Oct 04, 2000

DSHS

Department of Social and Health Services Secretary Dennis Braddock has appointed Bernie Friedman to serve as his special assistant in charge of developing strategies to manage risk and prevent losses due to civil lawsuits. Friedman, a law clerk for State Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge, has agreed to serve in the new capacity, effective Oct. 9. He will focus on ways to avoid lawsuits and minimize exposure to large monetary losses when there is legal action against the department.

HostPro

HostPro, a Nampa, Idaho-based Web and applications hosting subsidiary of Micron Electronics, announced the appointment of Dennis Cavender as vice president and chief financial officer and Cliff Luckey as vice president of engineering and chief technology officer. Cavender will lead the finance team at HostPro and is responsible for planning, investor relations, treasury, accounting, tax and audit functions. Luckey comes to HostPro from an Austin, Texas-based Web hosting company, Aperian, where he served as CTO and vice president of Internet solutions.

Mud Bay Granary

Mud Bay Granary, a retailer specializing in natural nutrition for pets, announced its arrival in the Seattle/Tacoma area with the opening of eight new stores. The new outlets, acquired from the now-defunct Bosley's Pet Food Mart chain, are located in Seattle, Burien, Redmond, Kent and Tacoma. The independent retailer, owned and operated by the Wulff family, began as a single store in Olympia in 1988 and won the Washington Family Business of the Year Award in 1999.

Safeco

Safeco President and Chief Operating Officer Boh Dickey received the McNaughton Award on Sept. 19. The recipient of the award is selected by an independent committee of Seattle-area business leaders, academics and executives from non-profit organizations. The award, named after Stanley O. McNaughton, the late chairman and chief executive of Pemco Financial Services, recognizes individuals who have given back to the local community throughout their career. Dickey was honored for his involvement in many community programs and organizations, including the Accounting Career Awareness Program which he co-founded in 1980.

Western Washington University

Gov. Gary Locke appointed Parijat Nandi, a junior from Thailand majoring in community health, as the student member of the Western Washington University board of trustees. Nandi will serve a one-year term. He spent the past summer in Bangkok as an intern with the World Health Organization.

The Boeing Co.

The Boeing Co. announced that David Traynham will join the company's government affairs organization as director, commercial regulatory affairs. Traynham will work with regulatory authorities and industry around the world to improve the safety and efficiency of the global air transportation system. He comes to Boeing from the FAA where he had been assistant administrator for policy, planning and international aviation since June of 1998.

BOORA

BOORA Architects of Portland has promoted Eric Hasenberg to associate principal. An architect with 16 years of experience working on a broad range of project types, Hasenberg joined the firm in 1992. He has worked on a variety of projects, including NikeTowns in Seattle and Honolulu, elementary schools for the Hood River County School District and Eugene Public Schools, and a mixed-use condominium project along Fidalgo Bay in Anacortes. He is the project architect for the $45 million National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Berger/ABAM

Chuck Schott recently joined Berger/ABAM Engineers in Federal Way, a civil and structural engineering firm.

Schott has more than 10 years of professional experience, focusing in the areas of civil transportation design. Prior to joining the firm, Schott worked for Perteet Engineering. His current assignments include the South 180th Street grade separation project for the city of Tukwila, Pierce County's Chambers Creek master plan, and the city of Burien's roadway and drainage design standards. He is assigned to the public works division of the firm.

Wooksuk Anh has also joined the firm. Anh has more than eight years of experience in structural analysis, repair and design. He specializes in the durability of concrete structures; design of post-tensioned, reinforced concrete structures; rehabilitation and repair; and long-term, soil-structure interaction studies. He is working on the Pier 36 Alpha project for the U.S. Coast Guard. He will primarily support the firm's domestic waterfront division.

Scott Hufford, a recent graduate of the University of Washington, is another new employee. He is working on the Thea Foss Waterway remediation project for the city of Tacoma. He is also assigned to the firm's domestic waterfront division.

INCA Engineers

Jeffrey Juel has been hired at INCA Engineers in Bellevue as a senior project manager. He has 16 years of engineering experience in the design of large civil works and military projects. Prior to joining the firm, Juel worked with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Seattle.

Olympic Associates

Randy Barber, Frederico Chrestesen, Lois Felker and Frank Martin are new employees at Olympic Associates Co., a Seattle architectural, engineering, project and construction management firm.

Barber joins the firm as senior construction manager. His 20 years of experience covers a variety of civil and building projects from concept through occupancy.

Chrestesen has been hired as a project engineer. He was formally trained as a civil engineer in Brazil and brings to Olympic two years in the international construction industry.

Felker is the firm's administrative assistant. In her past employment, she provided insurance claims investigation, report processing and network administration.

Martin has been hired as a construction manager and architect. With more than 18 years in the construction industry, his experience includes multifamily housing development, medical facilities and retrofits of older buildings.