female Leader of the Year for creating diverse teams. Ruchika Tulshyan, freelance journalist and author, won the WIBLI Rising Star Award for her new book: “The Diversity Advantage: Fixing Gender Inequality in the Workplace.”