Aug 25, 2020

Liberty Bank

Beason

Poulsen

Fulp

Liberty Bank named Alan Fulp as president and chief lending officer, putting him in charge of the bank's new Bellevue office. Fulp has nearly 30 years of financial services experience, most recently as managing director of private banking for the Ascent division of U.S. Bank. Other new staff in Bellevue are Aleecia Poulsen, treasury management officer and customer service manager; Christina Beason, vice president and senior relationship manager; and Tony Vounn, senior credit analyst. Poulsen has worked for numerous community banks in the Pacific Northwest. Beason has over 20 years of experience in business management and commercial banking, previously working at Foundation Bank and Columbia Bank. Vounn specializes in commercial and industrial loans, commercial real estate and consumer lending. He previously worked at The Commerce Bank, Seattle Bank and Core Business Bank. Poulsbo-based Liberty is a customer-centric community bank.

The Fearey Group

Seattle-based communications firm The Fearey Group added two senior-level staff members: account supervisor Nicole (Nikki) Arnone and senior account executive Maya Dartiguenave. Arnone is a media relations specialist leading strategic communications for Fearey's health care, real estate and business clients. Dartiguenave's role includes content creation and social media strategy for a variety of clients. Fearey provides strategic communications, with specialties in issues and crisis management, public affairs, public relations and digital marketing.

BECU

BECU hired Sarah Nuanes as branch manager of its first neighborhood financial center (NFC) in Bellingham. Nuanes has over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, and is overseeing the NFC's operations while recruiting members and coaching, training and developing a newly formed BECU team. Nuanes previously was a retail branch manager at KeyBank, where she managed sales of bank products, developed relationships with local businesses and led a team of personal bankers.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Nixon

Popov

Ly

Somerville

Levinzon

For its Seattle office, Lease Crutcher Lewis hired four and promoted one. New staff are Rie Levinzon, intranet administrator; Ian Somerville, desktop systems analyst; Julie Ly, IT specialist; and Renata Popov, project engineer. Robert Nixon was promoted to senior project manager. Levinzon has over eight years of website management and graphic design experience. Somerville is a seven-year professional in desktop systems and IT support. Ly previously worked with Lewis in accounting in 2012-2013, and returned as an IT and accounting consultant in 2017. Popov joined Lewis full time after interning with the company in 2018 and 2019. She recently earned her bachelor's degree in construction management at the University of Washington. Nixon joined the company in 2013 and has 21 years of construction experience. He is working on the Washington State Convention Center Summit addition.

ABC of Western Washington

Three companies joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington: Integrity Surety, a nationwide surety bond producer; T's Pro Painting, an interior and exterior painting specialist; and Marwood General Construction, which does excavation, grading, erosion control, wetland restoration and concrete work.

L&I

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries and Oregon Building Codes Division signed a reciprocal agreement allowing general, journey-level electricians who have obtained a license in one state to apply for a license in the other state without having to take an examination for the reciprocal license under certain conditions. The agreement went into effect Aug. 17 and continues until the states terminate it.

Aug 21, 2020

Daiya Healthcare

In Bellevue, Daiya Healthcare named Michelle Thompson as chief strategy officer. Thompson has over 25 years of experience in the senior-living and post-acute care markets. She previously was corporate director of sales and marketing for Regency Pacific Management, supporting over 40 senior communities across five states. Daiya is a physician-owned, multi-specialty post-acute and long-term care medical group.

Chinook Therapeutics

Chinook Therapeutics announced $106 million in private placement financing from a number of new investors. As part of the financing, Chinook's existing investors — Versant Ventures, Apple Tree Partners and Samsara BioCapital — will purchase $25 million in Chinook common stock on the same terms as the new investors. The deal is expected to occur prior to the closing of the previously announced merger between Chinook and Aduro Biotech of Berkeley, California. Chinook is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing medicines for kidney diseases. It has offices in Vancouver, B.C., and Seattle.

Kymeta

Redmond-based mobile communications network company Kymeta acquired satellite communication services provider Lepton Global Solutions. Kymeta says the acquisition allows it to pursue key opportunities with U.S. defense and government customers. Lepton is based in Vienna, Virginia. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

ZoomInfo

Vancouver-based ZoomInfo priced an offering of 14.94 million shares of common stock at $37 per share. The offering is expected to close on Monday. The stock is from equity holders in the company, including investment funds affiliated with TA Associates, The Carlyle Group and 22C Capital LLC. ZoomInfo is not selling any of its shares and will not receive any proceeds from the deal. The company sells access to its database of business people and companies to sales, marketing and recruiting professionals.