Jan 17, 2019

Benaroya Research Institute

Williams

Nelson

Kirk Nelson and Dr. Robert Williams joined the board of Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason in Seattle. Nelson is CEO and president of AAA Washington and previously was Washington president of Qwest. Williams managed Windows and Windows Phone groups at Microsoft, and directed Amazon's Appstore prior to that. He holds 10 U.S. patents in chemistry. The institute advances science that fights immune system diseases.

Carney Badley Spellman

Woods

Attorney Catherine Woods joined Seattle-based Carney Badley Spellman. Woods focuses on insurance and health care law.

Cardiac Dimensions

Cardiac Dimensions, a developer of minimally invasive treatments for heart failure, hired Carmelo Mastrandrea as vice president of sales. Mastrandrea has 20 years of industry experience, most recently as vice president of European sales for REVA Medical. He also held global sales management positions at Biosensors International, Biotronik, Guidant and Avintos. Cardiac Dimensions has operations in Kirkland, Sydney and Frankfurt.

Smartsheet

Bellevue-based Smartsheet acquired TernPro, the Seattle-based maker of Slope, an application for sharing creative work such as photos and videos. The Slope team, including co-founders Dan Bloom and Brian Bosche, joined Smartsheet. Terms of the deal were not available. Smartsheet is a cloud-based platform for work execution.

Washington Wine Industry Foundation

Washington Wine Industry Foundation is offering over $30,000 in scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate students studying viticulture, enology or related disciplines. Applications are due March 29. More information is at http://www.washingtonwinefoundation.org/scholarships.

Jan 16, 2019

Stoel Rives

Attorneys Bart W. Reed, Rachel Hoffman Cox and Joseph Nussbaum are now partners in the Seattle office of Stoel Rives. Reed focuses on construction and design disputes. Cox advises clients in permitting, compliance and environmental laws. Nussbaum, a member of the project finance group and renewable energy industry team, focuses on the solar industry.

F5 Networks

Nick Mehta and Marie E. Myers joined Seattle-based F5 Networks' board. Mehta is CEO of Gainsight, a developer of sales software. He was CEO of LiveOffice, which was acquired by Symantec in 2012. Myers is CFO of UiPath, a robotic process automation company. Prior to that, she was global controller at HP.

City of Tacoma

The city of Tacoma said Vanna Sing will get the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Emerging Leader Community Service Award during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration in Tacoma. The award focuses on young leaders. Sing founded Tacoma Healing Awareness Community.

Union Gospel Mission

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission won a $5,000 grant from the Academy of Dentistry International Foundation for dental services for homeless and low-income men and women. Over the past year, the mission's dental clinic in Pioneer Square has cared for more than 1,100 patients. It also trains dental hygienists.