Dec 13, 2016

Bothell

Phillips

Jennifer Phillips will become Bothell's new city manager Jan. 17. Phillips is city manager for St. Helena, California, and has 17 years of local government executive-level experience in Santa Rosa, Santa Monica and Fullerton, California. Her starting salary will be $179,000.

Perkins Coie

Varnes

Perkins Coie promoted Trevor W. Varnes to chief financial officer. He has a 15-year career at the firm, most recently as senior director of financial planning and analysis. The firm has more than 1,000 lawyers in 19 offices across the U.S. and Asia.

Washington Council on International Trade

Washington Council on International Trade named Lori Otto Punke its new president. Punke is founder and principal of LOP Strategies, and worked in public affairs positions at Starbucks and Microsoft, and as a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Senate. WCIT advocates for public policies that increase international competitiveness. Its members are manufacturers, farmers, retailers and service providers.

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.