August 19, 2020

Perkins and Will

Xu

Wood

Wuttig

Palushock

Kleiner

Hakim

Forman

Ramsey

Herzer

In Seattle, Perkins and Will promoted Devin Kleiner and Ed Palushock to associate principal, Oliver Wuttig, Christa Wood, Bill Xu, Holly Herzer, Ryan Ramsey and Patricia Forman to senior associate and Ana Hakim to associate.

Kleiner is a senior project architect and “Living Design” leader for the Seattle studio, serving as a sustainability resource for project teams, connecting them with firm-wide research. His 17-year career has also included teaching art and special education at an elementary school. His work has been recognized by AIA Seattle Energy in Design, the Society for College and University Planning and the Living Building Challenge. He worked on the University of Washington's Life Science Building, completed in 2018.

Palushock is an architect with 28 years of experience. As a project manager, he oversees commercial, institutional and higher education projects. He is working with Martin Selig Real Estate on the Federal Reserve Building in Seattle, which will be done later this year.

Wuttig is a project designer who has specialized at Perkins and Will in the programming, design and detailing of science/technology and corporate, civic and commercial projects. He has experience in environmental graphics and as an exhibition designer at a science museum. He is working on Franklin Antonio Hall in San Diego, with University of California San Diego. Its anticipated completion is 2022.

Wood is a designer II who joined the Seattle office in 2013. Wood's work has focused on science and technology, the human experience and supporting her clients' work, from technical R+D labs and offices to emergency homeless shelters. She also co-leads the studio's pro-bono social purpose efforts. She is working with Mary's Place on Seattle-facility transformations and was on the design team for the University of California San Diego's Center for Novel Therapeutics in La Jolla, which opened 2019.

Xu, is a senior project designer with 18 years of experience. He has worked in the commercial, residential, mixed-use, higher education, hospitality and science and technology sectors. He leads design teams through complex projects of varying scales. He is working on an office project in Boise, Idaho with Rafanelli & Nahas and a KeyBank office modernization in Anchorage, Alaska with Peach Investments that is expected to be done by 2021.

Herzer is a project architect who was hired 13 years ago. She has worked as a civic, healthcare and corporate interior designer. She is responsible for project ideation, management and detailing as well as contact administration and consultant coordination. In recent years, she worked with Vulcan Inc. on the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and King County Library System on the Tukwila Library.

Ramsey is a medical planner who joined the company in 2009, and has a background in project delivery and building information modeling. He recently worked on Kaiser Permanente specialty clinics in Silverdale, Ballard (Seattle), Smokey Point and Olympia, as well as St. Joseph's Medical Center Master Facility Plan with Virginia Mason, all completed last year.

Forman is regional general counsel. She reviews contracts and oversees claims and other legal matters for the firm's Western studios. She was in private practice from 2006-2013, at Gensler from 2013-2016 and joined Perkins and Will in 2016.

Hakim is a project architect with 14 years of industry experience. She has participated in projects based around the world, ranging from large institutional and commercial developments to single-family residential remodeling. She collaborates with project managers, leadership and stakeholders on healthcare and corporate, civic and commercial projects. She also oversees the company's mentorship program. She is working on Seattle-based projects, including Swedish First Hill North Tower with Providence Health and Services.

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