Aug 14, 2018

UW Bothell

Krug

University of Washington Law School professor Anita K. Krug was named interim vice chancellor of academic affairs at UW Bothell. Krug has been a UW faculty member since 2010. Susan Jeffords, the former vice chancellor, accepted the position of provost at Portland State University. A search committee will begin looking for a permanent replacement this fall.

Stokes Lawrence

Attorney Claire Taylor joined the Financial Services Group of Stokes Lawrence. Taylor comes from Colvin + Hallett, where she specialized in tax disputes, IRS audits, tax defense and civil litigation. Prior to that she was a litigator in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Stokes Lawrence has offices in Seattle and Yakima.

Sterling Bank

Sterling Bancorp, the holding company of Sterling Bank & Trust, opened a branch in Bellevue at 1100 Bellevue Way N.E. The full-service branch provides residential and commercial loans, and retail and business banking services, including wealth management. Sterling operates 29 branches in Washington, California, New York and Michigan.

Aug 10, 2018

Darklight

DarkLight, Inc., formerly Champion Technology Co., and maker of cybersecurity solutions using an artificial intelligence expert system, named Dan Wachtler chief executive officer. He has extensive experience in financial crimes compliance and cybersecurity. The company also has moved its headquarters from Santa Monica, California to Seattle.

First Choice Health

Seattle-based First Choice Health hired Ron Cornell as director of product innovation and James Cassel as director of Oregon sales. Cornell was lead consultant for innovation and strategic development at Premera Blue Cross. He has more than 20 years of experience with healthcare market product development. Cassel has more than 14 years of sales and marketing experience, and was lead account sales executive at Providence Health Plan. First Choice is a health plan administrator.

Maglio Christopher & Toale

Attorney Brenton A. Elswick joined Maglio Christopher & Toale's vaccine injury litigation team in Seattle. Elswick is experienced in contracts, torts, business law and intellectual property matters. He was part of a federal-court appointed team tasked with unwinding a $190 million foreign currency arbitrage Ponzi scheme.

Aug 09, 2018

KNKX

Handley

88.5 KNKX hired Northwest jazz radio veteran Carol Handley as director of music programming. KNKX's current music director, Nick Francis, retires this month after 13 years in that position. Handley has decades of programming, management and on-air experience in Seattle, and was interim general manager and on-air host at KBCS-FM at Bellevue College.

Omeros

In Seattle, biopharmaceutical company Omeros named Dr. Eckhard Leifke chief medical officer and vice president of clinical development. Leifke has more than 20 years of drug development experience, having built and headed global teams at Sanofi, Bayer and Takeda. He takes over for Dr. J. Steven Whitaker, who is focusing on regulatory approvals for Omeros' antibody drug OMS721.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

In Seattle, Jessica L. Roe joined Cairncross & Hempelmann's real estate team and Jonathan D. Tebbs joined the litigation team. Roe is experienced with the Land Use Petition Act, SEPA, design review challenges, zoning laws and housing affordability. Tebbs focuses on commercial litigation and business disputes in state and federal courts, including securities, antitrust, trade secrets and product liability cases.