Mar 29, 2019

U.S. Court of Appeals

The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Bridget S. Bade as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Bade is a federal magistrate judge in Phoenix. Before that, she was an assistant attorney for the District of Arizona, working in the Civil and Appellate divisions of the U.S. Attorney's Office. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hears cases in nine western states and two Pacific Island jurisdictions.

Qumulo

Dan Miller, executive vice president of worldwide field sales, services and support for Tableau Software, joined Qumulo's board. Miller has more than 30 years of experience at global technology organizations including Oracle, Juniper Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. Qumulo is a Seattle-based provider of hybrid cloud storage.

Tacoma MBDA Business Center

Tacoma Minority Business Development Agency Business Center won an award from the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council for advocating, promoting and contracting with minority business enterprises. MBDA Business Center was cited for its collaboration on Amazon Business' global eCommerce platform pilot project for MBEs. Linda Lee Womack is director of the business center.

Mar 28, 2019

Carney Badley Spellman

Jason Kettrick was elected chair of Carney Badley Spellman's Construction Department. Kettrick focuses his legal practice in construction, development and energy.

Perkins Coie

James M. Davis joined Perkins Coie's Insurance Recovery practice as a partner. Davis advises policyholders on coverage matters, including product liability disputes, recalls and product contamination. He comes from Reed Smith, where he was deputy practice group leader of the Insurance Recovery group. At Perkins Coie, he is splitting his time between the Chicago and Seattle offices.

LabConnect

Dr. Anthony Todd Everhart is the new medical director at Seattle-based LabConnect, a provider of central laboratory and support services. Everhart was vice president of medical informatics at Chiltern and medical director at Clinical Trial Management Services. He spent more than 11 years in clinical development, including medical monitoring and data review for complex studies.

Mar 27, 2019

Clearwater Paper

In Spokane, Clearwater Paper hired Robert Hrivnak as senior vice president of finance and CFO. Hrivnak was chief accounting executive, vice president and controller at tech company Itron. Prior to that, he held financial and accounting positions at Education Management Corp., Fluor, Tyco International and Honda Motor Co. He starts his new job April 8, replacing John D. Hertz. Clearwater supplies private-label tissue to major retailers and wholesale distributors, and produces bleached paperboard.

HomeStreet Bank

Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank completed its purchase of the San Marcos, California, branch of Silvergate Bank. The deal included certain commercial loans and the hiring of Silvergate's business lending team, including branch manager Christian Weissmann. HomeStreet now has five branches in San Diego County.

WSDOT

Washington State Department of Transportation selected Kelly Gregory and Mary Welcome as artists-in-residence. Their one-year terms start in July in Olympia. Gregory is an itinerant social architect based on the coast. Welcome lives in the Palouse and collaborates with rural communities. They will propose projects to advance WSDOT's strategic plan of inclusion, practical solutions and workforce development.