Jun 02, 2015

King County Housing Authority

Welch

King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed John Welch a King County Housing Authority commissioner. Welch is superintendent of Puget Sound Educational Service District, which supports local school districts in King County and oversees Head Start programs.

Gannett Co.

Gannett Co. named RJ Merritt president and general manager of KREM (CBS) and KSKN (CW) in Spokane. Merritt has been working with the local media group for the past 15 years, most recently as director of sales and marketing.

KBA Inc.

Construction management firm KBA Inc. relocated its Bellevue headquarters to the Gateway 112 building at Bellefield Office Park. The new address is 11201 S.E. Eighth St., Suite 160, Bellevue, WA 98004. Phone numbers and email addresses remain the same. KBA has branch offices in Olympia, Mount Vernon and Yakima.

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

Grip, the workers' comp program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, earned a 37 percent return this year. The program's record results were attributed to more than 60 percent of participants earning a claim free discount from L&I, adherence to new program requirements such as making light-duty positions available to injured workers, and strong relationships between Grip participants and their retro coordinators.

May 29, 2015

Lane Powell

Frank Paganelli has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Business Department. He will work in the Startups and Emerging Companies Practice Group, and focus on social impact companies and investments. He has worked for Rhythms NetConnections, Propel Fuels and Full Circle Farm.

Bastyr University

Bastyr University, the natural medicine school in Kenmore, named Charles “Mac” Powell president. Powell is president of John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hills, California, and will replace Daniel K. Church at Bastyr. Bastyr was founded in 1978 and offers more than 20 degrees and certificates in naturopathic medicine, acupuncture, midwifery and nutrition. It also has a campus in San Diego.

May 28, 2015

Highline College

Pham

Michael V. Pham has joined Highline College as vice president of administrative services, a position he previously held at Seattle Central College. He has 27 years of experience in the state community college system. Pham replaces Larry T. Yok, who retired in March.

TrueBlue

TrueBlue of Tacoma said Patrick Beharelle has been named president and CEO. He has been president and COO of TrueBlue's Outsourcing Solutions group, overseeing strategy and operations of Staff Management|SMX, PeopleScout and HRX. He was also CEO of Seaton, which was acquired by TrueBlue last year. The firm provides workforce services such as staffing and recruitment.

HFO on the move in Portland

Fehrenbacher

Vaz

Cross

Portland-based apartment brokerage HFO Investment Real Estate moved to a newly renovated office building at 2424 S.E. Division St. in Portland. In the last year, the company has doubled its staff to 19. HFO recently brought in brokers Tyson Cross and Cody Vaz, and promoted Lee Fehrenbacher to broker. HFO says it is the largest apartment brokerage in the Pacific Northwest. HFO was founded in 1999. In addition to brokerage services, the company holds events and releases market news and video programming.

Hunt joins Kilroy board

Jolie Hunt, founder of New York-based marketing and communications firm Hunt & Gather, has joined Kilroy Realty Corp.'s board of directors. Hunt has been a marketing executive at AOL and Thomson Reuters, and also worked at IBM and Financial Times. Los Angeles-based Kilroy has more than 13 million square feet of real estate in Seattle, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. Its biggest Seattle project is at 333 Dexter Ave. N., where it is proposing two 12-story office towers.

ULI Young Leaders event July 24-25

The Urban Land Institute's Young Leaders Group will hold the Cascadia Regional Conference here July 24 and 25 at Melrose Market Studios, 1532 Minor Ave. The event will focus on Seattle's rapid growth, and the challenges and opportunities that poses, with panel discussions, tours and social events. For more information, or to register, visit: http://goo.gl/vZzG20