Jan 29, 2020

Northwest Kidney Centers

Cofinas Fox

Seattle-based Northwest Kidney Centers named Rebecca Cofinas Fox as its new president and CEO. Cofinas Fox built health care startup AristaMD and helped raise over $12 million in venture capital funding for it. Prior to that, she was corporate vice president for clinical services for Scripps Health. She starts March 23 at Northwest Kidney Centers and replaces Joyce F. Jackson, who led the company for 21 years.

Milepost Consulting

Jirikovic

Milepost Consulting promoted Tashina Jirikovic from content manager to senior content manager in its Seattle office. Jirikovic joined the company in 2013 and has been a project coordinator, consultant and senior consultant. Milepost advises companies on strategy and engagement.

Columbia Sportswear Co.

The board of Portland-based Columbia Sportswear Co. appointed Tim Boyle as chair and Andy Bryant as lead independent director. Boyle is president and CEO of Columbia. Bryant has been on the company's board since 2005 and chairs its nominating and corporate governance committee. He recently stepped down as board chair at Intel.

IOTAS

Portland startup IOTAS hired James Conrad Johnson as executive vice president of technology. Johnson was vice president of engineering at RealPage, and chief marketing officer and co-founder of Oaken Innovations, a tech startup for smart city initiatives. IOTAS helps landlords install and manage smart home devices.

Lazarus Naturals

Portland CBD producer Lazarus Naturals earned Current Good Manufacturing Practices certification for its new 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. The certification shows regulatory compliance for safety in design, monitoring and control of manufacturing processes and facilities. The expanded facility allows Lazarus to triple production of its CBD tinctures, topical balms, massage oils, coconut oil and pet products in 2020.

Jan 28, 2020

State of Washington

Gardow

Hix

Burgess

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Shiloh Burgess and Henry Hix to the state Recreation and Conservation Funding Board, and reappointed Kathryn Gardow of Seattle to a second term on the board. Burgess is executive director of the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce and served on the 2014 Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Parks and Outdoor Recreation. Hix is chief of natural resource enforcement for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The board awards about $250 million in grants every biennium for the development of parks, trails, boating facilities and other outdoor recreation opportunities.

WSU

Borjesson

Washington State University selected Dr. Dori Borjesson as the new dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Professor Borjesson is chair of the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. She also is a clinical pathologist and is active in clinical service and laboratory test development. She starts at WSU on July 20 and replaces Dr. Bryan Slinker, who will retire.

HomeStreet

Seattle-based HomeStreet Inc., the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, appointed James R. Mitchell to the board of both entities. Mitchell has over 40 years of commercial banking experience. He was founder, president and CEO of Puget Sound Bank in Bellevue, which was sold two years ago.

F5 Networks

Seattle-based F5 Networks completed its acquisition of privately held Shape Security of Santa Clara, California. Shape protects banks, airlines, retailers and government agencies against fraud — including “credential stuffing attacks,” where cybercriminals use stolen passwords from third-party data breaches to take over other online accounts. The deal was valued at $1 billion in cash.

AskNicely

Portland-based AskNicely opened an office in Amsterdam to meet growing demand in Europe for its customer experience software and its new app, which uses real-time feedback to coach employees. Kyle Bolster, vice president and general manager, is leading the expansion and plans to hire up to a dozen employees at the new location.