Mar 20, 2019

Swenson Healthcare

Pham

Walden

Tacoma-based Swenson Healthcare hired Sara Walden as chief nursing officer and Dahan Pham as CFO. Walden is an RN with experience in geriatric nursing and administration. She was director of nursing at Life Care Center in Port Orchard. Pham is a CPA with over 18 years of management experience in accounting, finance, information systems and operations at companies such as Kiel Mortgage, Sefnco Communications and Cascadia International. Swenson Healthcare is a clinical practice serving post-acute care patients throughout the state.

Brooks Running

Sheridan

In Seattle, Brooks Running promoted Dan Sheridan to executive vice president and COO, overseeing sales, e-commerce, digital, supply chain and IT teams. Sheridan joined Brooks in 1998 and his last role was leading global sales, e-commerce, business development and customer service.

City of Tacoma

Here are the winners of the 2019 City of Destiny Awards, which honor volunteers and service providers in Tacoma: Michelle McLean (Adult Leadership); Adam Maxon (Youth Leadership); Frank and Annette Bannon (Lifetime Service); Victoria Le (Youth Service); Amber Shirk-Imao (Economic Development); Pierce County Medical Reserve Corps (Group); Brendan Nelson (Equity and Empowerment); Mary Hart-Furman (Disability Advocate); Scott Murdock (Environmental Sustainability); Jacob Fuqua (Education & Youth Development — Youth); Sue Little (Education & Youth Development — Adult); and Tacoma Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness and Tacoma New Life Presbyterian Church (Homeless Advocacy). An awards event will be held June 14 at STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St., Tacoma.

Mar 19, 2019

Flexport

Schulze

Keough

Shipping and logistics startup Flexport opened an office in downtown Seattle. The new location is led by Kevin Keough, general manager, and Anders Schulze, vice president and general manager of Northwest. Keough started his career in operations with Hanjin and APL, moving into terminal operations at Ports America and then into inventory management at Gap. He joined Flexport as an operations manager. Schulze spent 10 years at Maersk in operations and revenue roles before joining Flexport at its San Francisco headquarters.

Cairncross & Hempelmann

Nguyen

Mikkilineni

Attorneys Srikant Mikkilineni and Tony Nguyen joined Cairncross & Hempelmann's Corporate Law practice group in Seattle. Mikkilineni focuses on privacy, technology and intellectual property law; and is a registered patent attorney. Nguyen focuses on corporate business and real estate finance transactions.

Mar 15, 2019

Ballard Industrial

Seattle-based Ballard Industrial restructured its executive leadership: owners Greg Hartje and Doug Freyberg are now co-CEOs, and Steve Berger was promoted to president and COO. Berger was business development manager and has been with the company for 11 years. The three leaders will form an executive committee to craft a strategic vision for the 67-year-old distributor and service provider to regional industrial, construction, marine, energy and manufacturing customers.

Central Washington University

Gladys T. Gillis, CEO and co-owner of Starline Luxury Coaches, is the newest board trustee of Central Washington University. Gillis is a CWU alumna who has served on the CWU Foundation board for the past three years. Her new role will last six years.

Anthony's Restaurants

Anthony's Restaurants this week held its 33rd annual Epicurean Affair benefit dinner and charity auction at its Everett HomePort restaurant. The event raised over $173,000 for cancer services at Providence Regional Cancer Partnership.