Dec 28, 2016

Carney Badley Spellman

Schalla

Susan Schalla has been elected a shareholder at Carney Badley Spellman law firm in Seattle. Her practice focuses on corporate and business law, estate planning and probate, and tax planning.

Puget Sound Bank

Puget Sound Bank, the bank subsidiary of Puget Sound Bancorp, hired Arnie Gunderson as senior vice president, relationship manager. He has nearly 30 years of banking and financial services experience.

Dec 23, 2016

Seattle Art Museum

Bolton

Seattle Art Museum named Cindy Bolton chief financial officer, a new position overseeing finance, human resources, legal and volunteer programs. Bolton was head of finance at two Seattle startups — buuteeq and TINYpulse — and worked at Microsoft for 10 years, where she last was senior finance director for the U.S. Enterprise & Partner Group. She also was senior finance manager at Unilever.

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie said it has been recognized as one of the top three law firms in Microsoft's FY16 Law Firm Diversity Program, which focuses on increasing diversity in partner and leadership ranks. The other winners are K&L Gates, and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Dec 22, 2016

First Sound Bank

First Sound Bank said Neeru Atreya has joined as vice president of private banking. She was with Union Bank in Seattle. Lisa Cleary was promoted to senior vice president and credit administrator. Cleary joined First Sound Bank in 2015, and has been vice president of credit administration. First Sound serves small- to medium-sized businesses, organizations, not-for-profits and professionals.

The Seattle Times

Sharon Pian Chan has been named vice president of innovation, product and development for The Seattle Times. She worked as a reporter covering global institutions in Seattle such as Microsoft and T-Mobile. This new position will focus on developing non-traditional funding for journalism, and creating new products and services for digital, engagement and print platforms. Chan is now director of journalism initiatives and deputy managing editor for audience development.

Dec 21, 2016

REI

Next spring, REI will open a new store in Dillon, Colo., 65 miles west of Denver and within 25 miles of six large ski areas. REI said there are more than 365,000 co-op members in the state. The 25,000-square-foot store will be at US Highway 6 and Dillon Dam Road. It will be the ninth REI store in Colorado.

YES Magazine

Fran Korten has announced her successor to lead YES! Magazine. Christine Hanna, founder and current co-director of Seattle Good Business Network, will take over March 1 as publisher and executive director of the Bainbridge-based nonprofit national publication. YES also hired Bill Buzenberg as vice president and director of strategic initiatives.