Mar 05, 2025

National League of Cities

Vinson

City of SeaTac Councilmember Joe Vinson has been appointed to the National League of Cities 2025 Small Cities Council. Councilmember Vinson was elected to a one-year term to develop and guide programs among local elected officials from similar communities.

“This role provides a valuable opportunity to collaborate on innovative solutions that directly benefit communities like ours ­­— helping us strengthen the local economy, improve infrastructure, and enhance the quality of life for our residents,” said Vinson. “I look forward to bringing valuable insights and strategies back to SeaTac to support our growth.”

As a member of NLC's Small Cities Council, Vinson will play a key role among a diverse group of local leaders to encourage collaboration, networking, and the development of resources and programs beneficial to communities that share demographics, size, or location that can be replicated across the country.

Mar 04, 2025

City of Kenmore

Lucash

The Kenmore City Council has appointed Stephanie Lucash as its interim city manager, beginning March 24. This follows the departure of city Manager Rob Karlinsey, whose last day will be March 23. Lucash joined the city in 2021 as assistant city manager/ARPA administrator and was promoted to deputy city manager in 2022. She also served as president of the Washington City/County Management Association in 2023-2024. The City Council also selected GMP Consulting to conduct a competitive executive search for a permanent city manager.

Feb 28, 2025

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo, a go-to-market intelligence platform, appointed Rob Giglio to its board of directors. Giglio will serve on the board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. This appointment follows the resignation of Patrick McCarter following eight years of service to the company. Giglio has over 20 years of experience leading global marketing and sales. He currently leads the sales and go-to-market teams as chief customer officer at Canva, a hypergrowth design platform used by over 220 million people around the globe. With Giglio’s appointment, ZoomInfo’s board will continue to comprise 10 directors, nine of whom are independent. Prior to joining Canva, Giglio served as chief customer officer at HubSpot and chief marketing officer at DocuSign. At HubSpot, he oversaw its flywheel organization, which included marketing, sales, services, and revenue operations. Giglio also spent 11 years at Adobe, where he led the global sales and GTM team, comprising sales, marketing, digital, and operations professionals. He graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A. in psychology and completed his MBA at the USC Marshall School of Business. ZoomInfo is headquartered in Vancouver.

Feb 27, 2025

Rock Project Management Services

Fredrickson

Renton-based Rock Project Management Services hired Rod Fredrickson as a construction manager and inspector. Fredrickson has 20 years of experience in the construction industry on residential, commercial and public works projects. His project history includes roofing repairs and replacements, office building remodels, parking lot improvements, propane vehicle fueling station installations, commercial TIs, custom residential work, and marine terminal improvements. Rock provides owner's representative services to public and private clients throughout Washington, working on education, technology, health care, transportation, and municipal projects.

Fortive

Fortive Corp. has appointed Gregory Moore to its board of directors. This expands the size of the board from nine to 10 members. In addition, Moore was appointed to the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. He brings over 20 years of health care experience and a deep background in AI and digital transformation, as well as executive leadership and public board experience. Moore is an engineer and physician, board certified in diagnostic radiology, neuroradiology and clinical informatics. He most recently served as the corporate vice president of Microsoft Health & Life Sciences from 2019 to 2023. Prior to Microsoft, Moore served as the vice president and founder of Google Cloud Healthcare & Life Sciences from 2016 to 2019. He currently serves as a senior advisor to Gates Ventures and as an associate fellow at Stanford University's Center for Artificial Intelligence. Moore holds a PhD in radiological sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine. He also serves as a member of the board of directors at DaVita Inc. Fortive is a provider of technologies for connected workflow solutions across a range of attractive end-markets. Fortive is headquartered in Everett, and employs a team of more than 18,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative employees in more than 50 countries.

Feb 26, 2025

Boise Cascade

Sikes

Boise Cascade named Nathan Sikes as its he new senior vice president of western operations for their Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division. In this role, he will be responsible for BMD's facilities and door shops located in the Western and Pacific regions. Since joining Boise Cascade in 2006, Sikes has held a series of key roles and progressive leadership positions in the company's BMD division. Most recently, he was the vice president of BMD sales and marketing. Before that he was the southwest region manager, branch manager, sales manager, and general line product manager. Sikes earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. He serves on the board of directors for the Lumbermen's Association of Texas. Boise Cascade is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America and a U.S. wholesale distributor of building products.

The Matthews Group

UBS announced that The Matthews Group, an advisor team based in the firm's Bellevue office, has been named to the Forbes America's Top Wealth Management Teams – Private Wealth 2024 list and the Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams 2025 list. The 19-member team, led by Michael Matthews, Tyler Matthews, Melanie Matthews, Kathryn Sciba, Tanner Peelen, Kim Muska, Mandy Ho, Shawn Meeks, Renee Hawkes and Mike Bockner, have been entrusted with over $3 billion in client investable assets. Together, they provide a multi-disciplinary approach to delivering holistic advice to ultra-high net worth individuals, business owners, entrepreneurs and multi-generational families. The Forbes rankings, developed by SHOOK Research, are based on an algorithm of qualitative and quantitative data, including revenue trends, assets under management and compliance records. UBS is a global wealth manager headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating in more than 50 markets around the globe.

Feb 25, 2025

Whatcom Community College

Guillory

The Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Justin Guillory as the college's new president, effective May 1. Following the announcement of the retirement of its current president, Dr. Kathi Hiyane-Brown, the board engaged Gold Hill Associates to conduct a comprehensive nationwide search. Guillory was selected for his distinguished record in higher education leadership and a shared vision for the future of the college. Guillory has over 20 years of experience in higher education, 18 of which include serving in various capacities at Northwest Indian College, including 12 years as the president. He previously served as a graduate assistant/mentor program coordinator within the Office of Multicultural Student Services at Washington State University. Guillory has served on the boards of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, the American Indian College Fund, and the Washington Governors University Advisory Board. Guillory has a PhD in higher education administration, a master's degree from WSU, and a bachelor's degree from Eastern Washington University. Whatcom Community College is located in Bellingham.

Protect AI

Protect AI named Ralph Pisani as chief revenue officer. Pisani will lead Protect AI's global go-to-market strategy, accelerating enterprise adoption and revenue growth as the company scales to meet surging demand for AI security solutions. Most recently, Pisani served as president of Exabeam, where he played a pivotal role in scaling the company into a leading SIEM and security analytics provider. Previously, Pisani held senior leadership roles at Imperva and CipherTrust, leading global sales and go-to-market operations. Protect AI has raised $108 million in funding and acquired several companies including Rebuff, Huntr, Laiyer AI and Syde Labs to add new resources and expand the capabilities of its AI security platform. Protect AI is headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Berlin and Bangalore.