Sep 28, 2016

Thrive Washington

Cohen

Thrive Washington's board of directors said Alan Cohen will lead the public-private partnership for early learning, starting Nov. 7. He was assistant superintendent of early childhood education for Dallas Independent School District and most recently worked at Commit!, an education-focused nonprofit in Dallas.

Medical Teams International

Cavens

Medical Teams International gave its first Humanitarian Woman of the Year award to Phyllis Cavens, MD. Cavens was on the first Medical Teams mission trip in 1979 to Cambodia's “killing fields” and has provided refugee and disaster medical care in over 10 countries. She is a pediatrician and medical director of the Child and Adolescent Clinic in Longview.

Sep 27, 2016

Riddell Williams

Morales

Dobberstein

Jay Dobberstein has joined Riddell Williams as chief operating officer. He was executive director at the Seattle law firm of Betts, Patterson & Mines, and also worked for NorthWest Research Associates in Redmond and Honeywell. Marshall Morales has joined the firm's Environmental Practice Group. He was an assistant attorney general for Washington state and has worked in land use and urban planning in California and Japan.

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Frazier Healthcare Partners, which provides growth capital to health care companies, hired Amit Jain as an operating partner on the Growth Buyout team to focus on pharma services. Jain was senior vice president and head of business operations at Omnicare, and also worked for Headstrong.

Sep 23, 2016

Union Bank

Roberts

Union Bank appointed Lisa Roberts managing director and head of private wealth management for Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. She has 28 years of wealth management experience.

Lane Powell

Rachel B. Greenlee has joined Lane Powell's Seattle office as an attorney in the Litigation Practice Group, where she will focus on real estate and complex litigation. She also a judicial extern for the Honorable Ronald B. Leighton of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solutions

Brenda Randall has joined Trustmark Voluntary Benefit Solutions of Lake Forest, Illinois, as regional sales director for the Pacific Northwest, covering Washington, Alaska, Oregon and northern California. She has worked at Sun Life, Allstate and Principal Financial Group. Randall's office is in Seattle. Trustmark provides employers with benefit plans.

Sep 22, 2016

Alpine Immune

Alpine Immune Sciences, a privately held biotech company developing an immune system modulation platform, named Stanford Peng, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer. He was chief medical officer at StemCentrx, executive medical director at Seattle Genetics and head of the Rheumatology Clinical Research Unit at Benaroya Research Institute in Seattle

Frazier Healthcare

Frazier Healthcare Partners, which provides growth capital to health care companies, said Hendrik Struik re-joined the firm as an operating partner on the Growth Buyout team. Struik originally joined Frazier in 2012 as an operating partner, and also worked Sarnova and Cardinal Health.

Transworld Business Advisory

Transworld Business Advisory has an office in Bellingham. Blaine residents Donald Gongaware and his wife, Leslee, and team member David Evans have an office at 1313 E. Maple St. Transworld Business Advisors is part of United Franchise Group, and represents corporations and individuals interested in owning a company or franchising.