Jan 29, 2019

City of Bellevue

Gerla

Kathy Gerla is the new city attorney in Bellevue. Gerla has over 30 years of legal experience in the public and private sectors. She was a senior deputy for seven years in King County Prosecutor's Office and spent 17 years in the state Attorney General's Office. She replaces Lori Riordan, who retired in October.

DeLille Cellars

In Woodinville, DeLille Cellars promoted Jason Gorski from winemaker to director of winemaking and viticulture. Prior to DeLille, Gorski worked at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville and Spring Valley Vineyard in Walla Walla. He replaces Chris Upchurch, who remains as co-president, partner and founding winemaker. The winery is moving into the former Redhook Brewery space this month and will build a three-story tasting room and retail tower that will open in late summer.

Green Sports Alliance

In Portland, Green Sports Alliance has six new board members: Elaine Aye, associate regional manager at RWDI; Dune Ives, executive director of Lonely Whale; Kunal Merchant, managing director of Lotus Advisory; Jill Savery, founder and CEO of Bristlecone Strategies; Cyrus Wadia, former vice president of sustainable business and innovation at Nike; and Jamie Zaninovich, deputy commissioner and COO of the Pac-12 Conference. Green Sports Alliance uses sports to promote healthy, sustainable communities.

Filter

Dentsu Aegis Network acquired Filter, a design and digital marketing company in Seattle with an office in Portland. The acquisition makes Filter part of Merkle Co., a marketing agency in London-based Dentsu Aegis Network. Filter's management team of Joe Melanson, Kristin Knight and Terry Harnisch continue to lead the company. Merkle is based in Columbia, Maryland.

Auburn Mechanical

Chastain

Auburn Mechanical hired Rick Chastain as senior project manager in the Special Projects Group. In the industry since 1993, Chastain has overseen facility maintenance, new construction and tenant improvement projects for public and private-sector clients. Auburn Mechanical specializes in mechanical design, HVAC, plumbing, fitting, refrigeration and maintenance.

MBA of King and Snohomish Counties

Harrison

In Bellevue, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties hired Rob Harrison as senior manager of the Built Green program. Harrison has 28 years of experience as a green architect in Seattle, and has spent the last decade advocating for walkable urbanism and climate-friendly civic policies. In 1992, he co-founded the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild.

University Mechanical Contractors

Lagutang

In Mukilteo, University Mechanical Contractors promoted Lloyd Lagutang to virtual construction operations manager. Lagutang has more than 15 years of experience in MEP coordination, CAD design and virtual construction. He has been at UMC for nine years.

Jan 25, 2019

Northwest Kidney Centers

Durvasula

Nonprofit dialysis provider Northwest Kidney Centers named Dr. Raghu “Rags” Durvasula as associate chief medical officer. Durvasula is an associate professor of medicine and an adjunct associate professor in the department of health services at the University of Washington. He will start part-time by mid-March and transition to full-time in June.

T-Mobile US

In Bellevue, T-Mobile US hired Ulf Ewaldsson as senior vice president of technology transformation. Ewaldsson spent nearly 30 years at networking and telecom company Ericsson, most recently as senior advisor to the CEO. He will help roll out 5G technology at T-Mobile.

Greenfield Advisors

Seattle-based Greenfield Advisors hired Dr. Alon Bassok as principal data scientist. Bassok comes from Washington State Transportation Center, where he increased transportation efficiency in Seattle and King County. Prior to that, he modernized data storage, curation and analytical tools for Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the University of Washington. Greenfield is an economic and financial analysis firm.

Schooner Brewing

San Juan Seltzer merged with Schooner Brewing. The two companies have worked together in a licensing relationship since last spring when Schooner began brewing and canning San Juan Seltzer's spiked sparkling waters at its SoDo brewery. Schooner's restaurant was closed as a result of the merger, but Schooner Brewing taproom remains open.

City of Tacoma

The city of Tacoma will fill three positions on the Sustainable Tacoma Commission. The commission focuses on Tacoma's Environmental Action Plan and sustainability issues. Applications are due Jan. 30. To apply, visit cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication or contact Jessica Jenkins at (253) 591-5178, servetacoma@cityoftacoma.org.