Aug 13, 2025

PCC Community Markets

PCC Community Markets, the 72-year-old retail grocery cooperative serving the Puget Sound region, hired Amy Chow as the co-op's new chief financial officer. Additionally, PCC concluded this year's board of trustees election, with Will Daughterty elected to the board for the first time and Cindy Bolton and Angela Owen re-elected for new terms.

Chow brings financial and retail expertise to the co-op, backed by more than two decades of leadership across finance, strategy and operations. She most recently served as CFO of Sur La Table following a 12-year tenure with the company, where she played a key role in shaping strategic direction, driving execution, and supporting financial decision-making across the organization. Her broader career spans leadership roles across the retail, technology and consulting sectors. She succeeds former CFO Chris Naismith, who recently retired.

Daughterty, president and CEO of Pacific Science Center, brings over 30 years of leadership experience at Amazon, Expedia, AT&T and McKinsey. In addition, his board service includes BECU, KEXP, and Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center. Bolton, a PCC member for over 20 years and chair of the board's Audit and Finance Committee, has more than 25 years of strategic, financial, and operational leadership and currently serves as CFO of Seattle Art Museum. Owen is an omni-channel executive with experience at REI Co-op and Eddie Bauer. The board of trustees is comprised of up to 13 trustees, each elected by PCC's active membership, which now numbers over 118,000 members.

The trustees serve three-year terms, with a maximum of three consecutive terms. Founded in Seattle in 1953, PCC Community Markets is a certified organic retailer and the largest food cooperative in the United States with more than 118,000 active member-owners. PCC currently operates 16 stores in neighborhoods across the Puget Sound region including Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Edmonds, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle.

Parametrix

Mackie

Parametrix has promoted Nicole Mackie to vice president of growth and strategy. Mackie has more than 25 years of AEC marketing experience, 17 of which are with Parametrix. She previously served as the firm's Washington regional marketing manager.

In her new role, Mackie will lead the firm's strategic marketing, business development, and client stewardship efforts in Washington. She will focus on expanding market presence, deepening client relationships, and aligning pursuit strategies across business lines and geographies.

The Miller Hull Partnership

Ruszczyk

Roberts

Rennhack

MacKay

Mattheis

Troutman

Rao

Ng

Carpenter

Verkist

Miller Hull has promoted the following team members to principal: Cory Mattheis, John MacKay, Claire Rennhack, Becky Roberts, Heather Ruszczyk, and Nicole Verkist; and these individuals to senior associate: Kevin Carpenter, April Ng, Zubin Rao, and Jeff Troutman.

Aug 12, 2025

KeyBank

To celebrate 200 years of KeyBank's service to communities across the nation, the KeyBank Foundation is awarding a $200,000 philanthropic grant to Business Impact Northwest. This is part of Key's special bicentennial grant program designed to strengthen Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and foundations that play a critical role in advancing affordable housing and small business development. It was awarded during KeyBank's Bicentennial Celebration in Seattle on Aug. 6, where KeyCorp Chairman and CEO Chris Gorman and KeyBank teammates attended. Business Impact Northwest is a nonprofit CDFI dedicated to serving underbanked entrepreneurs by providing coaching, classes, and access to capital for small businesses. This grant funding from the KeyBank Foundation will support the Technical Assistance for Underserved Entrepreneurs Across the Pacific Northwest program.

“KeyBank is committed to helping our community thrive through investments that promote neighbors, education and workforce,” said Brian Marlow, Washington market president, KeyBank. “We are not only here to serve our clients, but to invest in neighborhoods where we live and work, providing opportunities and making a difference in people's lives.”

The KeyBank Foundation is donating $200,000 to community development efforts in each of KeyBank's 27 markets. KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation that supports organizations and initiatives aimed at improving financial wellness, education, and community development.

Frazier Healthcare Partners

Frazier Healthcare Partners has promoted Andrew Wu to vice president, Daniel Ewnetu and Luke Ostrander to senior associate on the Investment Professional team, and Carol Eckert to senior vice president of investor relations. In addition, several new team members have joined Frazier's Investment Professional team. Mike Gawlik has joined the firm as a vice president, and will be based in Frazier's newly opened New York office. The firm also named four new associates, Gavin Calabretta and Jafar Sharipov in the New York office and John Froman and Nathan Marks in the Seattle office. Wu originally joined Frazier as an MBA Intern in July 2022 and joined full-time as a senior associate in July 2023. Ewnetu originally joined Frazier as an intern in 2018 and returned as an associate in 2023. Ostrander joined Frazier as an associate in July 2023 from TD Cowen in New York. Eckert joined Frazier in 2016 as head of investor relations, marketing, and PR and communications, following 15 years in accounting consulting. Gawlik joins Frazier after four years at New Mountain Capital in New York, where he focused on leveraged buyout investments. Founded in 1991, Frazier Healthcare Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. Frazier is headquartered in Seattle, with an office in New York City, and invests broadly across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

Aug 08, 2025

Economic Alliance Snohomish County

Economic Alliance Snohomish County (EASC) and the Greater Everett Chamber of Commerce are holding a 2025 Summer Networking event on Aug. 27 at Funko Field to see the Everett AuqaSox face the Eugene Emeralds. “Connecting the Snohomish County business community is what we do best,” says Ray Stephanson, president & CEO of EASC. “Through a fun evening at the ballpark, we will celebrate our commitment to collaboration and to connect the people and ideas that move this county forward.” EASC partners with a different local chamber each year to co-host this summer gathering.

