May 18, 2023

Alderwood Water & Wastewater District

McClellan

After a six-month recruitment process, John McClellan was selected as the Alderwood Water & Wastewater District's new general manager. The district's board of commissioners unanimously agreed to promote McClellan, who served as interim general manager for the past six months. McClellan is a licensed professional engineer with a long career in the public sector, including 15 years with Everett Public Works. McClellan joined AWWD in 2017 as engineering and development director. He also volunteers as the chair of King County's Metropolitan Water Pollution Abatement Advisory Committee. AWWD is a Washington special purpose district, providing water and wastewater services to southwest Snohomish County. Founded in 1931, it says it's the largest special purpose water and sewer district in the state.

Emerald Communities

Feddersen

Emerald Communities, a not-for-profit senior housing and service organization serving Emerald Heights in Redmond and Heron's Key in Gig Harbor, hired Denisa Feddersen as corporate controller. Feddersen will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of accounting including financial reporting, audits, actuarial studies, payroll and financial analysis. Feddersen previously worked as vice president of finance and corporate controller at a senior living community in California. She also has experience as a CPA auditor and tax professional. She earned an MBA from St. Mary's College, a bachelor's degree in accounting from San Francisco State University, an MIT executive certificate in management and leadership, and her CPA license. With the hiring of Feddersen and the recent promotion of Michelle Wood to vice president of operations, the Emerald Communities executive leadership team is now comprised entirely of women.

PRR

Communications agency PRR hired Kyana Wheeler as senior director of diversity, equity and inclusion. Wheeler has 20 years of DEI experience including systems analysis, group facilitation, anti-racist leadership development, and policy impact analysis that includes more than seven years of consulting experience. With a focus on organizational change through an anti-racist lens, Wheeler works with large, complex organizations to embed institutional practices that create sustainable change and develop infrastructure that supports conversations about systems of oppression. Wheeler will lead PRR's DEI practice focusing on external equity efforts and working with clients to facilitate anti-racist work. She also joins PRR's Management and Client Services Leadership teams. Wheeler previously was deputy manager of the Race and Social Justice Initiative for the city of Seattle. PRR has offices in Seattle; Portland; Washington, D.C.; Norfolk, Virginia; and Baltimore.

May 17, 2023

Emerald Communities

Emerald Communities, a not-for-profit senior housing organization serving Emerald Heights in Redmond and Gig Harbor's Heron's Key, recently hired Denisa Feddersen as their new corporate controller.

As corporate controller, Feddersen will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of accounting including financial reporting, audits, actuarial studies, payroll, and financial analysis. Feddersen will ensure financial management for Emerald Communities, which encompasses Emerald Heights and Heron's Key.

Feddersen comes to Emerald Communities with an extensive background in senior living. She previously worked as the vice president of finance and corporate controller at a senior living community based in Calif. She also has experience as a CPA auditor and tax professional.

She has earned an MBA from St. Mary's College, a Bachelor of Science in accounting from San Francisco State University, an MIT executive certificate in management and leadership, and her CPA license.

PRR

PRR announced that Kyana Wheeler has joined the agency as the Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Wheeler has 20 years of DEI experience in anti-racism data and measurements, systems analysis, group facilitation, anti-racist leadership development, and policy impact analysis that includes more than seven years of consulting experience.

In her leadership role as Senior Director of DEI, Wheeler will lead PRR's DEI practice focusing on external equity efforts and working with clients to facilitate anti-racist work. She also joins PRR's Management and Client Services Leadership teams.

Prior to joining PRR, Wheeler served as Deputy Manager of the Race and Social Justice Initiative for the City of Seattle.

May 16, 2023

The Standard

Friesen

Portland-based Standard Insurance Company (The Standard) named Dave Friesen second vice president of Enterprise Data and Analytics. Friesen joined The Standard in 2012 as a director of IT Business Relations. He then moved to IT's Solutions Delivery organization as a senior director where he led various functional areas before transitioning to support Employee Benefits Data and Analytics, Actuarial and Investments. In his new role, Friesen will be leading the Enterprise Data and Analytics organization including the data engineering, advanced analytics, data governance, business intelligence and business integration operations functions. Prior to joining The Standard, Friesen held various leadership roles in software engineering, data services, ERP consulting and IT audit.

Leisure Care

Grubbs

Seattle-based Leisure Care Senior Living promoted Bre Grubbs to partner and chief strategy officer. In her new role, Grubbs will support company growth, strategic planning, investment strategies, marketing and business development. She has been with Leisure Care since 2005 in various capacities including sales, marketing and business development. Grubbs has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Washington State University and an Accounting Certificate from the University of Washington. Founded in 1976, Leisure Care operates 56 retirement communities and more than 7,500 apartments in the United States.

Edifecs

Edifecs announced that Chris Lance has joined the senior leadership team as chief product officer. He will spearhead product strategy and execution. Lance joins Edifecs after serving as CPO at Evolent Health Services where he helmed development, strategy, and delivery of the business' Health Plan Administration software and services portfolios. Before joining Evolent Health, he was a vice president and head of product at Change Healthcare, where he managed a portfolio of payer financial management solutions. In these roles, Lance led a range of business transformation initiatives, including the transition to a platform business model. Earlier this year, Edifecs announced the addition of Tom Shultz to its team of senior leaders as chief revenue officer; the company won Best in KLAS for their interoperability platform; and was recognized by the Stevie Awards for Best Technology Pivot by utilizing its interoperability as a differentiating foundation to now provide customers with more effective value-based payment and risk adjustment solutions. Edifecs is a global health information technology solutions company headquartered in Bellevue.