Nov 03, 2020

Comcast

Comcast announced expanded support of the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction K-12 Internet Access Program, designed to connect students in need to internet access at home. Now more than 50,000 low-income student households across 75 school districts statewide are eligible to receive Comcast’s Internet Essentials high-speed broadband service for up to the remainder of the 2020/2021 school year. Since the Washington K—12 Internet Access Program launch on Oct. 1, 39 additional school districts in the Comcast service area have joined the public-private partnership. Funding for the program comes from the federal CARES Act. Since August 2011, Internet Essentials has connected millions of low-income households to the internet.

Columbia Sportswear

Portland-based Columbia Sportswear announced a series of senior leadership changes. Thomas Cusick will step down from his role as executive vice president and chief operating officer and transition to a part-time role with the company, assisting with operational matters, until his retirement from the company in the second half of 2021. In accordance with pre-established transition plans, Lisa Kulok, senior vice president, global supply chain operations and manufacturing, will become executive vice president, chief supply chain officer, and Jim Swanson, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will become executive vice president and chief financial officer. Brent Beeson, vice president, apparel manufacturing, will become senior vice president, manufacturing. Franco Fogliato will lead the company’s omni-channel plans for growth by transitioning to executive Vice president, global omni-channel

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors

Bordeaux Wealth Advisors, a boutique investment advisory and wealth management firm with offices in Silicon Valley and Bellevue, announced that James Hering has joined the firm as chief operating officer and wealth advisor. Hering is based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office and comes to Bordeaux with 30 years of experience serving large high net worth families. Prior to joining Bordeaux, James served as the CEO of a large single-family office in San Francisco, and the COO for two large independent RIAs in Chicago.

Boise Cascade

Boise Cascade Company announced that Jill Twedt has been promoted to senior vice president. Twedt joined Boise Cascade in 2007, and was named general counsel in 2019. She was appointed as vice president and corporate secretary in 2017. In her role, she leads the legal, records management, sustainability, environmental, and compliance functions for the Company.

Compass Construction

Ottolino

Reyes-Alvarez

Waters

Hammond

In Kirkland, Compass Construction hired Greg Hammond and Chris Waters as project engineers; promoted Emiliano Reyes-Alvarez to assistant superintendent; and welcomed back David Ottolino as an assistant superintendent. Hammond comes from the oil and gas industry, and has a background in geology. Waters is experienced in design-build architecture. Reyes-Alvarez has been with Compass since 2012 and was promoted from punch carpenter. Ottolino started with Compass in 2015 as a project engineer.

Sound Transit

Wright

In Seattle, Sound Transit appointed David H. Wright II as its first chief safety officer, leading an intensified safety focus following the separation of the agency's safety and quality assurance departments. Wright is focusing on current transit operations and the largest transit construction program in the nation. He has over 20 years of experience in transit and rail safety, including stints with the Chicago Transit Authority, rail construction and services provider Holland, and Gogo Business Aviation.

JTM Construction

O'Leary

At the start of 2021, Martin O'Leary will take over as president of JTM Construction from John Hayduk, who will transition to senior advisor and remain as board chair. Hayduk co-founded Seattle-based JTM in 2005 with O'Leary and COO Tom Titus. O'Leary has over 30 years of local construction experience, with nearly 16 years at JTM and another 16 years at Skanska. He currently is executive vice president. JTM has built notable local buildings such as the LeMay car museum, F5 tower and the Olive 8 condo/hotel tower. It provides preconstruction, self-perform work and construction management.

Dawson Construction

Yuska

Binning

Bellingham-based Dawson Construction hired Gursahib Patara as project engineer and Jeff Morgan as assistant superintendent; and promoted Ryan Binning to director of business operations and Alex Yuska to assistant project manager. Patara recently graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in construction management and worked a year ago as a summer intern for Dawson. Morgan has experience building assisted-living and memory care facilities, and was an engineer officer for the North Carolina National Guard. Binning worked as an estimator manager for a year at Dawson before stepping into his new role, which is a new position at the company. Yuska was a project engineer. He grew up in a construction family and has worked his way into management positions after beginning at Dawson as a summer intern while he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Gonzaga University. Established in 1967, Dawson Construction is a general contractor serving Alaska and Washington.