{"id":222369,"date":"2026-05-27T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/former-seattle-mayor-bruce-harrell-returns-to-private-sector-as-ceo-of-seattle-textile-innovator-filium\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:45:15","slug":"former-seattle-mayor-bruce-harrell-returns-to-private-sector-as-ceo-of-seattle-textile-innovator-filium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/former-seattle-mayor-bruce-harrell-returns-to-private-sector-as-ceo-of-seattle-textile-innovator-filium\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell Returns To Private Sector As CEO Of Seattle Textile Innovator Filium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seattlemedium.com\/bruce-harrell-ceo-filium\/\">Former Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell Returns To Private Sector As CEO Of Seattle Textile Innovator Filium<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seattlemedium.com\/bruce-harrell-ceo-filium\/\">https:\/\/seattlemedium.com\/bruce-harrell-ceo-filium\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-27 11:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"seattlemedium.com\">seattlemedium.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Former Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has been appointed as CEO of Filium, a Seattle-based textile technology company.<\/li>\n<li>Harrell succeeds co-founder Raj Shah, who transitions to the role of chairman of the board as Filium grows.<\/li>\n<li>The appointment signifies a shift for Harrell, who has had a career in telecommunications, law, and civic leadership, including serving as mayor and city council president.<\/li>\n<li>Filium\u2019s technology focuses on engineering natural fabrics to resist liquids, stains, and odors without using harmful chemicals or synthetic coatings, aligning with Harrell\u2019s environmental and public health goals.<\/li>\n<li>Filium&#8217;s products have been adopted by brands like The North Face and commercialized through partnerships with organizations such as Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue.<\/li>\n<li>Harrell aims to broaden access and representation in sustainability and outdoor industries, ensuring all communities are reflected in PFAS-free materials and environmental innovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell Returns To Private Sector As CEO Of Seattle Textile Innovator&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/seattlemedium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0641-copy.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222372,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222369\/revisions\/222372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}