Feb 27, 2020

Carney Badley Spellman

In Seattle, Carney Badley Spellman elected Scott Penner as vice president of the Litigation Department and Mark Rosencrantz as a shareholder; and hired Haiyan Tao as an associate attorney. Penner focuses on construction law, design professional defense, insurance coverage, and subrogation and litigation. Rosencrantz solves business and commercial disputes, with an emphasis on trade secret misappropriation, violations of non-compete agreements, fraud, bankruptcy, unfair trade practices, partnership and corporate disputes, and construction law. Tao focuses on corporate matters for startups and emerging companies, often assisting with entity formation, securities filings with the SEC and state regulators, and drafting corporate documents.

Seattle Art Museum

Dr. Chiyo Ishikawa, Seattle Art Museum deputy director of art and curator of European painting and sculpture, will retire this summer. Ishikawa joined the museum in 1990 as a half-time assistant curator of European painting and became a full-time employee in 1993. She was promoted in 2005 to deputy director of art. She also is an adjunct professor in the School of Art History at the University of Washington. SAM is searching for a replacement.

Doxo

Seattle-based online bill paying service Doxo hired Scott Scazafavo as vice president of product management. Scazafavo has nearly two decades of experience leading product and program management teams in industries spanning e-commerce, subscriptions and payments, online media, digital retail and health care. He was a senior level product management consultant in the Retail Technology Division at Starbucks. He also held leadership roles at Digital River, Microsoft and Allrecipes.

T-Mobile

Bellevue-based T-Mobile recently held its Changemaker Challenge and decided to award the grand prize to the winners of all three categories in the contest. Changemaker Challenge is a nationwide search for youth ages 13-23 with big ideas on how to change the world. Thirty teams attended a three-day lab at the company's headquarters and three came out on top: Ava (technology), Stories Untold US (education) and Youth Climate Action Coalition (environment). Ava is a video game that helps neurodiverse youth apply social skills in a safe and accessible space. Stories Untold provides a platform and voice for those affected by gun violence. Youth Climate Action Coalition helps schools become more sustainable through low-flow water faucets and composting. Each of the winning teams will get $10,000 in seed funding for their project and a return trip to T-Mobile for more mentoring.

Feb 26, 2020

Sea-Tac Airport

Brown

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport promoted Jeffrey Brown to aviation COO. Brown was director of Aviation Facilities and Capital Programs for the airport since June 2016. He has over 25 years of aviation industry experience and was chief infrastructure officer at Houston Airport System prior to joining the Port of Seattle. He also was a civil engineer for URS Consulting, director of engineering at KBR Consulting and a senior construction engineer for Bechtel at McCarran International Airport.

City of Sammamish

Rudat

The city of Sammamish appointed David L. Rudat as interim city manager. Rudat has four decades of leadership experience in local government and most recently was interim fire chief for Stockton, California. He also was interim city manager for the California cities of Los Alamitos and Alameda. Rudat's contract with Sammamish is for six months, with the option for a month-to-month extension.

Grown Rogue

Medford, Oregon-based cannabis company Grown Rogue International said Jacques Habra, its chief strategy officer, has resigned. Habra was with the company for three years, helping with early growth, fundraising and corporate development.

Cyrus O'Leary's Pies

Illinois-based Sara Lee Frozen Bakery inked a deal to buy Cyrus O'Leary's Pies of Spokane. Sara Lee is expanding its in-store bakery presence with Cyrus and the acquisition last year of Superior Cake Products. Cyrus O'Leary's started as a restaurant in 1981 and grew to a nationally distributed gourmet pie brand. It opened an off-site commercial bakery in 1987 with direct-to-store delivery of fresh baked pies throughout the Pacific Northwest, and now has frozen pie distribution across all 50 states and into Canada. Barclay Klingel will retain his role as CEO of Cyrus O'Leary's after the deal closes in the coming weeks.