February 2013
January 30, 2013
Allison Austin Scheff
Sometimes, you just need a plate of pasta. Our favorite dishes run the gamut, from understated elegance to decadent and over the top. Try them all and see what we mean. Tajarin at Spinasse If we had to make a bucket list of Seattles must-try pastas, these impossibly elegant noodles made on Capitol Hill easily…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
Jan Levy
Its no secret our corner of the country has cultivated some outstanding leadersin business as well as in other sectors of society. For the past 30 years, Leadership Tomorrow has been cultivating leadership development for the benefit of the Puget Sound region. During the program, participants expand their leadership skills while gaining a greater commitment…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
Ross Anderson
When co-op managers from around the country met in Seattle last October, they devoted one convention day to a collective busmans holiday, boarding buses for an organized tour of Seattle-area cooperatives. They strolled the aisles at a local PCC market, surveying shelves of health foods and learning how a neighborhood buying club grew to become…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
M. Sharon Baker
KATHLEEN PHILIPS signed on with Zillow Inc. as general counsel six months before the Seattle real estate Web property launched its initial public offering in July 2011. She jumped at the chance to rejoin former colleagues Spencer Rascoff, Zillows CEO, and Amy Bohutinsky, its chief marketing officer, with whom she had worked some years before…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
M. Sharon Baker
During Marcia Masons 19 years as vice president of human resources at Esterline, the Bellevue company completed more than 35 acquisitions and divested itself of more than a dozen operations. After first-year integration, all acquisitions were accretive to earnings, which is a testament to the huge integration task Mason spearheaded with each acquisition. A supplier…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
Sarah Hardy
As the CFO and chief administrative officer of Child Care Resources (CCR), KATHRYN FLORES is always thinking about the future because CCRs mission, to create a quality child care system that promotes school readiness, equity and a stable community for children, centers on building the best opportunities for the children it serves. When Flores joined…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
Sarah Hardy
In 1976, the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) was a radical organization in a climate of silence surrounding sexual assault in the United States. Much like breast cancer, which now receives widespread support and recognition, the issue of sexual assault was met with silence and shame. I cant overstate how radical a concept…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
Leslie Helm
EZRA ECKHARDT was appointed president and chief operating officer of Sterling Bank in October 2009, not long after the FDIC presented the organization with a cease and desist order suggesting it had engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices and ordering the bank to raise at least $300 million in new capital. Eckhardt, who had…
- February 2013
January 30, 2013
M. Sharon Baker
As chief executive at Tacoma-based Columbia Bank, MELANIE DRESSELs biggest challenge used to be competing with the big banks. Today, after a stunning six acquisitions in two years tripled the number of bank branches and more than doubled its assets, her biggest challenge will be convincing customers that Columbia isnt one of those big banks….
- February 2013
Commentary
Commentary: Intangible Rewards
January 30, 2013
Anne Traver
There has been a remarkable expansion in the relationship between design and business, as design has moved beyond that which we can touch and feel to increasingly intangible contributions. Brand development is a core practice area for many design firms and todays smart brand designers define this work not as a collection of graphically aligned…