Oct 12, 2021

Leafly Holdings

Boler

In Seattle, Leafly Holdings hired Kimberly Boler as its new general counsel, leading the company's regulatory, legal and compliance function, as well as heading up policy and government relations. Boler has over 20 years of experience advising public and private consumer-facing companies in highly regulated industries, including American International Group and Aria Energy. She most recently was vice president of corporate law at Patriarch Partners. Leafly is a cannabis technology company.

Auth0

Singh

Bellevue-based Auth0, a provider of identity-as-a-service authentication infrastructure, hired Bhawna Singh as senior vice president of engineering. Singh has over 20 years of engineering and technology leadership experience. Singh comes from Glassdoor, where she held senior engineering and technology roles, and oversaw the company's websites and mobile platforms, in addition to its software engineering, data platform and machine learning teams.

Oct 08, 2021

Pacific Program Management

Pacific Program Management added two new positions to its senior leadership team: Deb Hamm is vice president of people, culture and operations; and Ron Houghtaling is vice president and senior director of marketing and communications. Hamm has created workforces in rapid builds, integrations, acquisitions, mergers and high-volume recruiting at companies including Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Colliers International and JPMorgan Chase. Prior to joining PPM, she ran her own consulting practice and has over 25 years of business experience. Houghtaling comes from Marcus & Millichap, where he led the corporate marketing team as vice president in support of over 2,200 brokers and agents. He also spent 17 years with CBRE in a variety of design, branding and marketing leadership roles. Hamm is working at the Seattle headquarters while Houghtaling is based in Los Angeles. Additionally, PPM announced the launch of a dedicated Life Sciences Practice, its first industry-focused team that follows growth over the past two years into key markets in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. This practice is led by Annette Walter, who has over 30 years of experience in design, laboratory space planning, project management and move management. She joined PPM in 2017 from Stanford University School of Medicine, where she was project manager of facilities construction. PPM is a commercial real estate program and project management firm with teams across North America.

Audere

Dr. Dino Rech is the new CEO at Seattle-based Audere. Rech is a global health leader, published researcher and ER physician with knowledge of how technology can both help and hinder clinical workflows. He replaces Audere founder Philip Su, who remains as an advisor. Rech was group director and regional chief operating officer of The Aurum Institute, where he managed the organization's business development team and led one of the largest HIV care and treatment programs in South Africa. Rech also was founder and CEO of the Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies, which reached over 500,000 people with lifesaving HIV prevention, education, testing and surgeries during his tenure at the organization. Audere is a digital health nonprofit developing solutions to improve global health in underserved communities. It is funded by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Justworks.

Urbanova

Urbanova's board of directors is launching a search for its next CEO to succeed Kim Zentz, who will step out of the role in November. Urbanova selected executive search firm Herd Freed Hartz to conduct the recruitment. The chief executive officer, who reports to and is a member of the board of directors, has responsibility and accountability for managing and accelerating Urbanova's strategic, programmatic and financial/operational activities. The CEO also is responsible for recruiting, managing and supporting senior staff; and helping them to align and execute priorities. Headquartered in Spokane and incorporated in 2016, Urbanova is an urban innovation partnership focused on driving equitable solutions for midsize cities. With partners that include Avista, the city of Spokane, Itron, McKinstry, University District Development Association, Washington State University, Verizon and Gallup, Urbanova builds multi-sector collaborations, develops technology and harnesses strategies to create more resilient communities.

Oct 07, 2021

Gordon & Rees

Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani continued its national expansion, with the opening of its 72nd office, in Spokane. Meredith Thielbahr is the office managing partner. The Spokane office has seven experienced partners that work in a variety of practice areas, serving clients in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. The attorneys work closely with other offices in the region, including Seattle, Portland and Boise, as well as Gordon & Rees attorneys across all 50 states. The Spokane team has experience in a wide-range of issues across many practice areas, including business transactions; cannabis, hemp and CBD; construction; commercial/civil litigation; environmental/toxic tort; product liability; professional liability defense; employment law; ERISA; insurance; intellectual property; life, health and disability; and cyber, privacy and data security. In addition to Thielbahr, other attorneys practicing in Spokane are Allen Estes, Donald Verfurth, Mark Tuvim, Sarah Turner, Nicole Demmon, David Silke, John Leary and Richard Sybert. Gordon & Rees was founded in 1974 and has over 1,000 lawyers nationwide.

Paccar

The ongoing global semiconductor shortage continues to affect some industries, including the automotive sector. The shortage has reduced Paccar's truck deliveries in the third quarter by about 7,000 vehicles — now about 33,000 vehicles compared to 40,100 vehicles delivered in the second quarter of 2021. Paccar anticipates that the semiconductor shortage and associated production inefficiencies will continue in the fourth quarter, with global truck production strengthening when the supply disruptions are resolved. Global demand for the new Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF trucks remains strong, according to the company. In addition to its light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, Paccar also designs and manufactures advanced powertrains, provides financial services and information technology, and distributes truck parts.

Oct 06, 2021

Kline Galland

Seattle-base Kline Galland, a non-profit senior care organization, has received $5 million donation from Gary and Karen Schwartz. The donation will support operational expenses at the Kline Galland Home, Kline Galland's Community Based Services, and the newly re-named Mary Schwartz Summit, previously known as The Summit at First Hill. The Schwartz family are long-time supporters of Kline Galland's mission. Over the years they have also depended on Kline Galland to care for their own family members. The family's gift will help Kline Galland deal with rising healthcare costs, cover the cost of uncompensated reimbursements within Medicare and Medicaid payments, and address nursing and healthcare worker shortages. The newly renamed Mary Schwartz Summit Hill will be unveiled this month. The Mary Schwartz Summit offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Support. The facility is the only Jewish retirement community in Washington state.

F5 Networks

F5 announced it has completed the acquisition of Threat Stack, a leader in cloud security and workload protection. “The Threat Stack team brings strong technical talent and cloud-native application protection capabilities that will accelerate F5's adaptive applications vision to help our customers secure applications and APIs everywhere,” said Haiyan Song, executive vice president of security at F5. F5, headquartered in Seattle, is a multi-cloud application security and delivery company.