Sep 02, 2015

EHS-International

Peterson

Racine

Khan

Escamilla

Brod

Cafferty

Wenning

Wells

EHS-International promoted Herb Brod to technical manager, Derica Escamilla to hazardous materials manager, and Nadir Khan, Brett Racine and Rory Peterson to project managers. The firm hired Andrew Wells and Byron Wenning as industrial hygiene project assistants, and Erin Cafferty as a staff scientist. Seattle based EHS provides environmental consulting and engineering, hazardous materials management, industrial hygiene, construction management and indoor air quality consulting.

Mackenzie

Kausal-Hayes

Chen

Mackenzie promoted Michael Chen and Nabil Kausal-Hayes to senior associates in its Seattle office. Chen is branch manager, and brings 16 years of experience to the land-use planning department. He has worked on The Salvation Army Family Store in Seattle and Kelsey Creek Center in Bellevue. Kausal-Hayes is an engineer whose projects include Buckley Fire Station and Bonney Lake Justice Center. Mackenzie is a West Coast provider of architecture and interior design; structural, civil and traffic engineering; land use and transportation planning; and landscape architecture.

Environmental Science Associates

O'Brien

LaPierre

Environmental Science Associates hired Curtis LaPierre and Michael O'Brien as landscape architects in Seattle and Portland, respectively. They will work on restoration and development projects in western states. LaPierre has 31 years of experience in landscape architecture and urban design, and recently completed a master plan for Edith Moulton Park in Kirkland. O'Brien has over 25 years of experience that includes streetscapes, community trails, parks and stormwater facilities. He has worked on Hawthorne Park in Clackamas County. ESA is a West Coast-based environmental science and planning firm.

Ogletree Deakins

Evans

Byergo

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, a labor and employment law firm representing management, has opened a Seattle office with shareholder Tony Byergo, who co-founded the Kansas City office, and attorney Sarah Evans. They will collaborate with the Portland office. Byergo chairs the collective bargaining practice subgroup and has 25 years of experience. Evans focuses on litigation and preventive counseling. The firm has 48 offices in the U.S., Europe and Mexico.

Washington Health Benefit Exchange

Washington Health Benefit Exchange, which operates the health insurance marketplace, named Carole Holland interim CFO, replacing Robert Nakahara. Holland has held senior level fiscal positions in state agencies, the legislature and governor's office. Nearly two million people have used Washington Healthplanfinder, and the uninsured rate has dropped from 16.8 percent to 6.4 percent since the exchange opened.

Sep 01, 2015

King County Assessor

Assessor Lloyd Hara was appointed to chair the Information Technology Committee of the National Association of Counties, and will also serve on the Large Urban County Caucus. NACo advocates on policy issues for 3,069 county governments. Hara chairs the Washington State Association of County Assessors' Computer Technology Committee.

Columbia Hospitality

Seattle-based hospitality management and consulting firm Columbia Hospitality has a new agreement with Ryan Moore Golf and will begin managing McCormick Woods Golf Course in Port Orchard, Oakbrook Golf Club in Lakewood and The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway. All are public courses in Washington state. Shawn Cucciardi, one of Ryan Moore Golf's founding members, will join Columbia's leadership team.

Turner Construction

Klein

Gemme

Killian

Turner Construction promoted Chris Killian to vice president and general manager of its Seattle office and appointed incumbent Dan Gemme as vice president and general manager of its Global Critical Facilities group. Killian joined Turner's Seattle Special Projects Division in 2000 after completing his master's degree at the University of Washington. He was promoted several times and in 2013 became manager of the Special Projects Division. Ian Klein took over as manager. Klein has worked at Turner for a number of years, most recently as Special Projects Division area manager in Bellevue. Gemme has more than 28 years of industry experience. He will remain in Seattle and focus on data center projects throughout the world.

Walsh Construction Co.

Silbaugh

Salim

Reilly

Perrin

Haguewood

Curlin

Berschauer

Banta

Koviak

Winter

Voight

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Ryan Voight, Jeremy Winter and Tom Koviak to superintendents; and added Cindie Banta as project administrator, Fred Berschauer as superintendent, Joe Curlin as assistant superintendent, and Stephanie Haguewood, Jens Perrin, Erin Reilly, Aidrus Salim and Nick Silbaugh as project engineers. Voight started at Walsh in 2009 as a summer intern. He became project engineer in 2010 after earning a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington. Winter started at Walsh in 2010 as a summer intern, and in 2012 became project engineer after graduating with a bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. Koviak is weather resistive barriers trade superintendent. He began his career in 2008 as a journeyman carpenter at RDF Builders, where he worked on many Walsh projects. Banta is also front desk coordinator in the Tacoma office. Berschauer has more than 25 years of construction experience. Curlin has more than 15 years of industry experience, and ran his own construction company for the past five years. Haguewood works with the estimating department, and recently earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from City University of Seattle. Perrin has more than 11 years of construction experience. Reilly is enrolled in the UW's construction management certificate program. Salim recently earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from Minnesota State University. Silbaugh has more than seven years of construction experience.

Dexter + Chaney

Rice

Brian Rice was appointed chief financial officer at Dexter + Chaney, a construction software developer based in Seattle. Rice replaces John Ulacia, who is retiring after 20 years. Rice previously was CFO/COO at LexBlog, a social media and content marketing firm focused on professional services companies. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin.

PulteGroup

Homebuilder PulteGroup named Sam Colgan as division president to oversee the opening of eight new communities in the Seattle area this year. Colgan has been with Pulte for 17 years, holding positions such as vice president of land in Arizona and president of an operating division in Phoenix. Pulte is building 600 homes in Sammamish, Bothell, Issaquah, Lake Forest Park, Snoqualmie Ridge, Duvall and North Bend. Pulte entered the Seattle market in 2011 with the acquisition of Centex.