Oct 30, 2019

AHBL

Hein

Ratkus

Gorun

Adams

Ripley

Port

Han

In Tacoma, AHBL hired Scean Ripley as a survey project manager, Emily Adams as a planner, Sergey Gorun as a survey technician, Dan Ratkus as a landscape project manager and Jason Hein and Ashley Han as project engineers. In Seattle, AHBL promoted Brittany Port to planning project manager. Ripley is in the survey department. He has over 30 years of surveying experience and a portfolio of large commercial boundaries and topography, right of way surveys and residential projects. Adams is in the planning department. She holds an undergraduate degree from Eastern Washington University and a master's in city and regional planning from Clemson University. She has experience in community planning and development in Eastern and Western Washington, including in Spokane, Olympia and surrounding communities.

Gorun is in the survey department. He has an associate degree in applied science in land surveying from Renton Technical College and four years of experience doing surveys in the region. Ratkus is in the landscape architecture department. He has a bachelor of landscape architecture degree from Washington State University and experience in estimating for a commercial landscape contractor, residential landscape design and private landscape design emphasizing community-based projects. Hein is in the civil engineering department. The Central Washington University graduate has designed commercial, industrial, multifamily and parks projects. Han is in the civil department and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Washington. Her experience includes a mechanical engineering internship at Tesla and research with the Civil & Environmental Engineering department at UW.

Port has been with AHBL for five years, and has experience in current and long-range planning projects. She has worked on policy planning projects, comprehensive plan updates, shoreline master programs, and zoning code updates for public sector clients in Washington and California. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in city and regional planning from Ohio State University.

NAC Architecture

Santora

Lightning

Larson

In Spokane, NAC Architecture hired Evan Larson as a desktop support specialist, Tasha Lightning as director of research and experience development and Kevin Santora as an electrical designer. Larson provides information technology assistance to employees. Previously, he had his own IT consulting business in Spokane. Lightning leads the firm's Research and Experience Development, whose research helps NAC design buildings that function better for the people who use them. Lightning has bachelor's degrees in psychology and criminal justice from Gonzaga University and a master's in experimental psychology from Central Washington University, where she worked for the Office of Undergraduate Research. Santora has an associate degree in drafting and design from Linn-Benton Community College and is working on the Glover Middle School replacement in Spokane. He was with EVCO Sound & Electronics in Spokane. NAC provides planning, design, engineering and capital facilities consulting services.

HKP Architects

Baldwin

Christine Baldwin earned a Washington architecture license and was promoted to project architect at HKP Architects, a Mount Vernon-based architectural design firm. She was hired in 2014, and her work has included Housing Hope's Twin Lakes Landing, Orcas Island Public Library expansion and the Western Washington University Consolidated Academic Support Services Facility. She has a bachelor of architecture degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Oct 23, 2019

SMR Architects

Putre

Minjarez

Espinoza

Davis

Albers

Seattle-based SMR Architects promoted David Albers, Michael Davis, Megan Espinoza, Demian Minjarez and John Putre to associate. Their new responsibilities include leading project teams and contributing to SMR's strategic planning. Albers was hired in 2012 and focuses on affordable and market-rate multifamily developments. Davis joined SMR in 2015 and has worked with affordable housing providers on new construction and rehabilitation projects. Espinoza was hired in 2012 and has led award-winning affordable and supportive housing developments. Minjarez joined the firm in 2011. His projects include supportive housing for people transitioning out of homelessness, affordable family housing, senior housing and farmworker housing. Putre was hired in 2012. His work has included supportive housing for formerly homeless people, senior housing, child care centers and artist live-work housing.

Tetra Tech

Cox-Czosnyka

Engineer Kathy Cox-Czosnyka joined the water division of Tetra Tech as vice president, Northwest Operations. Cox-Czosnyka has been involved in some of the largest infrastructure projects and programs in the Northwest, including as project manager for the Seattle waterfront redevelopment program and the expansion program at Sea-Tac Airport. She has a bachelor's in civil engineering and a master's in structural engineering from Northwestern University. She works in the Bellevue office. Tetra Tech provides consulting and engineering services.

HNTB Corp.

Cooper

Brad Cooper has returned to HNTB Corp. as transportation department manager at its Bellevue office. The civil engineer has over 20 years of experience, including leading transportation projects and being project manager on high-profile, design-build delivery projects. At HNTB, he oversees projects with clients such as the Washington State Department of Transportation and Sound Transit, and recruits talent for Northwest transportation projects. Most recently, he spent four years as transportation project manager for another consulting firm. From 2006 to 2016, he was a project manager for HNTB, an infrastructure firm.

Scott Edwards Architecture

Purdy

Griggs

Balogh

In Portland, Scott Edwards Architecture promoted Susan Balogh to senior associate/director of interiors, Scott Griggs to associate/IT director and Hayley Purdy to associate. Balogh has over 25 years of interior design experience with a focus on creative offices, health care and senior living projects, and has worked at Nike and at Portland architectural firms. Her career highlights include The Springs senior living development in Lake Oswego, Oregon. She is leading interior design work scope for Rose Villa Senior Living in Milwaukie, Oregon. Griggs has over two decades of information technology experience including advanced training with Microsoft MCSA and a CompTIA A Plus certification. He is responsible for the firm's computer systems, and has modernized its digital tools, updated all software and implemented continued process improvements. Previously, he worked in IT for 10 years at another Portland architectural firm. Purdy is an architect with 11 years of experience. At Scott Edwards Architecture, she held a key role on the award-winning historic Oregon City Library. She is overseeing construction on the One Community Health medical and dental clinic serving the Hood River community. She manages the construction administration support group of Scott Edwards, a regional architecture, planning and interior design firm.