June 3, 2009
Maul Foster Alongi
Jim Darling, former executive director of the Port of Bellingham, has been named vice president and principal with Maul Foster Alongi, a Northwest environmental and land-use planning firm. He will lead the regional business plan and serve as principal-in-charge for projects in the Puget Sound region. The firm is based in Vancouver and has offices in Portland and Seattle. At Bellingham, he led planning for redevelopment of the Georgia Pacific property, managed a response to develop a NOAA Pacific Fleet Operation Center and oversaw development of a waterfront innovation zone with Western Washington University. He serves on the governor's Task Force on Sustainability.