Aug 27, 2013

Banner Bank

Dibble

Banner Bank named Stephanie Dibble assistant vice president, branch manager at the Federal Way location at 34600 Pacific Hwy. S. She has 10-plus years of banking experience, and has worked as a personal banker, loan consultant and branch manager.

Riddell Williams

Friedberg

Straus

The Seattle law firm of Riddell Williams said corporate lawyers Ryan J. Straus and Daniel S. Friedberg have joined the firm as principals, and co-chairs of the payments practice area. They have backgrounds in technology and financial services, and will assist clients with electronic payments, mobile payments, prepaid cards, alternative currencies, and federal and state licensing.

Aug 23, 2013

Lane Powell

Baram-Blackwell

Inessa Baram-Blackwell joined Lane Powell as an attorney in the Litigation Practice Group, where she will focus on securities and corporate governance litigation, labor litigation and other complex litigation. She worked at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on securities and corporate governance litigation matters.

Sesame Communications

Seattle-based Sesame Communications, a provider of cloud-based solutions for marketing dental and orthodontic practices, has hired Chris Bethell as vice president of marketing, and Ryan Anderson as vice president of sales. Bethell has more than 25 years of marketing and management experience with technology and health care. Anderson has worked at several Pacific Northwest tech companies.

Western Washington University

Lisa Wochos has been named chief legal adviser for Western Washington University. She succeeds Wendy Bohlke, who retired in June. Wochos, an assistant attorney general, previously was part-time legal counsel to Western. Kerena Higgins, assistant attorney general, will succeed Wochos as part-time legal counsel to Western.

Aug 22, 2013

MD²

Bellevue-based MD² opened a primary care office in Menlo Park, Calif., offering “concierge health care” to highly mobile, affluent families. The MD² CEO is Peter Hoedemaker. The company has offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, New York and Menlo Park. Each practice has two physicians who care for 50 families.

United Nations Association

The United Nations Association Greater Seattle Chapter named Jennafer Price Cargill executive director. She has extensive experience with membership-based programs and nonprofit. Octavia Hathaway, a Tacoma attorney and business owner, will be chief administrative officer.

Opus Bank

Irvine, Calif.-based Opus Bank said Thea K. Stuedli, Opus' executive vice president chief financial officer, will resign from the bank, effective Aug. 30. Nicole M. Carrillo, senior vice president and chief accounting officer, has been named CFO.