Feb 17, 2016

Gensler

Nielsen

Levine

Creal

Addington

Chu

Drake

Branko

In Seattle, Gensler promoted Lewis Chu to senior associate, and Molly Addington, Case Creal, Eric Levine, Keith Nielsen, Setion Branko and Barton Drake to associate. Chu is a senior technical architect who has been with Gensler for five years. He leads technical design for the Seattle office. Addington is a project architect who has led corporate TI projects. Creal is a project manager who has managed core and shell projects, including Crescent Heights' 1901 Minor. Levine directs brand and environmental graphic design for Seattle. He joined the firm in 2015 with over 26 years of experience. Nielsen is a senior project manager who has led interior renovations, including Microsoft Buildings 16 and 17, and Boeing 737 MAX office space. Branko is a designer who links multiple disciplines including architecture, interiors and UX design. Drake is a senior project manager who is leading the 200,000-square-foot Austin-Bergstrom International Airport expansion. Gensler is a design, planning and consulting firm with 46 global offices.

Bassetti Architects

Kiel

Kicinski

Davis

Bassetti Architects promoted Michael Davis, Kristian Kicinski and Jordan Kiel to associate principal. Davis focuses on K-12, historic and civic projects. He is working on Lincoln High School in Seattle. Kicinski has educational planning and design experience. He is working on Rock Springs Satellite High School in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Kiel has helped the firm get more collegiate and design-build work. He is working on modernizations and additions to Stewart Middle School and McDonald-Smith Buildings for the University of Washington, Tacoma.

ZGF Architects

Williams

Cotter

ZGF Architects named as partners Patrick Cotter and Tim Williams. Cotter works in the Vancouver, B.C., office. His projects include Bosa Properties Denny Center, a 41-story residential tower and retail podium in Denny Triangle, and a 4-million-square-foot master plan for Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, that creates a transit-oriented city center and retail core with 5,000 living units. In 2014, ZGF and Cotter's firm, Cotter Architects, formed a new company in Vancouver, B.C., called ZGF Cotter. Williams recently relocated from ZGF's Seattle office to the Washington, D.C., office. He works on projects for cities, universities and corporations. His work includes Seattle's King Street Station, Molecular Engineering & Sciences Building at the University of Washington; and Cascade Bicycle Club headquarters.

NAC Architecture

Pena

Nelli

Park

In the Seattle office, NAC Architecture hired Aubree Park, Garrett Nelli and Myles Pena as junior designers. Park holds a bachelor's in architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She was a junior designer for BKSK Architects and a junior designer/medical planner for HGA Architects and Engineers. Nelli holds a bachelor of architecture degree from University of Tennessee, and has a background in construction, 3D modeling and graphic design. He is working on Highline Medical Center. Pena holds a bachelor of architecture degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and was a designer and fabricator at Biitspace. He is working on Bellevue School District's Newport High School addition. NAC provides planning, design, engineering and capital facilities consulting services, with offices in the western U.S.

Lane Powell

Bradley

Pyle

Gregory T. Pyle has joined Lane Powell as an attorney in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Pyle will focus on corporate, business and transactional matters. Heidi Brooks Bradley has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Litigation Department. Bradley will focus on securities litigation, antitrust matters and complex commercial disputes. Bradley was with Sullivan & Cromwell's Los Angeles office, and Heller Ehrman.

Perkins Coie

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy appointed Harry H. Schneider, Jr., a partner with Perkins Coie, to its board of trustees. His legal career has spanned more than three decades and he has handled numerous high-profile cases. NITA trains and mentors lawyers.

Feb 12, 2016

Clarity Quest

Clarity Quest, a marketing and public relations agency serving health care, biotech and business-to-business tech sectors, opened a downtown Seattle office offering strategy, branding and public relations services as well as online marketing and website development. Cori Omundson leads the Seattle office.

Madrona Venture Group

Madrona Venture Group said Julie Sandler will join the Presidential Leadership Scholars class of 2016. The program draws on resources from the presidential centers of Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, William J. Clinton and George W. Bush. The group learns from former presidents, adminstration officials and academics. Sandler leads new investment opportunities for Madrona and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Washington. She launched Seattle Entrepreneurial Women's Network and was named Geekwire's 2014 Geek of the Year.