Jul 18, 2019

Summit Trail Advisors

Rudd

Michelle Rudd joined Summit Trail Advisors' new Seattle office as a partner. Rudd has 30 years of experience in the wealth management industry, the last 17 years at Wells Fargo in Seattle as a senior vice president and wealth advisor. Her practice focuses on ultra-high-net-worth families in the Pacific Northwest. Summit is an independent wealth management boutique with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco.

City of Tacoma

The U.S. Conference of Mayors appointed Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards to its advisory board and as co-chair of the Women Mayors Leadership Alliance. The non-partisan group works to strengthen federal-city relationships and provides mayors with leadership and management tools.

Medical Teams International

New board members at Medical Teams International are: Fred Gregory, president of World Concern; Geoff Guilfoy, founder of Lumen Leaders; Michael Levelle, of counsel at Catalyst Law; John E. Phillips, global head of workforce staffing at Amazon; Sean Robbins, president of Regence Blue Shield of Idaho; Beth Weibling, retired sales executive at SmithKline Pharmaceutical Co.; and Gabe Winslow, founder of SmartPickle.com. Portland-based Medical Teams provides care for people in crisis.

Washington Supreme Court

Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst won the 2019 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit. Fairhurst began serving as a justice in the Washington Supreme Court in 2003. Before that, she spent 16 years in the Washington Attorney General's Office.

Smartsheet

Bellevue-based Smartsheet won four awards from Comparably, an employee review website. Smartsheet won in these categories: Best CEOs for Women, Best CEOs for Diverse Employees, Best Leadership Teams, and Best Companies for Professional Development. Smartsheet is a cloud-based platform for work execution.

Edifecs

Bellevue-based Edifecs opened an office in Atlanta, where it plans to hire up to 200 staff over three to five years. Edifecs is a health information technology company. The Atlanta office will better serve East Coast clients.

Jul 17, 2019

City of Seattle

Rae

Angela Rae is the new outreach and engagement advisor for the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, where she is focusing on community engagement and organizing around Seattle Department of Transportation projects and the city's Special Events Office. Rae previously worked on special projects at the Seattle Fire Department.

Fraxion

Matt Diamond joined the board of Fraxion, a Seattle cloud-based procure-to-pay solution for business expense management. Diamond is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and media executive with over 20 years of experience in various industries including media, retail and nonprofit.

Spectrum Effect

Kirkland-based Spectrum Effect appointed Dr. John Saw to its board. Saw is chief technology officer of Sprint. Spectrum Effect specializes in radio frequency spectrum analytics, improving reception for mobile networks.

Alliant Insurance Services

Amy Fossum of Alliant Insurance Services received the Top Women in Benefit Advising designation from Employee Benefit Adviser. Fossum, a senior vice president in Alliant's Seattle office, was one of 20 women nationwide to earn the designation. Alliant is based in Newport Beach, California.

Chrysalis Inn & Spa

Hilton added Chrysalis Inn & Spa in Bellingham to its Curio Collection brand. Chrysalis is one of five hotels in the West that are now Curio Collection by Hilton hotels.

U-Haul

St. Johns Storage in Portland signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer of rental trucks, trailers, towing equipment and moving supplies. The company is at 8190 N. Lombard St. Dawn Tangvald is the owner.