Aug 05, 2020

Carney Badley Spellman

Attorney Liberty Upton joined Carney Badley Spellman's Estate Planning and Probate Department. Upton's legal practice includes estate planning, probate, trust administration, and taxation for families and individuals. She also assists business owners with business formation, risk management and succession planning.

Benaroya Research Institute

Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason hired Dr. Carmen Mikacenic as an associate member in the Center for Translational Immunology. Mikacenic's research involves interstitial lung disease and explores aspects of acute respiratory distress syndrome. She also is a pulmonary and critical care physician, and is seeing patients at Virginia Mason Medical Center.

Pemco

Seattle-based Pemco Mutual Insurance is leading its annual school supply drive until Aug. 21. The Supply Surge program rallies local donors and organizations to support students in need. Since 2018, it has collected over 295,000 individual classroom supplies. Other participants include Vulcan, Sellen Construction and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. More information is at http://www.pemco.com/supply-surge.

City of Tacoma

The city of Tacoma is accepting applications for its 2020 Grit City Trees program, which gives away street trees in an effort to increase the city's tree canopy while growing neighborhoods through community plantings. Individuals can submit applications through Aug. 30 and groups have until Sept. 6. The city's goal is to reach 30% canopy coverage by 2030. More information is at http://www.cityoftacoma.org/GritCityTrees.

ExtraHop

Inc. Magazine listed Seattle-based ExtraHop on its annual list of Best Workplaces. Companies that made the list were analyzed on trust, management effectiveness, perks and confidence in the future. ExtraHop provides enterprise cyber analytics.

Aug 04, 2020

Port of Seattle

Hunter

The Port of Seattle promoted Dawn Hunter to director of aviation commercial management at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Hunter started at the port in 2017 as senior manager of airport dining and retail, and is leading the final phases of dining and retail redevelopment at Sea-Tac, adding over 50 restaurants and shops between 2019 and 2021. In her new role, she will also develop sources of non-aeronautical revenue and capitalize on new business opportunities.

Greenwood Ohlund & Co.

Smith

Matt Smith is a new partner at Greenwood Ohlund & Co., a Seattle-based accounting firm. Smith has been a CPA since 2006 and specializes in financial audits. He works with small and medium-sized organizations, including private companies, governments and nonprofits.

BMW Motorcycles of Seattle

BMW Northwest owner Manfred Scharmach bought and reopened BMW Motorcycles of Seattle at 8100 Lake City Way. Scharmach has 52 years of experience running several BMW automotive dealerships. A news release says he was approached by BMW Motorrad to reopen the motorcycle dealership. The Lake City BMW operation was one of five area motorcycle dealerships owned by Microsoft executive Howard Crow that were closed in September 2019, according to the Seattle Times.

Alpine Immune Sciences

In Seattle, Alpine Immune Sciences entered into a $60 million private stock placement led by Omega Funds with participation from Avidity Partners, EcoR1 Capital, Invus Public Equities and Samsara BioCapital. The money and existing cash are expected to fund development of the company's preclinical and clinical pipeline through 2024. Alpine is using immunotherapy to treat cancer, autoimmune/inflammatory and other diseases.

CWU

The Wine Studies program at Central Washington University is adding two new certificate programs this fall to meet the changing needs of the state's wine industry. Starting in September, undergraduate students will be able to pursue 16-credit certificates in Tasting Room Management and Winery Event Design.