May 12, 2023

Magic Cabinet

Toering

Magic Cabinet, an organization that partners with nonprofits and philanthropists to achieve community-led impact, appointed Karen Toering as director of advocacy. Shifting from her role as Seattle program director, Toering will work closely with the Magic Cabinet leadership team, setting the intention to use its positional power and resources to strengthen advocacy within the sector and with non-profit partners and philanthropic partner networks. Toering is a long-time community organizer and nonprofit leader in the Seattle area. As the director of Magic Cabinet's Advocacy program, Toering will steward efforts in building relationships to alter existing philanthropic systems and promote a new status quo for community leaders. Magic Cabinet provides funding and access to a peer network to small- and medium-sized nonprofits in Puget Sound and the San Francisco Bay Areas. The foundation's participatory approach invests in nonprofit cohorts with a common geography and mutually supporting missions. Magic Cabinet's approach brings together four elements of community-centered philanthropy: trust-based philanthropy, participatory decision-making, capacity building and long-term investment.

Northwest Center for Energy and Decarbonization

The Inland Northwest Center for Energy and Decarbonization (INTENT) has been awarded $996,490 through its partner, Urbanova, from the U.S. National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program. The funded two-year project is: “Advancing energy and decarbonization technologies in the Inland Northwest”. The INTENT/Urbanova team is among the more than 40 teams to receive one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards, which aim to help partners collaborate to create economic, societal, and technological opportunities for their regions. This award is focused on accelerating the equitable decarbonization of the power grid and energy systems in the Inland Northwest region. The scope of the NSF Engines Development Award project will ultimately serve 28 Inland Northwest counties in Washington and Idaho. The overarching goal is to inclusively build the economy, nurture effective investments in innovation, grow and sustain a capable workforce, and draw use-inspired research and development into building economic opportunities. Initially, committed partners include tribal governments, land grant research universities, an investor-owned utility, national labs, a regional workforce council, non-profits leading in energy and equity, public and private universities, public utility districts, angel investment groups, intellectual property experts, state agencies, other economic cluster organizations and several sector-leading for-profit companies. Urbanova was founded in 2016 as a civic innovation partnership bringing city, university, industry, and nonprofit sectors together to discover how new technologies, integrated data and jointly developed solutions can improve lives of residents.

ZoomInfo

Vancouver-based ZoomInfo, a go-to-market platform to find, acquire, and grow customers, has been recognized by TrustRadius with seven 2023 Top Rated Awards for customer satisfaction. ZoomInfo's SalesOS platform was honored in the Intent Data, Sales Intelligence Software, and Market Intelligence Software categories. The company's conversation intelligence solution, Chorus, repeated as a winner in the Sales Enablement, Sales Coaching, Call Recording, and Conversation Intelligence categories. Since 2016, the TrustRadius Top Rated Awards have become an industry standard for recognition of distinguished business-to-business technology products. Top Rated Awards help distinguish products that have excellent customer satisfaction ratings, scoring them by recency, rating, and relevance.

May 11, 2023

NAIOP to assess downtown woes, possible recovery

Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his multi-pronged downtown activation plan last month. Now three city officials will expand on that topic at an upcoming NAIOP panel. The event takes place at the Sheraton Grand Seattle, with the pre-show networking to begin at 9 a.m. Ian Warner of Vulcan Real Estate will moderate the discussion. On hand from the city will be City Council member Sara Nelson, attorney Scott Lindsay and Marco Lowe from the mayor's office. Per NAIOP, the panel will assess “downtown Seattle's revitalization after the pandemic, that has been stymied by a slow return to work from employers, ongoing crime and public safety issues.” Fentanyl will also likely come up. Details and registration: naiopwa.org.

Tarragon

Christianson

Blair

Tarragon recently announced three promotions. After three years with the firm, Bayard Blair rises to development and acquisitions associate. Steph Christianson is now marketing manager, after working on projects including the Camber and Haven apartments in Kitsap County. A seven-year veteran with the developer, Drew Davis has been elevated to senior transaction manager. Tarragon president Dennis Rattie said in a statement, “Their expertise, hard work, and dedication have been vital to our success, and we look forward to their continued contributions as we pursue new opportunities and projects.”

Kidder Mathews

Hicks

Kidder Mathews has brought on some new talent to assume a position with a very long title: director of engineering and sustainability for asset services. Filling the role will be Jeff Hicks, who makes the move from PSR Mechanical (a division of Service Logic). His prior gig involved large and complicated HVAC systems for the office, healthcare, hotel, mixed-use, retail, industrial and government sectors of commercial real estate. KM's Erin French said in statement, “We are thrilled to welcome Jeff. His expertise and passion for environmental stewardship will enhance our ability to deliver sustainable and energy-efficient solutions to our clients.”

Lawler leaps to Berkadia

Berkadia recently announced that multifamily specialist Brandon Lawler has joined the brokerage. He makes the move from Kidder Mathews. There, he worked with colleagues on over 45 deals worth more than $400 million. He also had prior stints at Newmark and Colliers.

Tanium

Kirkland-based Tanium, a provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), announced that four of its channel leaders have been named to the 2023 CRN Women of the Channel list. CRN annually recognizes women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose expertise and vision are leaving a mark on the technology industry. The CRN 2023 Women of the Channel offer creativity, strategic thinking, and leadership to various roles and responsibilities while remaining focused on driving success for partners and customers. Tanium's 2023 Women of the Channel are: Jennifer Axt, vice president of U.S. state & local government and education (SLED); Sheila Luskin, regional vice president, partner sales; Kim Mackey, regional vice president, federal partners; and Kim Harris, senior director, global partner marketing. Axt, a 25-year industry veteran, has contributed to the success of several SLED-focused programs during her tenure at Fortune 100 companies. As a channel veteran with decades of partner management and leadership experience, Luskin brings to Tanium knowledge from her roles at multiple technology companies and partners. Mackey has 30 years of tech industry experience, and has focused on federal law enforcement agencies for the past 12 years. With a career spanning more than two decades, Harris has been recognized as a leader for her go-to-market strategies.

NIKE

Maria Henry has been appointed to NIKE's Board of Directors. Henry was chief financial officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation from April 2015 through April 2022, and served as executive vice president and senior advisor of Kimberly-Clark from April 2022 until her retirement in September 2022. Prior to Kimberly-Clark, Henry was executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Hillshire Brands Company, formerly known as Sara Lee, and prior to that she was the chief financial officer of Sara Lee's North American Retail and Foodservice business. Henry began her career at General Electric and has held various senior leadership positions since then, specifically across strategy and finance at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio companies including as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Culligan International, and senior finance roles in several technology companies. In addition to joining NIKE's Board, Henry serves as a member of the Board of Directors of General Mills.

Vacasa

Vacasa appointed Bruce Schuman as chief financial officer, effective June 1. Schuman will succeed Jamie Cohen, who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Schuman joins Vacasa with nearly 30 years of financial leadership experience within the technology sector. Most recently, Schuman served as the CFO of Kiavi, Inc., a technology-driven real estate lender. Prior to Kiavi, Schuman spent more than 25 years at Intel Corporation, where he served as the financial lead for various business units. Cohen has served as Vacasa's CFO since joining the company in March of 2021, building out its core finance functions and overseeing its business combination with TPG Pace Solutions, that resulted in Vacasa becoming a publicly traded company. Vacasa is a vacation rental management platform based in Portland.