Jul 12, 2019

Pierce County Superior Court

Sabrina Ahrens was appointed as a judge in Pierce County Superior Court. Ahrens has over 17 years of legal experience, and is a court commissioner for Pierce County Superior Court. She also worked for the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for 14 years as deputy prosecuting attorney. Ahrens will replace Judge Susan Serko, who is retiring at the end of August.

Degginger McIntosh & Associates

Newport Beach, California-based Alliant Insurance Services acquired Degginger McIntosh & Associates, an insurance broker with offices in Seattle and Bellingham. Degginger's focus is on property and casualty insurance, but the firm also provides risk management and employee benefits. Keith Degginger and fellow principal Ken McIntosh continue with Alliant, as does the entire Degginger McIntosh team. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

King County

Fifty-eight local facilities earned environmental awards from King County's Industrial Waste Program for their efforts to protect regional water quality in 2018. Four of those facilities won the Commitment-to-Compliance Award, which requires meeting permit requirements every month for five consecutive years with no violations. Those winners were: Boeing Co. (Plant 2), Esterline Hytek Finishes Co., King County Solid Waste Division (Algona Transfer Station) and Safeway (beverage plant).

Pet Alliance of Washington

Pet Alliance of Washington will donate $5,000 to Pet Savers in Spokane for spay and neuter services. Pet Alliance is a year-old coalition of animal welfare organizations.

Jul 11, 2019

ThriftBooks

Ross Mignoli is the new CFO at Seattle-based ThriftBooks. Mignoli has over 35 years of financial consulting, executive management and business advisory experience. He was a partner at Arthur Andersen and CFO of Performance Driven Brands, a provider of automotive parts. ThriftBooks says it is the world's largest seller of used books.

City of Seattle

The city of Seattle's Office of Sustainability & Environment hired Ximena Fonseca-Morales as program coordinator for the Equity & Environment Initiative. Fonseca-Morales recently worked for Washington County's Environmental Health program in Oregon, where she focused on partnership development and led community engagement on a wide range of environmental topics.

Fraxion

Rick Gustafson joined the board of Fraxion, a Seattle cloud-based procure-to-pay solution for business expense management. Gustafson has over 25 years of experience in spend management and technology, most recently as CFO of ServiceMax, a provider of mobile and cloud-based field service solutions.

Evergreen Market

Evergreen Market is opening a cannabis store this summer in Bellevue at 638 116th Ave. N.E. It is the fifth location for the company, which is the maximum allowed by state law.

Rover.com

Rover.com, a Seattle-based provider of pet sitters and dog walkers, added the ability to book in-home pet grooming services. Seattle and Austin, Texas, are the first two cities to have the service; more will be launched later this year.