Feb 11, 2022

NuScale Power

Scott

NuScale Power announced the expansion of its leadership team to include Clayton Scott who has joined the company as executive vice president of business development. The appointment of Scott represents an expansion of executive leadership within the sales and business development functions. Scott will be leading the commercial global business development activities, including the sales, and marketing and communications functions for all NuScale products and services in the U.S. and abroad. Scott joins NuScale with an extensive business development background and more than 40 years of professional experience in the nuclear sector including managing utility contracts globally, construction management, expertise in licensing and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, engineering design, and startup and operation of nuclear power plants. Prior to joining NuScale, Scott was a senior vice president – global sales, deputy director, instrumentation and control at Framatome. NuScale is headquartered in Portland and has offices in Corvallis, Ore., Rockville, Md., Charlotte, N.C., Richland, Wash. and London, UK.

WaFd Bank

Washington Federal, Inc., parent company of Washington Federal Bank (WaFd Bank) was recognized as one of America's Best Employers 2022 by Forbes. America's Best Employers 2022 were identified in an independent survey taken by approximately 60,000 American employees working for companies with more than 1,000 workers in the United States. The evaluation was based on direct and indirect recommendations from respondents who were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their own employer to friends and family. WaFd is a national bank with headquarters in Seattle and more than 200 branches in eight western states.

Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor announced that it has been named a 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards winner for its excellence, innovation, and leadership in information security for the second year in a row. The Lattice Sentry solution stack and Lattice SupplyGuard service were recognized in the Embedded Security and Endpoint Security product categories for North America, respectively. Cybersecurity Excellence Awards finalists and winners are selected based on the strength of their nomination as well as the popular vote by members of the information security community. Lattice Semiconductor is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Feb 10, 2022

Institute for Functional Medicine

The Institute for Functional Medicine announced reappointments to its board: Jeffrey Bland, Mike Bond, Mark Hyman, David Jones and Joseph Pizzorno. In addition, the institute appointed the following officers to two-year terms: Pizzorno, chairman; Gail Christopher, vice chair; Terry Cook, treasurer; and Jones, secretary. Functional medicine determines how and why illness occurs and restores health by addressing the root causes of disease for each individual. The Federal Way-based institute was founded in 1991 and is dedicated to the widespread adoption of functional medicine. It advances education and training, clinical patient care, research, and outcomes in functional medicine worldwide.

Buchalter

Buchalter added Marissa Alkhazov, Midori Sagara and Jonathan Mahoney to the firm's Seattle office. Alkhazov joins as a shareholder and Sagara as senior counsel, both in the Litigation Practice group. Mahoney joins as an associate in the Real Estate Practice group. Alkhazov has extensive experience in product liability, asbestos, toxic and mass torts defense, environmental, and general liability claims. A trial attorney handling litigation in both Washington and Oregon, she represents clients ranging from pharmaceutical companies, product manufacturers and distributors, retailers, food industry and agribusiness companies, to small businesses and local tech startups. Sagara focuses on product liability, mass tort defense and third-party insurance defense. She handles litigation for clients that include pharmaceutical companies, product manufacturers, individual and corporate policyholders, and insurers. Mahoney focuses on commercial real estate transactions. He represents both developers and lenders, assisting in the acquisition and disposition of real estate, negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, contribution agreements, loan documents, and leases.

Insurance Commissioner

State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced that Michael Wood is the agency's new chief deputy commissioner. Wood joined the office in October after serving as administrator for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Oregon. While there, he oversaw a staff of 200 who are responsible for workplace safety and health of all workers in Oregon. Before his time in Oregon, Wood worked at the Washington Department of Labor and Industries and the state Legislature. He replaces Mark Dietzler, who resigned to return to the private sector as an attorney.

Feb 09, 2022

Darigold

van den Berg

Darigold, the Seattle-based farmer-owned dairy co-op, announced that it has named Cor van den Berg chief financial officer. Van den Berg is an international food and consumer packaged goods leader. In nearly 20 years with MARS, the global confectionary and food products company, he held several key finance roles across divisions and in multiple countries spanning the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, including CFO of the company's Health & Nutrition division, CFO of its North American food operations, and global director of strategic revenue management. Most recently, he was at City of Hope, a clinical research center, hospital, and graduate medical school in California, where he held a variety of senior finance positions, including interim CFO. The CFO role at Darigold may have added importance for the foreseeable future as the co-op is set to embark on some of the largest capital investment projects in its 104-year history, including construction of a new premium protein and butter production facility in Pasco that will elevate the co-op's production capacity, and restoration of a butter and milk powder facility in Caldwell, Idaho, that suffered fire damage in October. 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.

Northwest Kidney Centers

Heaton

Campbell

Northwest Kidney Centers has named Tonia Campbell vice president of finance and chief financial officer and Marsha Heaton vice president of development. Campbell, comes to Northwest Kidney Centers with executive and healthcare experience, coupled with more than 20 years of financial leadership in for-profit and non-profit organizations. As chief financial officer, she is responsible for managing the financial health and wellbeing of the Seattle-based non-profit. She serves as a strategic business partner to senior executives and board members, advising them on enhancing performance and growth, and expansion opportunities. Campbell most recently worked at Community Health Care, a Federal Qualified Health Center serving Pierce County, where she served as the chief financial officer. She has also held senior level positions in financial life and investment services at Symetra Financial. Heaton, who oversees Northwest Kidney Centers' fundraising efforts, brings more than 20 years of experience working with non-profit organizations and the private sector, most recently serving as director of major gifts at United Way of King County. She also previously worked in multiple marketing roles at Nordstrom. Founded in 1962, Northwest Kidney Centers was the world's first dialysis organization.

Washington Federal Bank

Washington Federal Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of Washington Federal, Inc., announced the successful completion of its conversion from a national bank charter, supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, to a Washington state chartered commercial bank. Going forward primary supervision of the bank will be by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As part of this conversion, the legal name of the bank has been changed from “Washington Federal Bank, National Association” to “Washington Federal Bank.” The bank will continue to do business as WaFd Bank. WaFd Bank is headquartered in Seattle, and has 219 branches in eight western states.