Nov 14, 2018

Davis Wright Tremaine

Nelson

The Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine expanded its trademark and intellectual property practice group with a team from Cairncross & Hempelmann led by partner Jeff Nelson. Other Cairncross staff joining Nelson are associate Lauren Schulz, trademark paralegal Mary Hadley and legal assistant Chelsea Fox.

Darigold

Garth

In Seattle, Darigold hired Mark Garth as CFO. Garth was CFO at Country Fresh Holdings in Texas, and CFO and treasurer at Perdue Farms in Maryland. He will join Darigold later this month. Darigold is the marketing and processing subsidiary of Northwest Dairy Association, which is owned by nearly 500 dairy farms.

AAA Washington

Moriguchi

Denise Moriguchi was elected to the board of AAA Washington. Moriguchi is president and CEO of Asian grocer Uwajimaya. Prior to joining Uwajimaya, she worked at a consulting firm in Boston and in brand management for a pharmaceutical company. AAA Washington provides emergency roadside assistance, travel services and personal-lines insurance.

Washington Automated

Miami-based EnviroStar completed its merger with Everett-based Lucken Inc., the parent company of Washington Automated, a distributor of commercial and vended laundry products. Washington Automated will continue to operate under the leadership of Ryan Lucken, with the same staff and name. EnviroStar sells and rents commercial, industrial and vended laundry and dry cleaning equipment, as well as steam and hot water boilers.

City of Bellevue

The city of Bellevue took first place in the 2018 Digital Cities Survey for cities of its size. Bellevue was cited for its predictive analytics to prevent pipe failures, a new permit fee estimator for construction projects, and transmission of patient information to hospitals from ambulances. Brad Miyake is city manager and Sabra Schneider is chief information officer.

Nov 09, 2018

Port of Seattle

The Port of Seattle hired Katie Gerard as senior director of human resources. Gerard has a 20-plus-year career in public service and most recently headed the HR department of Thurston County. She joins the port at the end of the month.

Department of Revenue

The state Department of Revenue appointed Kara Briggs as tribal liaison. Briggs was a strategist, planner and communications consultant for tribes across the West. She also was a consultant to the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and a journalist for The Spokesman-Review and Oregonian newspapers.

Echodyne

Kirkland-based Echodyne, a manufacturer of radar sensors, added Paul Farmer as CFO. Farmer has 30 years of financial and operational leadership experience.

Lighter Capital

In Seattle, Lighter Capital hired Anthea Louie as chief marketing officer. Louie was vice president of digital business and marketing for DigiCert, and also worked at SAP, Yahoo, Disney Store and Epson. Lighter Capital provides early-stage financing to tech companies.

Sound Community Bank

Laurie Stewart, president and CEO of Sound Community Bank, advanced from vice chair to chair-elect of the American Bankers Association. This is the second year of a three-year term where Stewart will become board chair in 2019. She has been with Seattle-based Sound Community Bank for 29 years.