Jan 31, 2020

Holocaust Center for Humanity

Egan

Citterman

Bogaard

New board members of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle are Alex Bogaard, Teri Citterman and Cara Egan. Bogaard is president of Brown & Brown Insurance of Washington, where he oversees the Seattle, Bellingham, Lynden and Newport offices. Citterman is CEO of Talonn, as well as an executive performance coach and author of the book “From the CEO's Perspective.” Egan is senior communications officer of community and civic engagement at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Holocaust Center for Humanity operates a Holocaust museum in Belltown.

Housing Finance Commission

Tripp

Albert Tripp is a new member of the state Housing Finance Commission. Tripp has been city manager of Airway Heights since 2008. He was on the Spokane Regional Homeless Governance Council and the board of the Washington City/County Management Association. He is serving a four-year term on the commission.

Perkins Coie

In Seattle, Perkins Coie promoted 29 counsel and senior counsel attorneys to partner. They are: Michael Avent, Joe Bailey, Elizabeth Manno Banzhoff, Adam Brenner, Jim Brenner, Caitlin Carey, Michael Carr, Garrett Colli, Nick Davis, Andrew Dufresne, David Fentin, Amir Gamliel, Amelia Gerlicher, Martin Gilmore, John Gray, Emily Greb, Tyler Hagenbuch, Heather Heindel, Samuel Jo, Kira Loehr, Louise Lu, Tony McCormick, Nicola Menaldo, Uzoma Nkwonta, Laurie Rasmussen, Elena Romerdahl, Thomas Ryerson, Gilbert Villaflor and Yingli Wang.

StormSensor

Minnesota angel investment group Sofia Fund invested an undisclosed amount into Seattle-based startup StormSensor. Sofia Fund focuses on woman-led companies. StormSensor designs smart urban watersheds by mapping how water moves through cities with sensors placed within the infrastructure. Engineer Erin Rothman is the founder.

Boeing

Boeing is donating 250,000 medical-grade respiratory masks to address medical supply shortages in China. The masks are going to health officials battling the spread of coronavirus in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province.

Jan 30, 2020

Housing Finance Commission

Rich Nafziger is a new member of the state Housing Finance Commission. Nafziger has worked as an economist in public policy for nearly 35 years and currently teaches economics and public policy at Seattle University's Institute for Public Service. He is serving a four-year term on the commission.

PSEB Group

Mike Egeck next week will step down as CEO of PSEB Group, the operating company for Eddie Bauer and PacSun. Egeck was CEO of Bellevue-based Eddie Bauer before taking the lead at PSEB. He is pursuing a new opportunity outside of the apparel industry and wants to be geographically closer to his family. He will remain as a PSEB shareholder and board member following the transition. PSEB director Jim Gulmi, a 30-year specialty retail veteran, will be interim CEO while the company's board seeks a permanent replacement.

Clearwater Paper

Arsen S. Kitch on April 1 will take over as CEO of Spokane-based Clearwater Paper. Kitch is senior vice president and general manager of the company's consumer products division. He will succeed Linda K. Massman, who will retire after serving as CEO for seven years. The company also announced that Alexander Toeldte will transition from board chair to independent executive chair to ensure an effective leadership transition. A search is underway for the next general manager of the consumer products division. Clearwater supplies private-label tissue to major retailers and wholesale distributors, and produces bleached paperboard.

Alliant

Travis Webb joined the Spokane office of Alliant's Employee Benefits Group as a vice president. Webb was an advisor with a Spokane-based employee benefits consulting firm. He also was a relief pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers for seven seasons. Alliant Insurance Services is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Amazon

Seattle-based Amazon will donate $2 million to two nonprofits working to make STEM and computer science education more accessible, equitable and meaningful for Washington state students. Half of the money is going to Washington STEM and the other half is going to Pacific Science Center, which will develop a new computer science curriculum and expand outreach to 200,000 students in low-income communities.