Aug 28, 2015

Washington State Budget & Policy Center

Werschkul

Washington State Budget & Policy Center has named a new executive director: Misha Werschkul. She has spent 10 years in leadership roles with Service Employees International Union in Washington, D.C., and the Seattle-based Local 775 of SEIU. She was SEIU 775's legislative and policy director.

Esterline

Bellevue-based Esterline, a specialty manufacturer for aerospace and defense markets, named a new segment president and consolidated its senior operational team. Roger A. Ross will lead the sensors and systems segment, succeeding Alan M. Durand, who resigned. Ross worked for United Technologies Aerospace Systems. Esterline's avionics and controls and advanced materials segment will be managed by Albert S. Yost.

Aug 27, 2015

Hunsucker Goodstein

The Lafayette, California-based law firm of Hunsucker Goodstein has opened an office in Seattle. It now has offices in Washington D.C., Denver, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area that focus on environmental law, business insurance and securities arbitration. The Seattle office will be led by Philip Hunsucker. Prior to forming the firm in 1995, he was a senior partner at a national law firm, and a judge advocate in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton admitted Joshua Harms as tax partner and Zeljko “Z” Zelic as audit partner in the Seattle office, and promoted Candice Bassell to forensic and valuation services managing director. Harms joined the firm in 2007 and has 15 years of experience. Zelic joined in 2003 and has more than 15 years of experience. Bassell joined in 2005 and has 10 years of experience.

Atreg hires Wade Moller

Atreg, a Seattle-based firm that specializes in disposing of high tech manufacturing facilties such as semiconductor fabrication plants and cleanrooms, named Wade Moller a vice president. Moller advised Amazon on how to structure supply chains, and on the acquisition and disposition of assets. He also worked on Amazon Web Services, Amazon's Lab126 and Amazon Publishing. Moller also was an assistant director at Weyerhaeuser.

ULI offers bike tour of SLU, Fremont

Urban Land Institute Northwest's Thriving Communities Task Force will lead a bicycle tour Sept. 15 of South Lake Union, Westlake and Fremont. The event begins at 2 p.m. at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley St. Alyssa Mehl of Bellwether Housing, Marc Gearhart of Holland Partner Group and Sandra Woods of Seattle Department of Transportation will lead the tour. It will focus on how streets handle bicycles and cars, and what changes are needed. For information or to register, contact Northwest@uli.org or 206-224-4500.

Aug 26, 2015

Cary Kopczynski & Co.

Thome

Peng

Tu

Cary Kopczynski & Co. promoted Andy Tu to project manager/associate, Elaine Peng and Jason Thome to senior design engineer/associate, Joel Kipple and Jerry Lee to senior design engineer, and Jacob Lanquin to senior BIM modeler. The firm hired Richard Hawksworth and Stephanie Vincent as design engineers, Allison Tran as a human resources specialist, and Natalie Sika as an administrative assistant. Tu has 13 years of structural engineering experience. He has designed residential towers and mixed-use projects, and is working on Tower 12, a 34-story residential building near Pike Place Market. Peng has 16 years of structural engineering experience. She is working on Lincoln Square in Bellevue. Thome has 10 years of structural engineering experience, and is working on the 440-foot Kinects Tower in the Denny Triangle. Kipple has nine years of structural engineering experience, and is working on Lincoln Square's retail podium. Lee has six years of structural engineering experience, and is working on 1200 South Figueroa, a project in Los Angeles. Lanquin has 15 years of experience in CAD and BIM drafting, and is working on Spring District Apartments in Bellevue. Hawksworth has nine years of experience in structural engineering, and is working on 970 Denny, a 440-foot residential tower in South Lake Union. Vincent was an engineering intern at CKC. She is working on Kinects Tower. Tran manages recruiting and employee relations. Sika assists the office administrator and project managers. CKC is a structural engineering firm with offices in Bellevue, San Francisco and Chicago.

Wood Harbinger

States

Bill States will retire Sept. 11 as a corporate vice president and industrial systems market leader at Wood Harbinger after 40 years in the engineering industry. States' career in mechanical engineering began at Fluor Corp. as a piping designer. He joined Wood Harbinger in 2003 as a principal. He has worked on projects in the aviation, higher education, health care, municipal and military sectors, and helped get industrial systems projects. In retirement, States plans to do woodworking, hunt and travel to Jamaica.

HDJ Design Group

Selph

Matarazzo

Barta

HDJ Design Group hired Michael Barta as a civil engineer in the Vancouver office. In the Walla Walla office, it hired Alexander Matarazzo as a land surveyor and Kimberly Selph as a civil engineering designer. Barta worked for Bussard Williams in Bend on commercial, housing, roadway and utility projects. Matarazzo will move to the Pasco office in fall. He was with MacKay Sposito for almost 15 years in the Tri-Cities. Selph worked at Adams County Public Works as an engineering technician. She holds a degree in civil engineering from Washington State University. Vancouver-based HDJ provides civil engineering, planning, land surveying and landscape architecture.

The Watershed Co.

Raynsford

The Watershed Co. promoted Amber Raynsford to landscape architect. Raynsford has 10 years of experience. Since 2012, she has been with Watershed, which provides natural resources assessment, mitigation and restoration design, environmental planning and permitting, arborist and landscape architecture services.

Soundview Consultants

Soundview Consultants hired Mike Shaw as an associate principal. Shaw has a background in marine construction, water quality and environmental policy. His projects include the SR520 floating bridge. Soundview is an environmental planning and land use consulting firm.

Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention

Abdullah

Saudia J. Abdullah has been appointed director of community corrections in King County's Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. Abdullah was director of federal reentry operations at Pioneer Human Services in Seattle, and was a policy analyst at the Council of State Governments Justice Center in New York City. She has also served on the advisory board for King County Public Defenders.

Federal Reserve Bank

Nelson

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco appointed Carol K. Nelson, Pacific region executive and Seattle market president of KeyBank, to the Seattle Branch board of directors. Nelson joined KeyBank in January, and is responsible for business and private banking in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. She also was director of Washington State Department of Revenue and CEO at Cascade Bank.