Aug 03, 2022

GGN

Lively

Bowen

O'Rourke

Jacobs

Schille

Geter

Liss

GGN announced the promotions of Katherine Liss to senior associate, Rikerrious Geter to community partnerships lead, Blaire Schille to associate, Kim Jacobs to associate, Malaika O'Rourke to controller, Jayme Bowen to operations coordinator, and Paige Lively to communications specialist.

Liss is currently project lead for the India Basin Shoreline Park project in San Francisco. Geter is also involved with this project and recently participated in engaging the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood to help them visualize the future of India Basin Shoreline Park. In addition to practice, Geter serves on the board of the Black Landscape Architect's Network to assist in increasing the visibility and impact of black practitioners in landscape architecture.

From a background in marketing and architectural technology, Schille completed her Master of Architecture degree at the University of British Columbia. Jacobs brings to GGN experience overseeing a wide array of landscape architectural projects across the United States. She is currently working on several DC area projects. O'Rourke keeps GGN's fiscal responsibilities running smoothly. Lively has a background in education, non-profit work, and qualitative research. Bowen is administrator at GGN. She has led research and organizational efforts to streamline the firm's operations and studio space.

HKP Architects

Valentin

HKP Architects welcomed Kelly Valentin as a project manager. Valentin received her Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from Washington State University in 2017 and Master of Architecture in 2018. After graduating, she joined Underwood & Associates, LLC in Anacortes. Over the last four years, she has developed and executed a wide range of project types including residential, medical, and retail throughout Skagit and Island County. She is currently pursuing licensure.

KBA Inc.

Thomson

Sokolow

KBA, Inc. welcomed two new external directors, Loren Sokolow and Jim Thomson, to its Board of Directors. Sokolow has more than 40 years of experience as a financial and operations executive, with special

expertise in professional services financial strategies, sustainability, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. Prior to his retirement in 2019, he served as CFO and Treasurer of California-based engineering firm Psomas. Thomson had a 34-year career with HNTB. He retired from HNTB in 2021 as their Northwest Division President. KBA is a purpose-built construction management firm.

Rolluda Architects

Dimalanta

Abellar

Broussard

Bumatay

Punjani

Rolluda Architects rehired Sabina Punjani after being on leave for a few months. Punjani is an interior and architecture designer with over 18 years of experience in designing both residential and commercial projects. She took Interior Design at L.S. Raheja of Architecture and has a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai. Punjani has a LEED Green Associate certification. She is currently working on Port of Seattle projects and Snohomish County Paine Field's Airport Offices. She was involved in the interior design of the Filipino Community Village Housing and Innovative Learning Center which opened this year.

Joseph Bumatay joined Rolluda Architects early this year with 24 years of architecture design experience. He finished his Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the University of Sto. Tomas in the Philippines and became licensed in his home country. In 2003, he moved to the U.S. where he got involved in a variety of projects from K-12 schools, historic buildings, hospitals, churches, retail, commercial, mixed-use, residential, and community projects. He has previously worked as CAD manager and mentor/trainer at other firms. Bumatay's projects at Rolluda include Sacred Medicine House, Seattle Central College's Student Activities Center & Bookstore, City of Bellevue Enatai Park, NP and Eastern Hotel, Snohomish County Sheriff Bomarc projects. He will be involved in the Pierce Transit Bus Electrification project.

Cameron Broussard joins Rolluda Architects remotely from Louisiana. She is a licensed architect and a LEED Green Associate with more than 10 years of work experience as an architect. Broussard received her Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Architecture from the University of Louisiana where she had the opportunity to study in Italy as part of the curriculum. She has worked on high-end residential projects, high-rise commercial, collegiate, churches, high-rise condominiums, and residence halls in San Francisco and Houston. She worked on collaborative projects for a medical office building, hospital, and commercial office building renovations in firms based in Louisiana. Since hired, she has been working on the permanent supportive housing development, Sacred Medicine House. She also did work for the Filipino Community Village and Seattle Central College's Student Activities Center & Bookstore.

Rachelle Abellar has joined Rolluda's marketing team. Abellar has a BS in Visual Communications from Westwood College California and has worked in numerous magazines and newspapers like Leschi News, The Stranger, and Tacoma Weekly.

Alvin Dimalanta joined Rolluda Architects as a designer whilst working towards finishing his graduate studies in urban planning. He received his bachelor's degree in Architecture at the University of the Philippines. Dimalanta worked for 15 years in his home country as a licensed architect and master plumber. He moved to the U.S. in 2021 after being offered a scholarship to take his master's at Portland State University. He will be involved in King County Solid Waste projects while doing his summer internship at Rolluda Architects.

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.