Apr 17, 2009

Seattle City Light

Seattle City Light hired Phil Leiber as chief financial officer. Leiber was the CFO of the California Independent System Operator, the operator for most of that state's electric transmission grid serving 30 million customers.

Columbia Bank

Columbia Bank hired Scott Hamilton as vice president and deposit relationship manager. Hamilton has 20 years experience with financial services companies and has worked at Washington Mutual, Citibank Global Cash & Trade Services and was the publisher of Destination: Puget Sound magazine. At Columbia Bank, he will work on the Cash Management Team.

Lane Powell

Jennifer Wyatt, a member of Lane Powell's Labor and Employment Practice Group, has been appointed vice-chair of the American Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division Ethics and Professionalism Committee for 2009-2010. The committee explores useful ways in which lawyers can be made more conscious of their ethical and broader professional obligations.

Apr 16, 2009

SBA Seattle District

The U.S. Small Business Administration's Seattle District Office named Rory Lee Nay, president of Proto Technologies, as the 2009 Washington State Small Business Person of the Year. Proto Technologies is a rapid prototyping service bureau. A celebration honoring SBA small business winners will be held April 23 at Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Seattle Center.

Coinstar

Bellevue-based Coinstar hired Gregg Kaplan, former chief executive officer of Redbox Automated Retail, as president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Paul Davis, who became chief executive officer and was named to the board of directors. Coinstar also announced John Harvey, chief financial officer of Redbox, will succeed Brian Turner, chief financial officer of Coinstar, starting on June 1. Mitch Lowe, chief operating officer of Redbox and one of the founding senior executives at Netflix, will take over the leadership of Redbox in the role of president. Dora Summers-Ewing, most recently principal and senior client partner of Korn/Ferry International, has been named chief people officer at Coinstar.

Quadrant Homes

Quadrant Homes says it has a new line of luxury homes called the Classic Collection. The 30 houses are on “premier-view lots” in the Aster Park community of Snoqualmie Ridge. Quadrant said in a press release that the houses offer high-end features for less money than comparable luxury homes. Prices start in the low $500,000s. Features include sizes up to 3,900 square feet, daylight basements, hardwood floors and 90 percent energy-efficient construction.

CREW: Entrepreneurial thinking

Members and guests of CREW Seattle & Sound will meet April 22 at Safeco Plaza, 1001 Fourth Ave., 33rd floor, in Seattle. The meeting topic is “Make Your Game Bigger: How Entrepreneurial Thinking Builds Your Career and Personal Success.” The speaker is Lenora Edwards, a business development consultant. She has marketing expertise in retail, manufacturing and professional services. For information and registration see http://www.crewseattle.org.

Commercial real estate workouts

Law Seminars International is offering a seminar June 22 in Seattle at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center on “Commercial Real Estate Workouts and Remedies.” The topics will include landlord and tenant issues, purchase-and-sale agreements, defaults, covenant and easement disputes, condemnations, foreclosures and options for equitable remedies. Instructors include Chris Brain of Tousley Brain Stephens; Philip Roberts of Ryan, Swanson; Scott Osborne of K&L Gates, John Glowney of Stoel Rives and Richard Hooper of Pivotal Solutions. Cost is $695, with discounts for groups, government employees and students. For information see http://www.lawseminars.com