May 13, 2022

Social Media Victims Law Center

Bergman

Marquez-Garrett

The Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC), a legal resource for parents of teenage victims suffering from depression, an eating disorder, hospitalization, sexual exploitation, self-harm or suicide as a result of social media addiction, today announced the addition of Laura Marquez-Garrett as senior counsel and Madeline Bergman as an associate to the firm to help litigate the growing number of cases against social media companies.

Marquez-Garrett brings more than 20 years of experience handling complex litigation matters and business disputes, specializing in all manner of data and discovery related innovations, issues and disputes to SMVLC. At her prior firm, Lane Powell, Marquez-Garrett founded and led the firm's innovative electronic discovery practice group and discovery division.

She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School where she served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Latino Law Review.

Bergman joins SMVLC from Bergman Draper Oslund Udo where she was an associate attorney specializing in toxic tort litigation.

She holds a J.D. from Lewis and Clark. Following law school, Bergman moved to Tel Aviv to serve as the in-house legal advisor for technology start up AD Knight where she researched application of international data privacy laws to the company's technology. She also advised corporate leadership on compliance issues relating to American, European Union and Japanese data privacy regulations.

Bergman also serves as a board member of the Seattle American Jewish Committee.

“We are very pleased to have both Laura and Madeline join the Social Media Victims Law Center team,” said Matthew P. Bergman, founder of SMVLC. “Their unique mix of experience in electronic discovery and international data law make them ideal partners in the fight against social media malfeasance.”

The Social Media Victims Law Center, was founded in 2021 to hold social media companies legally accountable for the harm they inflict on vulnerable users. SMVLC seeks to apply principles of product liability to force social media companies to elevate consumer safety to the forefront of its economic analysis and design safer platforms to protect users from foreseeable harm.

May 12, 2022

Boise Cascade

Fleming

Humphreys

Dawson

Boise Cascade announced that Craig Dawson and Amy Humphreys were elected to its board of directors following the company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting. In addition, Richard Fleming retired from the board after nine years. Dawson currently serves as president of Retail Lockbox, a industry leader in remittance processing, credit card payments, and document management services, which he co-founded in Seattle. Prior to this role, he held a number of senior positions with Unisys. Dawson is the past chair and board member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Seattle Branch. He is the past president of Tabor 100, a non-profit organization which focuses on creating initiatives for CEOs of minority-owned businesses. Humphreys has 25 years of experience in manufacturing, commodities, global marketing and distribution, including holding executive leadership positions with large privately held companies. She has served on multiple boards, including directorships with Red Lion Hotels and Philly Shipyard. Fleming joined the board in 2013 when the company completed its IPO. He was the chief financial officer of USG for 18 years and was its EVP, CFO from 1999 until his retirement in 2012. Prior to that, he was employed by Masonite, which was acquired by USG in 1984. Boise Cascade is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America.

DigniFi

Bellevue-based DigniFi, an inclusive financing platform whose credit branded products are issued by WebBank, announced that Pagaya has joined the platform as a credit analysis partner. By supplementing the standard underwriting for DigniFi-branded loans with Pagaya's credit analysis model, Pagaya supports DigniFi's efforts to fund up to $80 billion worth of repairs that might otherwise be deferred and supports up to 80 million people with inadequate access to the financial resources they need to stay safe while driving. Pagaya uses a proprietary AI to help partners, like DigniFi, better serve their customers. DigniFi is a FinTech company that helps auto dealers and small businesses grow their revenue through inclusive financing. Its technology simplifies the loan application process and enables small businesses to offer on-the-spot financing, for auto repairs, parts and accessory purchases, and maintenance packages.

Office Ally

Office Ally, a provider of healthcare software solutions, has acquired Bluemark, a provider of specialized healthcare software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2001, Bluemark provides specialized healthcare software and adaptive technology, including revenue integrity and Medicaid enrollment solutions, for hospitals, health systems, nursing homes and community-based organizations. Bluemark offers four unique products that span Payer Audit Management and Assistance Program Enrollment, enabling healthcare professionals to both enhance reimbursement processes and achieve workflow efficiencies. With the acquisition of Bluemark, Office Ally will be able to expand its product set and add new health information handler credentials. In addition, the complementary nature of the two businesses will allow Office Ally to better serve existing customers with an integrated suite of healthcare software solutions now spanning self-pay management and Medicaid enrollment. Office Ally is headquartered in Vancouver.

