Jul 19, 2018

EvergreenHealth

Beiter

Dr. Amy E. Beiter will join Kirkland-based EvergreenHealth as CEO, starting Aug. 22. Beiter has 25 years of experience in health care in both clinical and administrative capacities. She was president and CEO for Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson. She replaces Bob Malte, who is retiring but will serve as an advisor at EvergreenHealth through March 2019.

Essentia Water

In Bothell, Essentia Water hired Eric Karp as senior director of brand engagement marketing and Mark Weikel as creative director. Karp has more than 15 years of marketing experience, with Tommy Bahama, Microsoft, Men's Journal and Vanity Fair. Weikel has more than 15 years of experience in creative work. He is overseeing the new in-house creative studio. He comes from Seymour Duncan, a guitar electronics company. Essentia bottles ionized alkaline water.

Salmon Recovery Funding Board

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Jeromy Sullivan, chair of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, to the Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Sullivan has served on the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, Point No Point Treaty Council, and Kitsap Forest and Bay Coalition. He also was an IT manager for the tribe and a commercial geoduck harvester. The board provides grants to protect or restore salmon habitat.

Jul 18, 2018

Lane Powell

Kendrick

Falkner

Becker

In Seattle, Lane Powell hired lawyers Peter Becker, Thomas Ward Falkner and Tyler Kendrick. Becker is counsel on the Intellectual Property Transactions Team. He was senior corporate counsel for Amazon's Trademark and Domains Group. Falkner is a shareholder on the Corporate, Securities and M&A Team. He has more than two decades of legal experience, most recently at the Dalio Family Office and Vulcan. Kendrick is an associate on the Intellectual Property Litigation and Transactions teams. He previously was an associate for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and holds a master's degree in computer science.

U.S. District Court

President Trump nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman to replace Robert Lasnik and Seattle attorney Kathleen M. O'Sullivan to replace Marsha Pechman on the U.S. District Court in Washington. Gorman was named an assistant U.S. attorney in 2001 and became chief of the Criminal Division in 2013. O'Sullivan has been a partner since 2004 at Perkins Coie, and leads the litigation practice. Gorman and O'Sullivan must be confirmed by the Senate.

DSHS

The state Department of Social and Health Services named Sharon Redmond director of the Division of Child Support. Redmond was policy chief with DCS. Prior to that, she was a district manager and staff attorney for the division. She replaces Wally McClure, who retires after 37 years with the division.

Jul 17, 2018

MultiCare

Poltawsky

Jeff Poltawsky joined MultiCare as president and market leader of Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network, and Sharon Oxendale moved from interim to permanent president and COO of Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals. Poltawsky was president of American Family Children's Hospital and senior vice president of UW Health, Wisconsin for the past 10 years. Oxendale has more than 25 years of health system experience, serving as COO and CEO for hospitals in Pennsylvania, Texas and Illinois.

Fox Rothschild

Mitchell

Maureen Mitchell, a partner in the Seattle law office of Fox Rothschild, was selected by the Washington State Bar Association's board for a two-year term on the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, which controls and administers ABA.

Embark Aviation

Embark Aviation, an airline management firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Seattle, acquired Sun Valley Air Club and Telluride Air Club. The two air clubs provide private flights to Idaho and Colorado from a number of western gateways, including Seattle. It also started Embark Air Club as a wholly owned subsidiary, with Tim Sieber as managing director and Stephanie Rice as director of member relations.