Aug 14, 2019

Hagen, Kurth, Perman & Co.

Umba

Carrie Jo Umba is now an owner of the Seattle accounting and tax firm of Hagen, Kurth, Perman & Co. Umba has been a CPA since 1998 and advises closely held businesses and their entrepreneurial owners. She joins four other owners at the firm that was founded in 1974.

Berger Partnership

Huang

McBride

Montressor

Seattle-based Berger Partnership promoted Jen Montressor to project manager and added Maren McBride as a project manager and Xingyue Huang as a summer intern. Montressor was hired in 2015. Her work includes the South Sound 911 Center in Tacoma, Alaska Airlines headquarters and Mt. Baker Apartments. McBride is working on the Microsoft campus renovation. She has nine years of experience in landscape architecture, urban design and planning with projects that include urban public space, streetscapes, schools, community master planning, transit infrastructure and mobility, regional stormwater strategies, parks/open space and design guidelines. Huang is a landscape architecture student at the Harvard School of Design with a background in architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture. She has a bachelor of engineering in landscape architecture from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. Berger is a landscape architectural and urban design firm.

Stantec

Wahto

Heidi Wahto joined Stantec, a global engineering, architecture and consulting firm, as a principal and senior environmental regulatory expert in the Bellevue office. Wahto will use her 20-plus years of experience to grow the WaterPower & