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Learning to Pivot
Liz Galloway, the founder of Brand Sanity Media, spent the past 15 years learning to grow and adapt within her industry’s changing landscape.
In public relations, you have to stay on your toes. This is a lesson that Liz Galloway, founder of Brand Sanity Media, has encountered many times over the years. “I have a lot of admiration for anyone who is consistent and resilient,” says Galloway, who in addition to launching her own PR firm six years…
Fresh Catch
With more than 30 years of marine-protection advocacy under her belt, Seattle Aquarium’s new CEO wants to spark a greater interest in conservation.
Peggy Sloan has long felt a draw to the Pacific Northwest. In the early ’90s, while working as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries observer (a specialist who spends time on commercial fishing vessels to collect data), Sloan counted Seattle as her home base. So, when the opportunity arose more than 30 years later…
A Shot in the Arm for Data Delivery
Bellevue-based Edifecs streamlines healthcare information sharing, protecting patients and promoting a holistic approach to wellness.
Your healthcare data is about personal as it gets, and Edifecs wants to offer you peace of mind while it’s in motion. With legal mandates such as HIPAA governing the handling of healthcare information, exchanging this data can be a complex process. Bellevue-based Edifecs focuses on healthcare data interoperability—the ability for multiple systems to share…
Live Long and Prosper: The Quest for Eternity in the Emerald City
The longevity movement is flourishing in Seattle
Is a longer life always a better one? As science and modern medicine evolve, the human lifespan is getting longer by the year. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in men and 4.2 years in women between…
Four Common Medical Myths, Busted
We sat down with local physicians to discuss the most common medical myths, their origins, and how to prevent them from spreading
Yes, you can swim right after you eat. No, you shouldn’t pee on jellyfish stings to stop the pain. Fake health information is all around us, borne from health gurus on the internet, long-held beliefs, or even information once believed by doctors that turned out to be untrue. With the constant evolution of healthcare research,…
Most Influential: Amy King
Pallet CEO
Five men are responsible for changing Amy King’s perspective permanently. These men, the first five employees of her husband’s construction company, all had a “pretty significant criminal history” and had spent time in prison. King admits she had been sheltered her entire life, but learning the backgrounds and journeys of these men opened her eyes….
Most Influential: Valerie Segrest
Native nutrition educator
Valerie Segrest’s elders and her community are the reason she dedicated her life to food systems. Segrest grew up a part of the Muckleshoot Tribe, located just south of Auburn, in a community where the closest grocery store was nearly 10 miles away in an area considered “food insecure.” Her elders often told her, “If…
Most Influential: Dave Bateman
Founder, Cyber Civil Rights Legal Project at K&L Gates
David Bateman, a lawyer at K&L Gates who spent his time “finding people who were doing bad things on the internet,” didn’t fully know the concept of revenge porn until he met Holly Jacobs. Jacobs sought help from K&L Gates after explicit photos of her were nonconsensually shared on the internet. Jacobs’ case, Bateman says,…
Most Influential: Delaney Ruston
Physician, Filmmaker
Delaney Ruston made her first film when she was a resident at UC San Francisco. While the rest of her medical school classmates delivered their final presentations in typical PowerPoint fashion, Ruston was inspired by the “video camera revolution” and the capability of film to portray people’s stories, she said. In the film, she told…
Uncommon Thinkers: Sunny Singh
Founder, Roundglass and Edifecs
For Sunny Singh, wellness is more than his job. As the founder of Roundglass, an app that helps users work activities such as meditation, breathwork and yoga into their daily routines, health and wellness are woven into the fabric of Singh’s life. With decades of tech experience, Singh created the company in 2014 with the…
Psychedelic Psychotherapy
Researchers aim to capture the transformative and therapeutic potential of psychedelics in mental health treatment
Susan Kopka tried everything. Through trial and error with several different medications and treatment options, Kopka came to learn that her mental health struggles were treatment resistant, meaning her conditions didn’t respond well to conventional medications…
Cornish College President Raymond Tymas-Jones Retires
Tymas-Jones led Cornish for six years, shepherding the college through the pandemic
Dr. Raymond Tymas-Jones, president of Cornish College of the Arts, has retired from his position after six years. His last day with the institution was July 25. Former Cornish College Board Chairman Emily Parkhurst has stepped in as interim president as the board conducts a national search for a permanent replacement. Parkhurst served on the…
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