Jan 18, 2024

Berk Consulting

Oneza

Ferdouse Oneza has joined Berk Consulting as an associate principal. Oneza brings extensive experience in local government planning, policy and regulations development and implementation, and public engagement. She has more than two decades of experience in public and private sector planning and project management. Her experience working for the city of Kennewick and running her own consulting firm deepens Berk's existing connections in eastern and central Washington. She also spent five years as CEO of Spreeha Foundation, focused on empowering people in communities to thrive through healthcare, education, skills training, and economic opportunities.

Berk is an interdisciplinary consultancy integrating strategy, planning, and policy development; financial and economic analysis; and facilitation, design, and communications.

City of SeaTac

Guzman

Egal

The SeaTac City Council selected Councilmember Mohamed Egal as mayor and Councilmember Iris Guzman as deputy mayor. Mayor Egal works as a King County Municipal Court interpreter, assisting in the translations and interpretation of English materials to Somali speakers. He has over two decades of senior social services program management experience. Egal is the chair of the Planning and Economic Development Committee, a member of the Parks and Recreation Committee and a member of the King County Sheriff's Office Community Advisory Committee. Deputy Mayor Iris Guzman is the chair of the Parks & Recreation Committee and a member of the Administration & Finance Committee.

Boise Cascade

Hoffman

Boise Cascade announced the retirement of Tom Hoffmann, senior vice president of purchasing, Building Materials Distribution division, effective March 1. Hoffmann joined Boise Cascade in 1981. He served in leadership positions over the years, including division operations manager, Pacific region manager, and Denver branch manager. He holds a bachelor's degree in business with a dual major in management and marketing from the University of Idaho. He was promoted to vice president in 2016 and senior vice president in 2021. He currently oversees the procurement, safety, and transportation functions for the BMD division. Boise Cascade produces engineered wood products and plywood, and is a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products.

Jan 17, 2024

State Recreation and Conservation Funding Board

Bugert

Shiosaki

Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Seattle resident Michael Shiosaki as chair and Leavenworth resident Robert “Bob” Bugert to a seat on the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Funding Board.

The board awards about $200 million in grants every other year to tribes, nonprofits and government agencies to create parks, trails and other outdoor recreation opportunities. The board also awards grants to conserve the state's natural resource heritage by protecting working farms and forests and wildlife habitat, including places inhabited by plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.

Shiosaki has served on the board since May 2016. He is the director of the Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department. Previously, he led the Planning and Development Division of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department and served as the Sammamish deputy parks director. In addition to his work, he is a licensed landscape architect, a member of the Washington Recreation and Park Association and the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Bugert was appointed to fill Shiosaki's old seat. Bugert is the former District 2 Chelan County commissioner. Previously, he was the executive director of the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust, a policy advisor for the Governor's Salmon Recovery Office and spent eight years serving on the Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board. His term runs until December 31, 2026.

Jan 12, 2024

Port of Seattle

Mohamed

The Port of Seattle Commission elected Hamdi Mohamed commission president for 2024. Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa will serve as commission vice president, with commissioner Ryan Calkins serving as commission secretary. In November 2021, Mohamed made history as the first Somali woman elected to public office in Washington state and the first Black woman elected to the Port of Seattle Commission. She also holds the distinction of being the first Black woman to serve on any of the 75 ports in Washington. The port owns and operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Fishermen's Terminal and public marinas. The port also owns two cruise ship terminals, a grain terminal, real estate assets, and marine cargo terminals through its partnership in the Northwest Seaport Alliance.

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors

Platt

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors, a boutique investment advisory and wealth management firm, promoted Phil Platt to managing partner. Platt currently serves as the firm's chief operating officer and is based in Bordeaux's Seattle office. Platt brings 20 years of experience leading the operations of wealth management, serving high-net-worth individuals and families. Bordeaux also has an office in Silicon Valley.

Adaptiva

Baker

Adaptiva announced that Anne Baker has returned to the company, where she previously served as vice president of product management and marketing, to now head marketing initiatives worldwide. As chief marketing officer, Baker will lead growth programs and drive market awareness for Adaptiva's autonomous endpoint management products. Baker has more than 25 years of technology marketing experience at high-growth companies. Prior to Adaptiva, she was head of worldwide partner programs at analytics and AI company Teradata, where she drove go-to-market activities with AWS, Google and Microsoft, as well as the hundreds of partners in the Teradata ecosystem. Baker also served as general manager of partner marketing at the AI-powered contract intelligence company Icertis. Adaptiva is headquartered in Kirkland, with offices in Chicago and London.

Laird Norton

Laird Norton Wealth Management and Wetherby Asset Management are rebranding as Laird Norton Wetherby, or LNW. LNW is a comprehensive wealth management firm, with offices in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For more than five decades, LNW has served the interests of families and individuals. As both a registered investment advisor and trust company, LNW offers a full spectrum of specialized wealth planning, investment management and trust services. LNW is owned by its employees, as well as a majority stake by the Laird Norton Co., one of the longest-sustained family enterprises in the U.S.