Jan 16, 2019

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

O'Rourke

Zeng

Garcia

Ni

Hoyt

In Seattle, landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol hired Jean Ni, Ana Cristina Garcia and Jing Zeng as designers, Bessy Barahona as a design intern and Malaika O'Rourke as an accountant. Daisy Hoyt joined GGN's Washington, D.C. workspace as a designer. Ni holds a master of landscape architecture from the University of Washington and a bachelor's in sociology from the University of California at San Diego. She did work through the Urban@UW Homelessness Research Initiative and is co-founder of the student-led Design Justice Seattle. Garcia has a master of landscape architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a bachelor of arts dual-degree in architectural studies and Latin American studies from Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Zeng holds a master of landscape architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a bachelor's in environmental design from Sichuan University. She worked as an urban designer in Shanghai. Barahona holds a bachelor's in landscape architecture from Cal Poly Pomona. O'Rourke has experience in public accounting, focusing on individual and corporate clients, as well as in the tax department of a retail company. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Southern California. Hoyt has a master of landscape architecture from Cornell University and a bachelor's in studio arts from Clark University.

OAC Services

Romero

OAC Services promoted Mitch Romero to associate and director of its Olympia office. He will lead projects and business development, and oversee a staff of eight. He has nearly 25 years of experience that includes projects for Washington school districts, including Seattle and Centralia. He also has worked with the state, U.S. Foreign Service and other agencies.

FFA Architecture and Interiors

Pete

Grace

Gelbrich

Portland-based FFA Architecture and Interiors promoted Ian Gelbrich and Richard Grace to partner and John Pete to associate. Gelbrich has practiced architecture in the Portland area for over 20 years. As lead of FFA's civic market, he has led teams on municipal projects that include Redmond City Hall & Civic Center. He is project lead for Beaverton Public Safety Center. Grace is lead of FFA's commercial, interiors and library markets. He is leading design efforts on TriMet Transit Central Police Station, and Oregon City Police and Municipal Courts Building. Pete has practiced architecture for eight years and helped the firm expand its public safety portfolio. He was project architect for Redmond City Hall & Civic Center and is lead architect on TriMet Transit Central Police Station. FFA provides architecture, planning and interior design.

Allwest Testing & Engineering

Fraser

Wasson

Jim Wasson passed the exam to become Allwest Testing & Engineering's first certified building inspector. Wasson can now do third-party building inspections. He provides services for the Spokane, Hayden and Lewiston offices of the engineering, environmental, and construction materials testing firm. Scott Fraser with the firm passed the engineering exam. The staff engineer has worked in Hayden and Spokane.

Stoel Rives

Attorneys Bart W. Reed, Rachel Hoffman Cox and Joseph Nussbaum are now partners in the Seattle office of Stoel Rives. Reed focuses on construction and design disputes. Cox advises clients in permitting, compliance and environmental laws. Nussbaum, a member of the project finance group and renewable energy industry team, focuses on the solar industry.

F5 Networks

Nick Mehta and Marie E. Myers joined Seattle-based F5 Networks' board. Mehta is CEO of Gainsight, a developer of sales software. He was CEO of LiveOffice, which was acquired by Symantec in 2012. Myers is CFO of UiPath, a robotic process automation company. Prior to that, she was global controller at HP.

City of Tacoma

The city of Tacoma said Vanna Sing will get the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Emerging Leader Community Service Award during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration in Tacoma. The award focuses on young leaders. Sing founded Tacoma Healing Awareness Community.

Union Gospel Mission

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission won a $5,000 grant from the Academy of Dentistry International Foundation for dental services for homeless and low-income men and women. Over the past year, the mission's dental clinic in Pioneer Square has cared for more than 1,100 patients. It also trains dental hygienists.