Presented by The Boeing Company and Umpqua Bank, the event kicks off with a private pre-game barbeque from 5-7 p.m., followed by First pitch is at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are $55 per person. Additional information is available at https://bit.ly/SummerNetworking25.

As the largest regional economic development organization in Snohomish County, Economic Alliance Snohomish County supports a globally competitive regional economy in which all businesses can thrive and participate equally through effective advocacy and resource access. The Greater Everett Chamber connects businesses of all sizes, providing access to resources, opportunities, and partnerships.

Expeditors International of Washington

Expeditors International of Washington appointed David A. Hackett as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. Expeditors' current senior vice president and chief financial officer, Bradley S. Powell, has notified the board of directors of his intention to retire, effective Sept. 30. Hackett joined Expeditors in May 2024 as vice president, finance. Prior to Expeditors, Hackett served in many roles across finance at Nke for nearly 16 years, with seven of these years as a vice president in the finance and strategy function as part of the Nike Corporate Leadership Team. During his time at Nike, he led external reporting, was controller of North America and vice president of global treasury and financial risk management. Prior to Nike, Hackett spent nearly nine years in the audit function of KPMG where he was a senior manager and led the audit teams for some of the firm's largest public clients in the Pacific Northwest. He also obtained his CPA certification in the state of Oregon in 1998. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Bellevue. The company employs trained professionals in 172 district offices and numerous branch locations located on six continents. Services include the consolidation or forwarding of air and ocean freight, customs brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite transportation, order management, warehousing and distribution and customized logistics solutions.

Aug 07, 2025

NAIOPWA to raise glasses in Ballard

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Urbanadd Architects and Wilcox Construction handsomely revamped an old Ballard industrial building, which opened last year as the second location for the Wildwood Spirits distillery. (The first is in Bothell.) It also has a tasting room. If you haven't visited, and if you're a NAIOPWA member, there's an occasion to visit on Aug. 14. The event begins at 4 p.m. at 1400 N.W. 53rd St., on the corner of 14th Avenue Northwest, aka Brewery Row. Details and info: naiopwa.org

Lee & Associates

Lambert

Lee & Associates recently announced that industry veteran James Lambert has joined the brokerage. He makes the move from Elion Partners. He'll specialize in the industrial and logistics sector, reflecting past experience at Starbucks and Amazon. He said in a statement, “I've had the privilege of managing real estate portfolios for some of the most dynamic companies in the world. Joining Lee & Associates is an opportunity to bring that strategic experience to clients who want to unlock the value of their real estate.”

Tehaleh keeps growing

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Beginning in the 1990s as Cascadia, then later rebranded as Tehaleh, that 4,700-acre project continues to produce more single-family housing in the south end of Pierce County, near Orting and Bonney Lake. The developers are North America Sekisui House (NASH) and Brookfield Residential, and they just launched a new 372-home tract, dubbed The Ridges. That's to span about 105-acres in the middle of coming. Brookfield's Scott Jones said in a statement, “We're pleased to add The Ridges as another opportunity for families to make their home at Tehaleh.” Expected to reach 5,000 homes at full build-out, Tehaleh now counts some 11,000 residents. The development is also to include a future middle school, and already has two elementary schools — plus 16 parks, over 40 miles of trails and 1,800 acres of green space. There's also a commercial component, with 475 acres zoned for commercial and industrial use. Panattoni and Brookfield are currently building the two-building Tall Firs Industrial Park in that zone. Some retail has also been developed.

Avail Partners

Upstack, a full-service technology brokerage, has acquired Avail Partners, a Seattle-based technology consulting firm that helps midmarket organizations strategically optimize their IT investments. As part of the acquisition, Avail's founders and managing partners, Dan Marsh and Scott Maurice, will join Upstack as partners. The Avail team will also join the company, expanding Upstack's presence and capabilities in the Pacific Northwest and across key verticals, including manufacturing, healthcare and professional services. Founded in 2012, Avail Partners works directly with CFOs and business leaders to design and implement business-aligned IT strategies, offering technology advisory services that streamline vendor research and sourcing, helping clients accelerate business growth and achieve better cloud economics. As part of Upstack, the team will focus on delivering high-impact results for clients while gaining additional resources to expand to new markets. Avail will leverage Upstack's extensive technology and vendor expertise, actionable data intelligence and purpose-built proprietary tech to expand client impact, streamline operations and grow market reach. Avail Partners was represented in the transaction by Rick Dellar of Renaissance Advisors. Upstack delivers advisory and execution services across the entire technology landscape — including data center colocation, cloud, connectivity, networking, cybersecurity and AI.

Paddock Spirits

Paddock Spirits, a ready-to-drink cocktail company founded by Washington State University alumni, launched a new drink, Ol' Crimson Legendary Cocktail. The cocktail, a blend of blackberry and pomegranate, is now available for order throughout Washington and Idaho through distributor Odom and Northwest Beverage. The Ol' Crimson Legendary Cocktail honors WSU's school spirit while supporting the Cougar Collective — an organization that helps raise funds for WSU's student-athletes through Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) initiatives. A portion of the proceeds from every case of Ol' Crimson sold will go directly to the Cougar Collective. Founded in Pullman, Paddock Spirits has won multiple gold medals and a best in class award at the World Spirits Competition in San Francisco. “We are incredibly proud of our roots at WSU and are excited to launch this specialty cocktail that brings together our passion for spirits and our love for our alma mater,” said Blake Preston, founder of Paddock Spirits. To celebrate the launch of the Ol' Crimson Legendary Cocktail, Paddock Spirits and The Cougar Collective will host an exclusive launch party at Marco Polo Bar & Grill in Seattle on Aug. 20 at 5 p.m.