Apr 16, 2020

Nike

Beaverton, Oregon-based shoe and apparel giant Nike is promoting Ann Hebert to vice president and general manager of North America. Hebert is a 25-year veteran of Nike and is currently vice president of global sales. She will assume her new role on June 1, succeeding long-time executive Tom Peddie, who is retiring.

Summit Law Group

Benchmark Litigation last month named Summit Law Group as the Washington Law Firm of the Year. Also, Benchmark in October recognized Summit as one of nine firms “highly recommended” for commercial litigation in Washington and one of three “highly recommended” firms for labor and employment litigation in Washington. It also honored eight Summit attorneys: Jessica Goldman and Shannon Phillips on the nationwide list of the Top 250 Women in Litigation; Alex Baehr, Jeff Feldman, Phil McCune and Chris Wion as Litigation Stars; and Beth Kennar and Quinn Oppenheim as Labor and Employment Stars. Benchmark is a legal guide that evaluates law firms and attorneys.

Aegis Living

Bellevue-based Aegis Living and the Clark Family Foundation launched Seattle Seniors Strong, a $100,000 community-match campaign to support homeless and homebound seniors. The campaign is dedicated to two area organizations: Sound Generations and the Pike Market Senior Center. It will match all donations by businesses or individuals dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000 for each organization, through May 31. Donations can be made at SeattleSeniorsStrong.com. Aegis is a provider of assisted-living and memory care services. Aegis founder and CEO Dwayne Clark established the Clark Family Foundation to benefit the elderly and youth.

Qumulo

Seattle-based Qumulo won Data Storage Company of the Year in the 2020 Data Breakthrough Awards. Qumulo provides hybrid cloud file storage. The awards program honors excellence in data technologies, services, companies and products. The inaugural program attracted more than 1,200 nominations from across the globe.

Hecla Mining Co.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based Hecla Mining Co. planned to restart operations yesterday at its Casa Berardi underground gold mine in western Quebec, Canada, after the government of Quebec last month suspended mining operations in the province to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Hecla says it has no known cases of COVID-19 at any of its operations.

Apr 15, 2020

Runberg Architecture Group

Peterson

Iwanski

Clesi

Seattle-based Runberg Architecture Group hired Nick Clesi as an architectural designer, Adrienne W. Iwanski as marketing manager and Tyler Peterson as office coordinator. Clesi has over five years of experience as an architectural designer at Holly & Smith Architects in Hammond, Louisiana, working on multifamily, higher education and single-family residential projects. Iwanski has nearly eight years of marketing experience in the architecture/engineering/construction sector. She worked for the AGC of Washington Education Foundation for nearly five years in marketing, and for View Inc., formerly View Dynamic Glass, as a customer success manager. Peterson was with Jasmine Pearl Tea Co. in Portland for four years, working in customer relations, education, event coordination and training roles. Runberg designs mixed-use projects.

Weber Thompson

Yuen

Porter

Idoux

Evenson

Doran

Seattle-based Weber Thompson promoted Erik Doran, Emily Evenson, Fanny Idoux, Brittany Porter and Burton Yuen to associate. Doran is senior project architect on 1400 Madison, a planned development by Bellwether Housing and Plymouth Housing with over 350 units on First Hill in Seattle. Evenson has worked on the passive house multifamily project called Solis and on SCIDpda's North Lot project, both in Seattle. She holds a certified passive house design credential. Idoux, an interior designer, joined Weber Thompson with a hospitality design portfolio. At the firm, she has worked on the refresh of Willows Lodge Spa in Woodinville, and the design of Orenda workforce housing at Othello Square and the Stratus high-rise, both in Seattle. Porter is in the commercial office design studio, and is project architect on Dunn Lumber's Latona Station project in Wallingford. She is a certified passive house consultant. Yuen is a landscape designer in the landscape design studio. He has over 25 years of experience and is a leader in construction administration and quality control within the firm. Weber Thompson provides architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and community/urban design.