May 11, 2022

Darigold

Naluai

Kangas

Darigold has hired Kristi Kangas as its chief operating officer, and promoted Duane Naluai to chief customer officer. The moves come as the 104-year-old dairy producer looks to accelerate some transformative initiatives aimed at modernizing and globalizing the co-op, including the construction of a new processing facility in Pasco, and the rebuilding of a fire-damaged facility in Caldwell, Idaho. Kangas served as president and chief operating officer at Readington Farms, a multi-product line producer of dairy products and other packaged goods for its parent company, Wakefern Food. Before joining Readington, she held senior leadership positions in manufacturing with one of the nation's largest dairy producers, and operational leadership positions with a global food production company. Naluai joined Darigold in 2017 as senior vice president for sales and marketing, and head of the co-op's consumer products division. He was promoted to president of the consumer products division in 2020. In his role as chief customer officer, Naluai oversees the co-op's business planning, customer experience, partner development, and domestic and global sales functions. Prior to joining Darigold, Naluai held senior leadership positions in the consumer-packaged goods space, and in professional services, including marketing and investment banking. Headquartered in Seattle, Darigold is the marketing and processing subsidiary of Northwest Dairy Association, which is owned by nearly 350 dairy farm families in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Perkins Coie

David Lawson has joined Perkins Coie's Trust & Estate Planning practice as a partner in the Seattle office. Lawson focuses his practice on advising tax-exempt organizations, philanthropists, and companies engaged in philanthropy and social-impact efforts. He provides tax advice to tax-exempt organizations, and counsels clients on matters related to nonprofit governance, philanthropic structuring, and charitable trust and solicitation compliance. Lawson also has experience handling investigations and examinations by the IRS and state attorneys general, and he frequently works closely with federal and state agencies that oversee tax-exempt organizations and nonprofits. Lawson received his J.D. from Harvard University. He serves as the chair of the Washington State Bar Association Nonprofit Corporations Committee. Lawson joins Perkins Coie from Davis Wright Tremaine.

Mason

Seattle-based Mason appointed industry veterans Trevor Pagliara as vice president of sales and Samuel Northway as head of product design. Pagliara and Northway bring to Mason their collective expertise in global sales strategy and product design, enabling Mason to continue on its mission to empower innovators to quickly develop and deliver connected smart devices across industries including healthcare, government, retail and hospitality. Mason also announced that the Mason Smart Device Platform has been recognized as a Bronze Stevie Winner in the “Emerging Technology” category of The 20th Annual American Business Awards. Pagliara has 20 years of experience executing rapid revenue growth for companies in the SaaS, security, hardware, and enterprise software space. Northway has a broad background across industries in data-driven design systems, software and hardware development, as well as product and brand strategy. In his career, Northway has built products and brands for companies such as Goldman Sachs, AT&T, HBO, Time Warner and Google.

May 10, 2022

Boise Cascade

Little

Barney

Boise Cascade announced the promotion of two of its business leaders. Joanna Barney has been promoted to vice president, Western Operations, Building Materials Distribution (BMD) division. Barney began her career at Boise Cascade in 2005 as an admin manager at the Salt Lake BMD branch. She was promoted to senior location controller in 2012, to branch manager in 2015, and to general manager of BMD Western Operations in 2021. Prior to joining the company, Barney worked at Novell and Ion Laser Technology. She holds a bachelor's degree in business finance from the University of Utah. Troy Little has been promoted to vice president, Finance and Commodity Sales, Wood Products division. Little joined Boise Cascade in 1990 as an internal auditor. He has a broad range of experience on both the financial side and the operational side, including serving as regional manager for six manufacturing facilities in Oregon. Little became Wood Products Division controller in 2016, division financial manager in 2018, and added commodity sales to his responsibilities in 2021. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the College of Idaho. Boise Cascade is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America and a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products.

Carney Badley

Shin

Christina Shin joined Carney Badley Spellman as an associate attorney. She focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, having experience in a broad range of litigation matters, including breach of contract, real estate, labor and employment, and construction disputes.

Avalara

Avalara, a provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, announced the appointment of human resources leader Ee Lyn Khoo as its new chief people officer. Her responsibilities include overseeing all global people and culture-related initiatives, including human resources, talent management and acquisition, diversity and inclusion, learning and development, total rewards including compensation and benefits and organizational development. Khoo brings two decades of human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion experience to Avalara. She has held human resource leadership roles at global companies, including Amazon and General Mills. She most recently served as chief people officer at Redfin. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world in Brazil, Europe, and India.