Mar 22, 2024

Dorsey & Whitney

Uppal

Kiran Uppal has joined the Seattle office of Dorsey & Whitney as an of counsel in the Tax, Trusts & Estates group. Uppal advises on all aspects of estate and trust related matters, including the preparation of wills, trusts, and premarital agreements; modifying trusts through decantings and nonjudicial settlement agreements; analyzing estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax planning strategies; charitable planning; and probate proceedings and estate administration. Uppal has extensive experience advising family offices and private trust companies with respect to governance, beneficiary relations, and administration. Her clients include wealthy individuals and families, family business owners, banks and trust companies, trustees, and executors and private foundations. Uppal received her LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law, and her B.A. from the University of Washington. Dorsey & Whitney has offices across the United States and in Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

CougsFirst!

The CougsFirst! business network is bringing the 4th annual CougsFirst! QB Classic Golf Tournament back to Palouse Ridge Golf Course on April 26th, 2024, one day before the WSU Football Crimson and Gray Game. The tournament will feature over 20 former WSU Football quarterbacks and head coaches from the last 50 years, including hosts Jack Thompson and Coach Jake Dickert. Other former Cougar athletes and coaches participating are Gardner Minshew, Rueben Mayes, Mark Rypien, Mike Price, and Alex Brink. The tournament helps raise money for various organizations, including: Cougar Athletic Fund, the Quarterback Endowment with WSU Foundation, the Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation, the Cougar Collective, and CougsFirst!. BECU is the presenting sponsor. Teams will play alongside former players and coaches. There is still a limited number of teams available. Additional information is available at cougsfirst.org.

Outreach

Seattle-based Outreach, a Sales Execution Platform built for intelligent revenue workflows, has been named to Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2024. This year's list highlights businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations. Outreach gives teams the tools they need to design, execute, and continuously improve a revenue strategy that is optimized for every stage of the customer journey. To compile its list, Fast Company's editors and writers identified the companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world.

Mar 21, 2024

Bellevue College

Clark

Dr. Jessica Clark has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Bellevue College. Prior to Clark's hire, which will be effective May 1, 2024, she worked as an executive educational strategist and has served as the vice president of the instruction office at Walla Walla Community College and vice president of learning and student services at Northland Pioneer College. While at Walla Walla Community College, Clark oversaw the Instruction division as the college's chief instruction officer, and she was the college's accreditation liaison officer to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.. She launched the Center for Integrated Learning, a professional development opportunity for faculty, and partnered with local sectors to better harmonize programs with workforce needs. At Northland Pioneer College in Arizona, where she spent just under two years, Clark served as the chief academic officer, chief student affairs officer, Title IX coordinator and Clery administrator. In that role, she created the Division of Instructional Innovation –– a new academic division, and she facilitated an opportunity for no-cost college course offerings for local high school partners. Previously, she worked as the division chair of Social Sciences and Education at Western Wyoming Community College and as a Dakota Memories Oral History project coordinator at North Dakota State University. She has 11 years of experience teaching history and political science as a faculty member. Among several certifications, Clark holds a bachelor's degree in history from Central Washington University, a master's degree and Ph.D. in history both from North Dakota State University, and a post-doctoral graduate certificate in higher education leadership from the University of Wyoming.

Silver Creek Capital Management

Seattle-based Silver Creek Capital Management hired Michael Callahan as managing director, business development. Callahan will be responsible for developing and executing a range of growth initiatives on a global basis and expanding the firm's institutional investor relationships. Callahan brings more than 25 years of experience in business development and client relationship management. He most recently served as a managing director at Investcorp, focused on raising institutional capital for its global credit business. Prior to Investcorp, he served as senior vice president, business development at Shenkman Capital Management. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, Fidelity Investments, and Scudder Kemper Investments. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in economics from Saint Anselm College and is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the Stamford Analyst Society.

Additionally, Silver Creek recently hired David Matter as co-chief investment officer. Matter was previously managing director and co-chief investment officer of BlackRock Alternative Advisors. Bob Ratliffe is Silver Creek's president.

Alaska Power & Telephone

Alaska Power & Telephone is moving its corporate headquarters to Ketchikan, Alaska. The company made the determination after considering numerous potential locations across the State of Alaska. In addition to being central to many of AP&T's service areas, Ketchikan is a two-hour flight from Seattle. Ketchikan also enjoys regular barge connectivity to the Puget Sound region and its supply chain, and ferry connectivity to many other Alaska communities. This decision comes during AP&T CEO Bill Marks' first weeks on the job. Over the decades, AP&T has grown through development of new utility systems in rural communities lacking centralized services; by acquiring and upgrading other utility systems; and by development of hydropower projects and telecommunication networks. AP&T's most recent projects have involved development of fiber optic networks bringing advanced broadband to rural Alaska. AP&T is an employee- and investor-owned utility providing diverse services in 40 locations.

Mar 20, 2024

AIA National

Borys

Ito

Scott

Hanford

Shoesmith

Simonen

Misel

The 2024 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects has elevated seven AIA Seattle Members to its College of Fellows.

The elevated architects are: Ann Marie Borys (University of Washington Department of Architecture); Douglas Ito (SMR Architects); J. Todd Scott (King County Historic Preservation Office); Jim Hanford (The Miller Hull Partnership); John Shoesmith (Perkins Eastman); Kathrina Simonen (University of Washington/Carbon Leadership Forum); and Robert Misel (The Miller Hull Partnership).

The fellowship program was developed to elevate architects who have achieved a standard of excellence in the profession and made a significant contribution to architecture and society on a national level.

Columbia Helicopters

Oregon-based Columbia Helicopters appointed David Balevic as president and CEO, effective immediately. Balevic will succeed Michael Tremlett, who is departing the company to pursue other opportunities. Columbia Helicopters manufactures, provides sustainment services for, and operates the Model 234, CH-47D Chinook, and Model 107-II tandem-rotor helicopters. The company's principal customers include the U.S. military, foreign allied militaries, U.S. and foreign civil protection agencies, and a broad range of commercial customers. Balevic brings more than 35 years of leadership experience across the aviation industry to Columbia. He previously spent eight years at CHC Helicopter, where he served as the senior vice president for engineering and operations before being promoted to president and CEO in August 2019. During his tenure, Balevic oversaw all aspects of the business, including aircraft flight operations, supply chain, and the global MRO services. Additionally, Balevic has over two decades of experience at GE in its Aircraft Engine, Power, and Oil & Gas business units.

Sundance Consulting

Sundance Consulting, a full-service environmental consulting firm, announced that it has joined Halle Capital-backed True Environmental, a platform focused on collaborating with founder and employee-owned environmental consulting and engineering firms to provide capital solutions to accelerate growth and facilitate ownership transitions. September Myres is the founder of Sundance and Mark Rigatt is the president of the Pocatello, Idaho-based firm. Founded in 2005, the Sundance team of more than 70 professionals have expertise in environmental assessments, natural and cultural resources, planning, compliance, and remediation serving federal, state, and local governments and agencies and commercial clients throughout the U.S. Halle Capital is a lower-middle market, growth-oriented private equity firm based in New York.