Apr 16, 2015

LoanStar promotes Morgan

Morgan

LoanStar Home Lending recently promoted Mikayla Morgan to marketing integration manager and coordinator of the marketing department. Morgan has been with the company since November 2013. Her title has been marketing coordinator and regional marketing manager. Morgan will continue to be a “marketing concierge” for LoanStar branches in Bellevue, Vancouver and Walla Walla. LoanStar is a Portland-based mortgage banking firm.

HUD awards $244,000 to two agencies

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $244,527 to two housing agencies in Washington. Washington State Housing Finance Commission got $232,053, and South Sound Outreach in Tacoma got $12,474. The money is part of more than $34 million that HUD recently awarded to 135 housing counseling agencies. HFC works with lenders, investors, developers and nonprofits to create and preserve affordable housing. South Sound Outreach helps homeless seniors, disabled people and others get services.

Berkshire adds Shelton firm

Prudential Northwest Real Estate Shelton has joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices' network, and will now be called Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate Shelton. Kevin Cronquist owns the Shelton brokerage. He said the access to online tools and other resources will help his business grow in Mason County and beyond. Since its launch in September 2013, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices has grown to nearly 35,000 agents and 1,100 offices in 47 states.

University of Oregon

Schill

Michael Schill, dean of the law school at University of Chicago, was named president of the University of Oregon. Schill was law school dean at the University of California, Los Angeles, and taught at New York University and the University of Pennsylvania. He has a law degree from Yale University. Shill will be the fifth leader in six years, replacing Interim President Scott Coltrane, who took over when Michael Gottfredson resigned after two years. UO is now led by an independent governing board.

City of Kirkland

Kirkland City Council has extended the contract for City Manager Kurt Triplett through 2020. Triplett was hired in 2010 as city manager. He oversees 10 departments and directs the City Manager's Office programs including neighborhood services, legislative advocacy, council relations, economic development, communications, tourism and volunteers. His annual salary is $184,468.

Apr 15, 2015

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Martin

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson promoted Patreese Martin to associate principal. Martin joins Robert Miller and Ray Calabro in leading the Seattle office. She has residential and institutional experience, and is a design and management adviser to project teams and intern architects.

Mithun

Keene

Faris

Gordon

Boyd

Mithun promoted Ken Boyd to principal, and Elizabeth Gordon, Dottie Faris and Dakota Keene to associate principal. Boyd has been with the firm for 23 years as project manager and senior project architect, with work that includes the Perot Family Offices in Dallas, Silicon Valley workplaces, and high rise mixed-use and transit oriented development. Gordon is a senior interior designer who has led the design of Silicon Valley workplaces, and corporate and cultural projects in Seattle and nationally. Faris is a landscape architect, and project manager and project designer whose work includes the University of Washington's Lander, Terry and Maple halls, and Block 136 in Portland. Keene is a landscape architect who has led the site design of projects that include Tulalip Administration Building and Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard.

ELM Environments

Barrett

Klone

Toffaletti

Lui

In the Seattle office, architecture and design firm ELM Environments hired Yi Liu as an associate landscape architect. In the Jacksonville office, ELM hired Jenna Toffaletti as an associate architect, Mark Klone as a landscape architect and Belinda Barrett as an office administrator. Liu is was born and raised in China. She holds a bachelor of landscape architecture from Tongji University and a master of landscape architecture from Louisiana State University. She is working on San Diego Africa Rocks and Big Rock Park. Toffaletti spent four years at an architecture firm in Baltimore, and worked in commercial and residential real estate. Klone has eight years of experience on projects, such as parks and recreation, golf course planning, community planning, urban design, landscape architecture and graphic design. Barrett does administrative work. ELM Environments is a division of Jacksonville-based ELM.

(Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct Yi Liu's title to reflect that she is not yet a registered landscape architect.)

Elliott Bay Design Group

Sutherlin

Reid

Kaysen

In its New Orleans office, Elliott Bay Design Group hired David Kaysen as a senior naval architect and Trygve Reid and Rex Sutherlin as marine engineers. Kaysen has over 25 years of naval architecture experience, including work with the Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA and commercial ships. Reid has nearly two decades of experience in naval architecture and marine engineering, and a background in IT systems and computer software. Sutherlin has experience with commercial and military shipboard systems design. EBDG provides naval architecture, marine engineering and production support services, with offices also in Seattle and Ketchikan.

Sazan Environmental Services

Bickford

Sazan Environmental Services hired Keith Bickford as a commissioning engineer. Bickford has over 15 years of engineering, project management and construction management experience. Sazan Environmental Services is an affiliate of Sazan Group, which provides systems commissioning and retro-commissioning, performance optimization, and test-adjust-balance services.

Floyd|Snider

Floyd|Snider hired Tessa Gardner-Brown as a senior environmental planner, working in permitting, permit compliance and policy analysis. She has eight years of experience in environmental planning, including on the SR-520 bridge and Elliott Bay Seawall.