GGLO

Slazinik

Lambert

Brockway

Berry

In Seattle, GGLO promoted Rachael Berry, Rachel Brockway, Ross Lambert and Tim Slazinik to associate. Berry specializes in space planning, design/ construction documentation and construction administration, and is skilled in Revit. Brockway has over 20 years of industry experience, with a background in hospitality and workplace design. Lambert's work at GGLO has focused on large mixed-use and multifamily projects. He has seen projects through from concept to construction, coordinating the work of the design team, consultants and contractor. Slazinik, a landscape architect, has public engagement and civic design experience. His experience includes health centers, middle schools, rooftop farms and trail systems. GGLO provides architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and planning.

TCF Architecture

Olson

Mill

Gingerich

TCF Architecture of Tacoma promoted Amy Gingerich and James Mill to associate and Scott Olson to senior associate. Gingerich has worked in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Tacoma. She has over seven years of architecture and design experience and is in the industrial studio. She is managing the design of a new headquarters project for Chelan County PUD and working on a long-term facilities study for Kitsap Transit.

Mill has over 20 years of experience in architecture and construction, including several leading his own design firm. He specializes in K-12 projects, and has worked on Lake Wilderness, Parkside and Peter G. Schmidt elementary schools. He is managing the historic modernization of “Old Main” on the campus of Mount Vernon High School and an interior renovation of the original gym building for the school's administration department.

Olson is TCF's design director. He has over 23 years in the architecture profession, with work in the education, civic, industrial and retail markets including on the new Agriplex and Arena at the Washington State Fair and a renovation for Seattle World School at T.T. Minor.

Clearwater Paper

Michael J. Murphy is the new CFO and senior vice president at Spokane-based Clearwater Paper. Murphy was CFO at NxEdge and has over 25 years of paper industry and finance experience. Prior to NxEdge, he held senior finance, risk management and strategy positions with KapStone Paper & Packaging and with Boise Inc. He spent over 17 years in investment banking with J.P. Morgan Securities and John Nuveen & Co. He succeeds Robert G. Hrivnak, who is leaving the company. Clearwater supplies private-label tissue to major retailers and wholesale distributors, and produces bleached paperboard.

Rockefeller Capital Management

New York City-based financial advisory firm Rockefeller Capital Management appointed Brian Riley as head of its San Francisco office and managing director of its Pacific Northwest Division for Rockefeller Private Wealth Management. Riley was an executive vice president on the Private Wealth Management team at First Republic Bank in San Francisco. He began his career at Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor, and later held a variety of leadership positions including regional managing director for the Private Banking and Investment Group.

State of Washington

The state Department of Commerce said $5 million in emergency grants are available to the 29 federally recognized tribes in the state to bolster their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each tribal government will receive $100,000, with the remaining $2.1 million distributed based on a formula under development between Commerce and tribal leaders. The grants could fund food distribution, isolation housing, medical equipment and services for vulnerable members.

SoftNAS

Medina-based cloud storage company SoftNAS changed its name to Buurst and secured $5 million in additional funding. The new name comes with a change in the company's strategic vision and business model, which rejects the traditional way of charging customers for data they store on the cloud and favors performance.

PotlatchDeltic

Spokane-based PotlatchDeltic on Monday will temporarily halt production at its St. Maries, Idaho, plywood plant as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on plywood markets. The company will stop production for two weeks, but could extend the closure depending on market conditions. It said all other businesses — including lumber mills in Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota and Arkansas — continue to operate, but could be affected by market conditions. PotlatchDeltic is a REIT that owns timberlands in several states.

Satech

Chehalis-based Satech is providing free anti-fatigue mats to health care workers in western Washington fighting on the front lines against the coronavirus. Satech uses specialized cushioning technology in its mats. To get free mats, contact Chad Lindstrom, vice president of marketing, at (425) 429-0862 or clindstrom@smartcellsusa.com.