Oct 09, 2018

Starbucks

Patrick Grismer was named executive vice president and CFO at Starbucks. Grismer has more than 25 years of finance experience with Hyatt Hotels, Yum! Brands and Walt Disney Co. He was CFO at Hyatt and Yum. He succeeds Scott Maw, who will retire Nov. 30 but remain until March 2019 as senior consultant.

BakerHostetler

Douglas Grady joined BakerHostetler's Intellectual Property Group as a partner in the Seattle office. Grady, an IP trial attorney, is a special assistant attorney general to Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, advising on intellectual property disputes. He comes from the Seattle office of Foster Pepper, where he helped develop that firm's IP practice group.

(Editor's note: This article has been changed to reflect that Grady still is a special assistant attorney general.)

Tilth Alliance

In Seattle, Tilth Alliance named Melissa Spear its new executive director. Spear is executive director of Common Ground, a center for environmental learning and urban farming in Connecticut. She will start at Tilth in late November. Tilth supports sustainable farmers and urban gardeners.

Mod Pizza

John Maguire will become COO of Bellevue-based Mod Pizza later this month. Maguire was president and CEO of Johnny Rockets Group and FIC Restaurants, and prior to that spent 20 years at Panera Bread. Mod has more than 380 locations.

Vancouver Clinic

Vancouver Clinic and Humana are adding two primary care neighborhood clinics in Clark County. The new locations will be operated by Vancouver Clinic, and will accept all Humana Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO plans. The first will open in January at 7809 N.E. Vancouver Plaza Drive in Vancouver and the second will be added in the second half of 2019.

Oct 05, 2018

King County

Taylor

Khandelwal

King County Executive Dow Constantine appointed Anita Khandelwal as director of the Department of Public Defense and John Taylor as director of the Department of Local Services. Khandelwal was deputy director of law and policy before she was appointed interim director. She joined the department in 2015 and has been practicing law for more than a decade. Taylor was an assistant division director at the county's Department of Natural Resources & Parks. The new Department of Local Services will have permitting and road divisions to serve nearly 250,000 people in unincorporated King County.

City of Kenmore

Bennett-Gold

Vicente

The city of Kenmore named John Vicente as city engineer and hired Tobin Bennett-Gold as traffic engineer. Vicente was acting city engineer for the past year. Bennett-Gold comes from Pima County Department of Transportation in Arizona.

Group Health Foundation

Nichole June Maher is president and CEO at Group Health Foundation in Seattle. Maher was president and CEO of Northwest Health Foundation and executive director of Native American Youth and Family Center, both in Portland. GHF was funded in 2017 with the proceeds from Kaiser Permanente's acquisition of Group Health Cooperative. The goal is to improve health equity.

Sodo BIA

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed legislation to renew and expand the Sodo Business Improvement Area with an estimated budget of $1 million for 2019 for transportation projects, public safety improvements, community events, and increased outreach and advocacy. The city has 10 BIAs.

Haggen

Bellingham-based Haggen remodeled its grocery store in Auburn's Lakeland Hills. The new layout includes a wine bar called The Pub, and more fresh food, such as breakfasts, lunches and dinners.