Jul 27, 2022

Cuningham

Anderson

Cuningham announced the hiring of Charles Anderson as principal and director of urban design and landscape architecture. In this role, Anderson will guide Cuningham's Urban Design and Landscape Architecture team and will act as a leader for the firm as a whole. Anderson brings more than 35 years of design experience to Cuningham — including teaching appointments at several universities, such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University and North Dakota State University. He was inducted to the ASLA Council of Fellows in 2007, and his work has received over 100 awards for design, including five ASLA national and 20 state chapter awards.

Swenson Say Fagét

Galeotti

Huffert

Witthuhn

Bovee

Kuzubov

Hollinger

Nguyen

Borseth

Skelton

Swenson Say Fagét structural engineers announced nine new hires in three offices. Dennis Kuzubov and Karina Bovee both joined the Tacoma office as staff engineers. Kuzubov received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington in 2021. Bovee received a bachelor of science in engineering with a concentration in civil engineering from Walla Walla University.

In February, Tyler Witthuhn, PE, joined the Ellensburg office as a project engineer. With a bachelor's degree from Washington State University and a master's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Witthuhn's career began in Herndon, Virginia, then moved to Atlanta. He eventually landed back in his home state, where he worked most recently for the city of Yakima.

Nicole Huffert, PE, Francesca Galeotti, and Garrett Skelton, PE, joined the Seattle office as project engineers. With a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland, Huffert worked for six years in Maryland and Seattle, and joined SSF in January. Galeotti received her bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the University of Washington. After working for three years at another engineering firm in Seattle, she joined SSF in January. A graduate of Seattle University, Skelton joined SSF in February after six years with an engineering firm in Woodinville.

Recent graduates Mitchell Borseth and Lan Nguyen joined the Seattle office as staff engineers. Borseth completed his bachelor's degree in civil engineering at Gonzaga University and started in November 2021. Nguyen graduated from Seattle University this spring with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and started in April.

Aiko Hollinger joined the Seattle office as a marketing specialist. A graduate of Gonzaga University with a bachelor's degree in public relations, Hollinger previously worked with two structural engineering firms. Her primary responsibilities are increasing SSF's social media presence and providing website and other marketing support.

Natural Systems Design

Vito

Doran

elkie

Mary Pelkie joined the firm as a staff engineer. Pelkie is an Engineer in Training with a background in marine construction. She graduated from Montana State University with dual degrees in civil engineering and English.

Grace Doran joined as a project engineer. She has experience providing design for fish passage and stream relocation projects, as well as extensive experience with hydrologic analyses and one- and two-dimensional hydraulic modeling, as well as Civil3D design, ArcGIS mapping, and scour analyses. Doran graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri — Columbia.

Natural Systems Design is also celebrating Olivia Vito's one year anniversary at the firm. Vito has seven years of experience in conservation and restoration, specializing in river and floodplain assessment, emphasizing geospatial analysis and both biological and morphological assessment at reach and watershed scales. She has managed numerous construction and design-phase restoration and riparian revegetation projects. Vito holds a bachelor's degree in biology with a concentration in forest ecology, and completed her master's in natural resources with a concentration in geographic information science from Oregon State University.

Jul 20, 2022

3form

Ruckel

Materials manufacturer 3form announced that its senior vice president of sales, Jennifer Ruckel, has been appointed to the International Interior Design Association's International Board of Directors. She joined 3form in 2010 as a materials consultant in Denver, Colorado, and has since grown to take on 3form's architecture and design, dealer partnerships, national account, and international sales channels. Ruckel has experience in tile, lighting, office furniture sales and interior design.

Ruckel was inaugurated to IIDA's International Board of Directors on June 12 at IIDA's Annual Meeting in Chicago. She will continue her role with IIDA for the 2022-2023 term. 3form is a manufacturer of architectural decorative resin and glass products, acoustic solutions, and markerboards. The firm has an office and showroom in SoDo.

Hewitt

Nagele

Hewitt announced the promotion of Julia Nagele to senior principal. Nagele also serves as director of design – architecture, and is an assistant affiliate professor in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. Nagele has been with Hewitt for more than a decade and is responsible for the design of many of the studio's most notable buildings, including towers such as The Emerald, Mama Tower, Skyglass and 888 Bellevue, as well as the Capitol Hill Transit-Oriented Development and Luna Apartments. Her current projects include OneU and 1107 - two residential towers in the University District.

Nagele joined Hewitt in 2011 and was named a principal in 2018. She previously worked at LMN Architects and began her career at Ayers/Saint/Gross Architects. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Lehigh University. Nagele completed her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and this year, delivered the commencement address at her alma mater and was named a Distinguished Alumni. In 2021, Nagele was recognized by Seattle Met as one of the most influential people in the city.

Milbrandt Architects

Erlandson

After passing her final test in June, Milbrandt Architects announced that Elizabeth Erlandson has officially earned her architect license. After earning her license she was promoted from project manager to project architect. Erlandson graduated from the University of Washington with her bachelor's degree in Architectural Studies in June 2014. She has been with Milbrandt for just under 8 years and is currently working in a blend of single family and townhomes for a variety of clients.

Parametrix

Willis

Grandstrom

Craig Grandstrom, PE, has joined Parametrix as a senior consultant based in Seattle. He has over 20 years of experience providing transportation and transit engineering and planning services to municipalities and agencies throughout the Puget Sound region. Grandstrom joins Parametrix from Jacobs Engineering where he served as a senior transportation manager. His experience includes bus and light rapid transit, multi-modal corridor studies and design, highway and interchange studies, traffic analysis and forecasting, and providing guidance on Federal Transit Administration-funded projects. He has worked with clients such as Sound Transit, the City of Seattle, King County Metro, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

At Parametrix he joins the firm's transportation team providing engineering and planning services to clients throughout the Puget Sound region.

Parametrix has also selected John Willis, PE, as president, transitioning into the chief executive officer role in early 2023. Willis is succeeding the current CEO, Jeff Peacock, PE, who has served in the capacity since 2008. Willis joined Parametrix in 2017 and has served as the senior vice president overseeing the operations in Oregon and Southwest Washington prior to being appointed as president. Under his leadership, the Oregon and Southwest Washington regions of the firm have grown significantly. He has over 25 years of experience in the A&E industry in a variety of leadership roles and has managed some of the region's most significant infrastructure projects including the Interstate Bridge Replacement, TriMet's Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail, and the Dreamlifter Operations Center for Boeing.

WJE

O'Brien

Gilroy

Corvell

Skondre

Simon

Stanton

O'Shea

Stutts

WJE Seattle welcomed several new staff members. After a tenure as WJE Boston's unit manager, architect Anita Simon is returning to WJE Seattle, and engineer Becky Skondre, nee Gilbertson, is returning to Washington from the firm's DC branch. New hires include geotechnical engineer Mike Coryell and Joseph Gilroy. Coryell previously held positions with McMillen Jacobs Associates, CDM Smith, and the United States Air Force. Gilroy is completing his PhD at University of Texas-Austin and held positions with Peloton Land Solutions and Sanger Learning Center, both of Austin. Finally, Daniel O'Brien, a civil engineering student at Seattle University, has joined as a 2022 intern.

WJE also announced that Zachary Stutts earned his structural engineering license in Washington and was recently promoted to senior associate, and that Sean O'Shea and Andrew Stanton were promoted to associate III.