Jan 09, 2018

Lane Powell

Crawshaw

Brecht

Walder

Kittle

Howenstine

Tanner

Poplawski

Seven attorneys from Lane Powell's Seattle and Portland offices have been elected shareholders. The Seattle office includes David W. Howenstine, Daniel A. Kittle and Jessica N. Walder. New shareholders in Portland are Jeff Duncan Brecht, Garrett W. Crawshaw, Lisa D. Poplawski and Skyler M. Tanner.

U.S. Attorney

Joseph Harrington was named interim U.S. Attorney for Eastern Washington. Harrington became acting U.S. Attorney in March, when then-U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby was asked to resign. Harrington has been a federal prosecutor since 1990.

Jan 05, 2018

Ogletree Deakins

The Seattle office of Ogletree Deakins hired Laurence Shapero as a shareholder. Shapero has practiced employment law locally for more than 15 years, most recently with Fox Rothschild. Ogletree Deakins is a large labor and employment law firm representing management.

Union Bank

Bjorn Stehr joined Union Bank in Seattle as a director and private wealth advisor. Stehr is working in The Private Bank, an arm of the company that consults with high-net-worth individuals, nonprofits, business owners and executives. He has over 15 years of financial services experience, and has held senior positions at U.S. Trust and J.F. Shea Inc. in Seattle.

Send Around the Northwest announcements to Ben Minnick, ben.minnick@djc.com

Jan 04, 2018

State Board of Education

Dr. Randy Spaulding is the new executive director of the State Board of Education. Spaulding previously was director of academic affairs and policy for the Washington Student Achievement Council, and worked in education policy in Washington state for over 20 years.

Life Science Washington

Life Science Washington, the state's life science trade association, has seven new board members and a new chair. Caitlin Cameron, chair and CEO of OtoNexus Medical Technologies, is board chair. Cameron succeeds Martin Simonetti. New board members are: Robin Andrulevich, senior vice president of people at Juno Therapeutics; Alice Chen, Ph.D., vice president at Accelerator Corp.; Mike Gallatin, senior advisor at Frazier Healthcare Partners; Mitchell Parrish, vice president of legal and regulatory affairs at Kinetiq; Jennifer Olsen, CEO of Resourceful HR; Niki Robinson, vice president of industry relations and business development at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Nancy Whiting, senior vice president of global medical affairs at Seattle Genetics.

Send Around the Northwest announcements to Ben Minnick, ben.minnick@djc.com

Jan 03, 2018

Mount Rainier National Park

Tracy Swartout was named acting superintendent for Mount Rainier National Park. On Jan. 8, Swartout will take over for Randy King, who will retire after 40 years with the National Park Service. Swartout is deputy superintendent at the park. The search for a new superintendent will begin shortly.

OncoResponse

In Seattle, OncoResponse added Anil Singhal, Ph.D., as chief scientific officer, and Kamal D. Puri, Ph.D., as vice president of research and development. Singhal comes from AbbVie, and Puri from Celgene. Houston-based OncoResponse develops therapeutic antibodies for cancer patients.