Oct 17, 2012

Columbia Bank

Green

Tacoma-based Columbia Bank hired David Green as branch manager in Longview. Green has served as representative for Sterling Health Plans and a business relationship manager for Wells Fargo Bank. Green will cover the Longview-Kelso-Castle Rock areas.

Pacific Continental Bank

Mills

Oregon-based Pacific Continental Bank hired Mark Mills as assistant vice president and relationship baking officer in the Seattle office. Pacific Continental Bank provides financial and lending services to Pacific Northwest businesses.

5th Avenue Theatre

The 5th Avenue Theatre hired Michelle Moga as vice president of philanthropy. Michelle Moga has more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit management and fundraising. She most recently was chief development officer at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., and has worked with the Nature Conservancy, National Public Radio, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.

Oct 16, 2012

Washington State Convention Center

Sullivan

Gov. Christine Gregoire appointed Christopher Sullivan to a four-year term on the board of directors of the Washington State Convention Center. Sullivan has more than 34 years of hospitality industry experience and was general manager at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront.

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

California-based Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear hired Eric Wengreen as associate in its Seattle office. Wengreen is a medical device patent attorney with experience as an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and business executive. Wengreen received a J.D. and a master's degree in engineering from Stanford University and worked for Medtronic. More than 20 patent applications were filed to protect his inventions. Knobbe Martens is an intellectual property law firm.

Washington State Court of Appeals

Governor Christine Gregoire appointed James Verellen to the Washington state Court of Appeals, Division I. For 20 years Verellen served as a Division I, Court of Appeals commissioner where he decided motions for discretionary review, emergency motions and other matters. Verellen will replace retiring Judge Anne Ellington.

Oct 12, 2012

Riddell Williams

Schaefer

Dailey

Seattle-based law firm Riddell Williams hired Travis Daily and Rachel Schaefer as associates. Daily joins the bankruptcy and creditors' rights and litigation practice groups. Schaefer joins the litigation practice group. Riddell Williams is a 106-year-old full-service law firm.

Seattle Public Library

Chase

Stephanie Chase will join Seattle Public Library as director of library programs and services. She has worked at Multnomah County Library in Portland since 2010, most recently as administrator of systemwide and virtual information services.

Seattle Arts & Cultural Affairs

Mayor Mike McGinn named Randy Engstrom as interim director of Seattle's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs. Engstrom is the founder and president of Reflex Strategies, a cultural and community-based consulting business, and was the founding director of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.