Aug 16, 2019

Port of Everett

Lefeber

Lisa Lefeber will become the Port of Everett's first female CEO on Oct. 16. Lefeber currently is deputy executive director at the port and was chief of policy and communications for over 13 years before that. She will replace Les Reardanz, who plans to move back to Bellingham to focus on his aging parents and expanded military responsibilities.

Frye Art Museum

Cheng

In Seattle, Frye Art Museum appointed Michelle Cheng to the newly created role of director of education and community partnerships. Cheng was manager of integration-level education programs at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.

Air Canada

Air Canada is planning nonstop daily service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Montreal beginning May 4, 2020. Montreal will become Sea-Tac's seventh nonstop destination in Canada, adding to service to Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria. Montreal is a hub for Air Canada.

Aug 15, 2019

Pemco Mutual Insurance

Clarke

Harris Clarke is expanding his role as vice president of operations at Pemco Mutual Insurance in Seattle to head the company's claims department. Clarke has been a member of Pemco's executive team since 2014 and is experienced in customer-centric project management and technology. Dawn Lee takes over Clarke's responsibility for the underwriting and product departments in the newly created position of vice president of product and underwriting. Lee joined Pemco in 2017 and most recently served as director of product. Prior to that, she developed and executed business plans for Liberty Mutual and Safeco Insurance.

Seattle Public Schools

Dr. Mia Williams is the new executive director of the Department of African American Male Achievement for Seattle Public Schools. Williams has been an educator at Seattle Schools for 26 years, the last 11 years as principal of Aki Kurose Middle School. The newly created department focuses on the advancement of African American males and elimination of disparities in educational and social outcomes for students.

Swenson Healthcare

Tacoma-based Swenson Healthcare expanded its services to include psychiatric care. The move responds to a growing need for psychiatric services in a post-acute care setting. Dr. Linda Miller, a board-certified psychiatrist with over 30 years of clinical practice, recently joined Swenson to initiate the program. Swenson is a clinical practice group serving patients in a post-acute care setting.

Aug 14, 2019

Hagen, Kurth, Perman & Co.

Umba

Carrie Jo Umba is now an owner of the Seattle accounting and tax firm of Hagen, Kurth, Perman & Co. Umba has been a CPA since 1998 and advises closely held businesses and their entrepreneurial owners. She joins four other owners at the firm that was founded in 1974.

Ashbaugh Beal

Grossman

James Grossman joined Ashbaugh Beal in Seattle as an associate practicing in the firm's litigation groups. Grossman received his juris doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law.

Windstar Cruises

Seattle-based Windstar Cruises says it had a record number of bookings in July. The company operates six small cruise ships that sail to 330 unique ports of call. It is expanding and improving three of its ships under a $250 million initiative. Those renovated ships will launch in February, July and November of 2020.