Dec 13, 2023

BECU

BECU named Drew Wolff executive vice president and chief financial officer. In his role, Wolff is responsible for ensuring all aspects of BECU's financial strategy, management and performance support the credit union's near- and long-term strategic objectives. Prior to joining the executive team, Wolff was BECU's audit committee chairperson and was CFO at Trupanion, a pet insurance provider in Seattle. He was also previously CFO of Starbucks' International and Channel Development divisions, and held senior roles at Barclays and Washington Mutual. Wolff also served as an officer on several nuclear submarines with the U.S. Navy. He replaces Melba Bartels as CFO, who joined BECU in 2017 and recently announced her decision to retire on April 1. She will support Wolff's transition in an advisory role. Wolff has participated on the boards of the Center for Sustainable Energy, Bainbridge Community Foundation and L.A.C.E.S. Wolff holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the U.S. Naval Academy. BECU operates 60 financial centers.

ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo, a platform for businesses to find, acquire and grow customers, is ranked No. 8 on the Fortune Future 50 for 2023 — a list that recognizes the long-term revenue growth prospects of the world's largest public companies. Since 2017, Fortune has teamed up with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to produce the Future 50, an index of companies that are built to deliver robust growth, along with outsized returns for shareholders in the long term. To identify the Future 50, the BCG Henderson Institute think tank examined over 1,700 publicly traded companies and used a “vitality” index to determine the rankings. This index is based on a top-down, market-based assessment of a company's growth potential, and a bottom-up analysis of its capacity to deliver against this potential, based on financial and non-financial metrics such as long-term strategic orientation, technology and investments, people and structure. ZoomInfo is part of a tech industry cohort that accounts for 28 of the 50 spots on this year's list, with BCG's analysis citing the strong overall long-term growth potential of the sector. ZoomInfo is headquartered in Vancouver, Clark County.

Dec 12, 2023

The Standard

Fung

Rivera

Portland-based Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) announced that Angelo Rivera has been promoted to second vice president of specialty market sales and partnerships in Employee Benefits. In his new role, Rivera will oversee voluntary product and absence management practice leaders, technology solutions consultants, national account practice leaders and strategic partner consultants. Rivera has been with The Standard for more than 15 years. For the past eight years, he has served as employee benefits manager of the Denver office. Rivera earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Northeastern University in Boston. The Standard also announced that Tony Fung has been promoted to second vice president of IDI underwriting and GSI. Fung will lead the fully underwritten and Guaranteed Standard Issue Individual Disability Insurance underwriting teams in addition to leading GSI operations. Fung joined The Standard in 2016 as director and chief underwriter for GSI. For the past four years, he has served as senior director of GSI operations and underwriting. Prior to joining The Standard, Fung worked as an underwriting manager at Kaiser Permanente and a financial consultant at Mercer. In business since 1906, The Standard provides financial protection products and services for employers and individuals.

Port of Bremerton

Each year, the Washington Public Ports Association selects one port to honor as the Washington Port of the Year. This award is given to the port that shows the greatest success in the industry as a way to motivate new innovation. The Port of Bremerton was this year's recipient. The Port of Bremerton operates four facilities: Bremerton National Airport, Bremerton Marina, Port Orchard Marina, and Olympic View Industrial Park. During the past year, the port received $15.7 million in funding for the Port Orchard Marina breakwater, hosted U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for a press conference, added an electric charging conduit at Bremerton National Airport, and started community initiatives. The Port of Bremerton is the largest port in Kitsap County, and according to a recent study, has created almost $1.2 billion in economic impact and provides approximately 2,615 jobs. The port has also donated an average of 6,700 pounds of nonperishable items each year to local food banks, started an Earth Day initiative in partnership with the Great Peninsula Conservancy, helped fund over 55 events each year, and helped in the creation of Seabeck's pickleball courts. Jim Rothlin is the port CEO.

Seattle Preschool Program

For the sixth year, the Seattle Preschool Program (SPP) has received national recognition for high-quality preschool programming. The award was presented by CityHealth and the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University for Seattle's publicly funded preschools, which include SPP, Seattle's Pathway program, and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program. Seattle was one of 22 cities, out of 75 rated by CityHealth, to receive a gold medal award. The honors stem from an annual report released by NIEER that rates how 75 of the largest U.S. cities are leading on policies that address health and well-being, including 10 standards for high-quality, accessible pre-K. Between 2018 and 2021, SPP received silver medal awards. With ongoing improvements to the program, including new dual-language classrooms, SPP received its first gold medal award in 2022. SPP currently serves almost 2,000 children. It is funded by the 2018 Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy and is an integral component in the city's strategy to eliminate race-based opportunity gaps in educational outcomes.

Rider Levett Bucknall

Kevin Mitchell is the new leader of Rider Levett Bucknall's Las Vegas office. Mitchell recently oversaw RLB's Pacific Northwest region as director of operations and executive vice president. He has been with RLB for 22 years and worked on projects for 35 years throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. RLB is an independent global construction and property consultant with over 20 offices.

ABC of Western Washington

Element Paint and Coatings Co. of Tukwila joined the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. The company specializes in interior and exterior commercial painting and coatings. It also offers pressure washing, line striping and other commercial painting needs.

Granite

Watsonville, California-based Granite says its Alaska Region received the Associated General Contractors of Alaska's 2023 ConocoPhillips Excellence in Safety Award. The awards program encourages and honors excellence in construction safety throughout Alaska, recognizing builders in five divisions. Granite won the Highway Division category. It has won this award several times in the past.

Pape Kenworth

Alliance Concrete Pumps, Pape Kenworth and Kenworth Truck Co. donated a JMP-60 concrete pump and chassis to the Concrete Industry Management program for its upcoming auction in Las Vegas at the World of Concrete event. CIM is a business-intensive program offering bachelor's degrees in concrete industry management. The donation is valued at $245,000. The auction will be held Jan. 24. Pape Kenworth operates many locations along the West Coast; Kenworth Truck Co. is based in Kirkland.