Jun 18, 2013

HomeStreet Bank

Sakas

Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank hired Chris Sakas as senior vice president for private banking. Sakas was vice president of private banking for Columbia Bank in Tacoma, and prior to that worked as senior relationship manager in the commercial real estate and business banking group for Wells Fargo Bank in Seattle.

Sterling Financial

Spokane-based Sterling Financial Corp., whose subsidiary does business as Sonoma Bank and Borrego Springs Bank in California, hired Gilbert Dalmau as Southern California market president and promoted Jamie Williams to Northern California market president. They will guide Sterling's California locations. Dalmau was with First California Bank and founded Americas United Bank, the first Latino-owned bank to be formed in California in more than 30 years. Williams joined Sonoma Bank in 2010.

Skanska USA

Skanska USA hired Stacy H. Smedley and Brad Smith as preconstruction managers in the Seattle office. Smedley was a cofounder of the Restorative Design Collective and its work on the Bertschi School science classroom, the first Living Building on the West Coast. She also founded the Seed Project, which transforms modular classrooms into hands-on learning environments meeting Living Building standards. Smith previously was an associate principal at a Seattle architectural firm focused on large mixed-use projects. He has more than 20 years of industry experience.

Rafn Co.

Rafn Co., as part of its long-term transition plan, promoted Marc Victor to vice president and chief financial officer. Victor was controller at Rafn for the past six years and held the same position at two other firms for five years prior to that. He holds an MBA from Seattle University. He joins Shawn Rhode, president, and Heather Bunn, vice president of business development, as the new leadership of the third-generation company. Kim Bottles, former CFO, remains as secretary/treasurer and Tom Ambrey continues as CEO.

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co.

Weaver

Canyon Creek Cabinet Co. appointed Andrew Weaver to the newly created position of plant superintendent. Weaver has been with the Monroe-based company for more than seven years, starting as a supervisor in the door line and moving up to product development/quality assurance manager. In his new role, he is evaluating safety performance criteria, cost control measures and regulatory requirements. He is also continuing management of the company's quality assurance program.

James W. Elmer Construction Co.

James W. Elmer, founder and president of James W. Elmer Construction Co. of Spokane, received a Life Membership award from the Associated Builders and Contractors. Elmer has been involved with the ABC since 1986, was a national chairman, served on several national committees and chaired the Inland Pacific Chapter. He received the award last week at ABC's national board of directors meeting in Washington, D.C.

Jun 14, 2013

Wells Fargo

A Wells Fargo bank will open June 20 in Broadway Market on Capitol Hill. The 2,500 square-foot store at 401 Broadway Ave. E. will be managed by Adrienne Parrish. It will have four teller windows, ATM and a historic mural about Capitol Hill. This is the first of five Wells Fargo branches to open this year. The others are: South Lake Union: 510 Terry Ave. N., July 22; Issaquah Highlands in September; Silver Firs in South Everett in the third quarter; and Kelsey Creek in Bellevue in the fourth quarter.

Helsell Fetterman

R. Thomas Olson has joined Helsell Fetterman. He has 47 years of experience in family-owned businesses, mergers and acquisitions, and business transactions.

Lane Powell

Lane Powell has launched a Privacy and Data Security Practice Group led by co-chairs Shawn M. Lindsay, who recently became a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/US), and JoAnn Lee Kohl, who is testing to become a CIPP/US. There will be 22 attorneys in the group with experience in business, labor and employment, intellectual property and long term care. They will work on legal compliance, internal policies, website privacy, trade secret protection and data breaches.