Mar 12, 2020

Intentional Futures

Seattle-based strategy and design firm Intentional Futures hired Victoria Burwell as president. Burwell has over 25 years of leadership, management and marketing experience with Fortune 500 companies, startups and consulting firms. Most recently, she co-founded Equinauts, a software and analytics company. Prior to that, she was a senior vice president at McGraw-Hill.

Gateway First Bank

Oklahoma-based Gateway First Bank promoted Jake Carlisle to regional vice president of Pacific Northwest operations, where he oversees all offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Utah. Carlisle joined Gateway in 2016 as an area manager in Vancouver. He has 18 years of experience in the mortgage industry.

UBS Private Wealth Management

Forbes ranked Michael Matthews of UBS Private Wealth Management as the top financial adviser in Washington on its list of best-in-state wealth advisers for 2020. This is the third year that Matthews has been on the list. He is a managing director and senior portfolio manager at the Bellevue UBS office.

Vacasa

Portland vacation rental management company Vacasa acquired Redwood Coast Vacation Rentals of McKinleyville, California. The deal added 125 rental homes to Vacasa's California inventory, which now is nearly 1,700 homes. Vacasa hired Redwood Coast's 22 employees, including former owner Mike Reinman, who now is a community manager.

Molina Healthcare

Molina Healthcare of Washington is temporarily transitioning its health plan staff to remote status. This step is being taken to prevent potential exposure of Molina employees to the coronavirus. It affects operations in Bothell, Spokane, Vancouver and Wenatchee. Molina's MyHealth Everett primary care clinic will remain fully staffed. The transition is expected to remain in effect until at least March 31.

Mar 11, 2020

HomeStreet

Seattle-based HomeStreet Inc., the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, named John M. Michel as CFO. Michel has nearly 40 years of experience in bank finance, treasury management, accounting, tax and public company reporting. He was CFO at First Foundation and held similar finance roles at other banks and specialty finance companies. He starts May 4 at HomeStreet.

K&L Gates

Global law firm K&L Gates hired Christopher Bellavia as a partner in its Seattle office. Bellavia has expertise in corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions. He recently was general counsel and corporate secretary for consumer goods and lifestyle brand company Bulletproof 360. Before that, he was general counsel at Fisher Communications and assistant general counsel at Washington Mutual.

Perkins Coie

Akane R. Suzuki joined Perkins Coie's trust and estate planning practice as a partner in the Seattle office. Suzuki focuses on succession planning for business owners, probate and trust administration, charitable giving, international estate planning, powers of attorney and wills. She also assists Japanese business clients with a variety of real estate matters including acquisitions, lease reviews and corporate maintenance.

West Monroe Partners

National business and technology consultancy West Monroe Partners promoted Lee Carswell to director and Jerin May to senior director, both in the Seattle office. Carswell joined West Monroe in 2014 via acquisition and has expertise in the financial services industry. May works with clients across industries to build technology infrastructure for their businesses. West Monroe is based in Chicago.

NanoSurface Biomedical

Seattle biotechnology company NanoSurface Biomedical received $1.9 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health for development of stem cell-based platforms that help pharmaceutical companies accelerate drug development. NanoSurface previously received $1.2 million from NIH.

Good Planet Foods

Seattle-based Good Planet Foods has developed a frozen pizza using plant-based cheese and Beyond Meat for toppings. The pizzas are expected to go on sale this spring at major retailers across the country for $9.99.