Oct 06, 2021

Hewitt

Woland

Hewitt announced the promotion of Jake Woland, ASLA, LEED AP, to the position of principal. Woland has served as a senior associate in Hewitt's landscape architecture studio for 13 years. He joins the firm's six other principals on the executive leadership team. Woland regularly lectures at the University of Washington, taught urban design studios at Rutgers, and authored “Site Engineering for Landscape Architecture,” a highly regarded textbook on sustainable site design. Woland has worked across a wide variety of urban conditions and scales, including waterfronts, civic open spaces, transit facilities, streetscapes, multiple-block mixed use developments and commercial projects. Woland received his Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Washington and his Bachelor of Science, Geological Sciences, from Tufts University. He is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

The Watershed Company

Tono

Mele

The Watershed Company has hired Angela Mele, Interpretive Planner and Scientific Illustrator, and Anna Tono, Marketing Coordinator. Mele is an interpretive planning specialist who focuses on resource-based content. She brings more than a decade of experience in scientific illustration, exhibit design, and museology for interpretive placemaking. Tono specializes in graphics layout for the development of marketing materials and will support the team with qualification and proposal preparation, and social media presence. The Watershed Company provides natural resources assessment, mitigation and restoration design, environmental planning and permitting, stormwater monitoring, arborist, interpretive design, and landscape architecture services.

Sep 29, 2021

Weinstein A+U

Besso

Pierson

Moshier

Weekley

Straeter

Weinstein A+U has made several new hires. Philip Straeter has been hired as a project designer. Straeter has a broad range of experience including civic, educational, multifamily, non-profit, and adaptive-reuse projects. He holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam School of Architecture, and an associate degree in Art History from the Free University Berlin. Neil Weekley is a licensed architect who joins Weinstein A+U with over 15 years of experience on a broad range of project types, scales, and construction types. Weekley holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture from Georgia Tech.

Zach Moshier, LEED GA, Associate AIA, joins as a project designer with mixed-use, educational and not-for-profit project experience. Now at Weinstein A+U, Moshier brings experience with technical detailing for high sustainability and passive house metrics. Moshier holds a Master of Architecture from the Virginia Tech Washington/Alexandria Architecture Center and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies from Judson University. Kelsey Pierson is a project designer at Weinstein A+U. After working as an intern at the firm, she joined Weinstein A+U. Pierson holds a Masters of Architecture from the University of Washington, where she was a Valle scholar in Copenhagen. There, she researched architectural strategies for water infrastructure and climate change. Jessica Besso is the Accounting Manager at Weinstein A+U. She is integral to the day-to-day operations of the office and provides vital information to the principal group as they make decisions to guide the firm. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of accounting and finance, and holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Seattle Pacific University, and active CPA and CFE certifications.

DCI Engineers

Martin

Associate Ethan Martin will step into the new role of Director of Sustainability and Mass Timber. Based in the firm's Portland office, Martin will oversee strategy efforts for both Sustainability and Mass Timber efforts across all 13 regional offices. These efforts include DCI's commitment to the SE 2050 Challenge, which aims to achieve Net Zero status in all projects by the year 2050. Martin joined DCI Engineers in 2020 to assist in further developing the firms' Mass Timber division. Prior to his arrival, he served as the Northwest Regional Director at WoodWorks, the wood industry's non-profit for advancing knowledge and technical support in commercial wood building projects across the United States. DCI Engineers is a civil and structural engineering firm.

Olson Kundig

O'Toole

Devine

Olson Kundig announced two promotions. Jane Devine has been promoted to Senior Project Administrator and Cate O'Toole has been promoted to Senior Communications Coordinator. Devine supports some of Olson Kundig's largest and most complex projects, collaborating closely with teams to ensure project schedules are met, documents kept up-to-date and information is well-organized. She also spearheads internal data sharing and technical communications efforts, including management of the firm's intranet platform. O'Toole works closely with firm leadership and project teams to develop written and narrative content, support internal and external communication initiatives, and share Olson Kundig's work, personnel and cultural touchstones with a wide audience.