Nov 15, 2018

Leadership Thurston County

Darrow

Goldenberger

Phillips

Fambles

Leadership Thurston County named four winners of its 2019 Distinguished Leader Awards: Cheryl Fambles of Pacific Mountain Workforce Council; Drew Phillips of Forma Construction; and Meghan Goldenberger and Meagan Darrow of the nonprofit youth program Together. The awards honor initiative and impact. A ceremony will be held Jan. 17 in Olympia. Leadership Thurston County is part of Thurston County Chamber Foundation.

Phytelligence

David LeBreton is the new vice president of operations at Seattle-based agricultural biotech company Phytelligence. LeBreton is leading lab, greenhouse and pre-production teams in North America. He has evaluated research and developed strategy for pre-production at Phytelligence. Before that, he worked in real estate and advertising.

Virence Health Technologies

Seattle-based Virence Health Technologies added Karl Salnoske as senior vice president of engineering and operations; Sal Mahbouba as senior vice president of professional services and support; and R.J. Timmons as senior vice president and general counsel. Salnoske was executive vice president and CIO at Laureate Education. Mahbouba is managing partner at Ratava Partners. Timmons was associate general counsel at Alorica. Virence provides software for health care providers.

Intrepid by VitalSource

In Seattle, Intrepid by VitalSource hired Geoff Curless as director of sales and Thom Robbins as director of marketing. Curless led sales at Rehearsal and Trivantis, and Robbins was chief marketing officer for MediaPRO. Intrepid operates a digital learning program.

Health Discovery Acupuncture & Yoga

Grand opening will be Saturday in Columbia City for Health Discovery Acupuncture & Yoga. The clinic is staffed with acupuncturists who specialize in holistic services, Chinese herbal medicine and hands-on therapies. It's at 4741 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle.

Nov 14, 2018

Davis Wright Tremaine

Nelson

The Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine expanded its trademark and intellectual property practice group with a team from Cairncross & Hempelmann led by partner Jeff Nelson. Other Cairncross staff joining Nelson are associate Lauren Schulz, trademark paralegal Mary Hadley and legal assistant Chelsea Fox.

Darigold

Garth

In Seattle, Darigold hired Mark Garth as CFO. Garth was CFO at Country Fresh Holdings in Texas, and CFO and treasurer at Perdue Farms in Maryland. He will join Darigold later this month. Darigold is the marketing and processing subsidiary of Northwest Dairy Association, which is owned by nearly 500 dairy farms.

AAA Washington

Moriguchi

Denise Moriguchi was elected to the board of AAA Washington. Moriguchi is president and CEO of Asian grocer Uwajimaya. Prior to joining Uwajimaya, she worked at a consulting firm in Boston and in brand management for a pharmaceutical company. AAA Washington provides emergency roadside assistance, travel services and personal-lines insurance.

Washington Automated

Miami-based EnviroStar completed its merger with Everett-based Lucken Inc., the parent company of Washington Automated, a distributor of commercial and vended laundry products. Washington Automated will continue to operate under the leadership of Ryan Lucken, with the same staff and name. EnviroStar sells and rents commercial, industrial and vended laundry and dry cleaning equipment, as well as steam and hot water boilers.

City of Bellevue

The city of Bellevue took first place in the 2018 Digital Cities Survey for cities of its size. Bellevue was cited for its predictive analytics to prevent pipe failures, a new permit fee estimator for construction projects, and transmission of patient information to hospitals from ambulances. Brad Miyake is city manager and Sabra Schneider is chief information officer.