Dec 20, 2017

Symetra Life Insurance

Bellevue-based Symetra Life Insurance Co. named Rich LaVoice executive vice president of retirement distribution strategy, Wes Severin senior vice president of retirement distribution, and Andrew Farrell vice president and national sales manager. LaVoice joined Symetra in 2010 from MassMutual Financial Group. Severin joined in 2011 after a stint at Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. Farrell also joined in 2010 from MassMutual. The appointments are effective Jan. 1.

City of Tacoma

Dr. Dexter Gordon will receive the 30th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award from the city of Tacoma on Jan. 15, King's birthday. Professor Gordon is director of the Race & Pedagogy Institute at the University of Puget Sound, and is a community advocate for social change.

REI

Kent-based outdoor co-op REI hired Christine Putur as chief information officer, Chris Speyer as vice president of private brands, and Wilma Wallace as vice president, general counsel and legal secretary. Putur was executive vice president and CIO at Coach, and global CIO at Staples. Speyer was CEO at Accell North America and worked at Canadian sports retailer Forzani Group. Wallace was interim general counsel at Enveritas and spent 20 years at Gap Inc.

Dec 19, 2017

Paccar

Harrie Schippers on Jan. 1 will become president and chief financial officer at Paccar in Bellevue. Schippers, currently executive vice president and CFO, has worked at the company for 31 years. He was president of the DAF Trucks division in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2016.

Sound Mental Health

Sound Mental Health changed its name to Sound as part of a new corporate brand identity that includes a new logo, internet domain and the tagline “the forefront of behavioral healthcare.” Tukwila-based Sound says its old brand no longer reflects its array of mental health and addiction services. The company is expanding into new business lines and has adopted the Reaching Recovery care model.

Dec 15, 2017

Carney Badley Spellman

Hart

Kenneth W. Hart was elected director of associates at the Seattle law firm Carney Badley Spellman.

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn

Moses

Holloway

Henley

Attorneys Julianne A. Henley, Aaron M. Holloway and Andrew W. Moses joined the Seattle office of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn. Henley, a partner, focuses on intellectual property rights and holds a law degree from Seattle University. Holloway has five years of experience with corporate real estate transactions and worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an advisory associate. Moses has three years of experience with corporate, commercial and real estate transactions. He also counsels on liquor and cannabis compliance.

Dec 14, 2017

Phytelligence

Curt Granger joined the Seattle-based agricultural biotech company Phytelligence as vice president of global sales for grapes. Granger worked for the California wine industry and California Kiwifruit Commission. Phytelligence was founded by Dr. Amit Dhingra in 2012 at Washington State University, and has offices in Pullman and Portland.

Accelerator Life Science Partners

Accelerator Corp. changed its name to Accelerator Life Science Partners, and hired Kendall Mohler, Ph.D., as chief development officer and Ian Howes as chief financial officer. Mohler was senior vice president of research at Juno Therapeutics and a co-founder of Trubion Pharmaceuticals. Howes has 20 years of financial experience with early-stage life sciences companies. Accelerator is a life science investment and management firm with offices in Seattle and New York City.