Dec 09, 2016

State Board of Education

Patty Wood of Kelso has been elected to the State Board of Education. She is president of the Kelso School District Board. She fills the Western Region, Position 4 on the 16-member board, with a four-year term. The board provides advocacy and oversight of public education. Wood is also on the Washington State School Directors Association board of directors.

Lane Powell

Lane Powell said it received a perfect score on the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, a national survey of corporate practices related to LGBT workplace equality administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. More than 500 U.S. businesses earned top marks this year. Jill R. Long is Lane Powell's director of professional development and diversity.

Dec 08, 2016

Cheesecake Factory

Cheesecake Factory has opened a restaurant at 4502 S. Steele St., Suite 1300A, in Tacoma. The space has limestone floors and custom wood columns, hand-painted murals and modern lighting. The Calabasas, California-based chain has more than 250 items on the menu. The company and its subsidiaries owns and operates 208 restaurants in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and operates two bakeries.

Dec 07, 2016

Puget Sound Partnership

Manning

Gov. Jay Inslee named Jay Manning chair of the Puget Sound Partnership's Leadership Council. He was appointed to the council in 2013 and succeeds Martha Kongsgaard as chair. Puget Sound Partnership is a non-regulatory state agency charged with mobilizing efforts to protect and restore Puget Sound. Manning is a partner with Cascadia Law Group, and was director of the state Department of Ecology.

Peoples Bank

Hruza

Peoples Bank hired a new senior real estate loan officer, Jim Hruza, in the Bellevue Real Estate Loan Center. He has over 30 years of experience in financial services, and specializes in jumbo and construction loans. Hruza is a member of A Regional Coalition for Housing. The Bellingham-based bank has 26 branches and three loan production offices in Washington.

Dec 06, 2016

BakerHostetler

The law firm of BakerHostetler said Timothy D. Casey has been named partner-in-charge of the Seattle office effective Jan. 1, succeeding Michael Swope, who has served as co-head since 2004. BakerHostetler established a presence in Seattle in 2014 by combining with Woodcock Washburn. Casey has experience as both in-house IP counsel and outside general counsel. BakerHostetler has 14 U.S. offices.

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County named Marie Gill chief development officer. Her background is in fundraising, business development, marketing and leadership. Gill is on the Pike Place Market Foundation board and has worked at Starbucks Coffee Co.

Dec 02, 2016

City of Bothell

Jennifer Phillips will become the new city manager for Bothell on Jan. 17. Phillips currently is city manager for St. Helena, California, and has been assistant city manager in Santa Rosa, Santa Monica and Fullerton, California. She is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School. Phillips' starting salary will be $179,000.

Thurston County Chamber

Thurston County Chamber of Commerce announced the Boss of the Year honorees: Kevin Johnston, Capital Mall; Rozanne Garman, RHD Enterprises; and Ed Galligan, The Port of Olympia. Honorable mentions are: John Doan, city of Tumwater; Dr. Ricord Torgerson, Joint Animal Services of Thurston County; and Winfried Danke, CHOICE Regional Health Network.