SB Profiles
2019 Executive Excellence Awards: Bill Hallerman, Catholic Community Services
The director of the Seattle-based company is one of this year's winners.
This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue. See more about the winners of the 2019 Executive Excellence Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. With responsibility for a $30 million budget, 400 employees and 22,000 customers, Bill Hallerman is every bit a corporate executive, but his job comes with some features…
2019 Executive Excellence Awards: Laurie Stewart, Sound Community Bank
The CEO and president of the Seattle-based company is one of this year's winners.
This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue. See more about the winners of the 2019 Executive Excellence Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. A lot of small community banks in Washington didnt make it through the housing finance crisis and Great Recession. One that did was Seattle-based Sound Community Bank….
2019 Executive Excellence Awards, Lifetime Achievement: Michael Garvey, Saltchuk Resources Inc.
The cofounder of the Seattle-based company is the winner of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue. See more about the winners of the 2019 Executive Excellence Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. Michael Garvey spent 25 years of his professional life as a lawyer who invested on the side. That sideline grew into todays Saltchuk Resources, a $2-billion-annual-revenue collection…
Downtown’s ‘It’ Man
Jon Scholes is leading the effort to bring downtown Seattle back. It’s working
For Jon Scholes, the state of downtown Seattle is deeply personal. As a longtime resident, he’s keenly invested in downtown’s post-pandemic recovery. As president and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association, he’s inarguably the neighborhood’s most fervent advocate. He keeps close tabs on store openings, crime rates, transportation issues, and public policy decisions. And he’s…
‘It’s Not About the Visitors’
Visit Seattle CEO Tammy Blount-Canavan reveals some secrets about tourism
Tammy Blount-Canavan calls herself a “travel evangelist.” Visit Seattle calls her its CEO. Blount-Canavan had big shoes to fill when she took over the regional destination marketing organization last year from Tom Norwalk, who served as CEO for almost 14 years. Blount-Canavan, who lives in downtown Seattle just blocks from her office, has a long…
How Four Letters and AI Can Create a Cure
François Vigneault’s Shape Therapeutics seeks to find answers for incurable disease
The impetus for François Vigneault’s decades-long love affair with biology was actor Dustin Hoffman. Vigneault watched the movie Outbreak in 1995, in which Hoffman plays an Army epidemiologist searching for a cure for a quickly spreading and deadly virus. “That’s what I want to do,” he thought. The movie motivated Vigneault, who was serving in…
Mariners’ President Catie Griggs is in a league of her own
Most 14-year olds are preparing to enter high school. Catie Griggs was a freshman in college. It was an auspicious sign. Griggs, 41, is in now in her third season as president of business operations for the Seattle Mariners. When she was hired in July 2021, she became the only woman president in a Major…
Inventing the Future
Inclusivity is the key theme for architect Michael Stueve
At Ankrom Moisan Architects in Portland’s Old Town, there are no private offices. Not one. “That’s just the way our culture is,” says Michael Stueve, a principal at the firm in charge of user experience strategy. “But you will never hear us say let’s do something just because it’s cool. We do it because it…
The Sporting Life
Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke embraces the power of all sports
Tod Leiweke’s résumé is the business equivalent of the three-sport athlete, and then some. For anyone who’s not been paying attention, Leiweke is president, CEO, and minority owner of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken. He previously worked in the NFL as its chief operating officer after serving as CEO of the Seattle Seahawks and soccer’s Seattle…
Life Inside The Law at Schlemlein Fick & Franklin
Dogs stroll the premises. People play ping-pong and work out in the free onsite gym. Pizza parties and happy hours are common. A Seahawks or Mariners game may be playing on the big-screen TV. This isn’t a social club, though longtime clients often refer to it as the “clubhouse.” It’s the headquarters of Schlemlein Fick…
Brighton Jones’ Tama Smith: Passion, Power, Purpose
Before Tyra Banks asked Tama Smith to serve as CEO of her eponymous company, Smith urged the television personality, model and producer to attend Harvard Business School’s Executive Education program. When Banks finished two years later, Smith was out of a job. It was all part of the plan. Empowering women has become Smith’s life…
The Fixer
Nancy Giunto is retiring after spending a career working to improve health care
Ever wonder why a medical procedure costs more at Virginia Mason than at Providence? Or why medical bills often arrive unanticipated months after care? So does Nancy Giunto. Even after spending decades in health care, she admits she doesn’t have all the answers. Giunto isn’t a doctor. She’s an administrator. But you’d be hard-pressed to…
Pioneer Spirit
London Plane owner Katherine Anderson remains committed to Pioneer Square despite a host of challenges
Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square neighborhood has been part of Katherine Anderson’s life for as long as she can remember. Anderson, owner of the popular London Plane restaurant, recalls visiting the neighborhood with her father when she was a small child. They always stopped at The Elliott Bay Book Co., the iconic bookstore, which for 37…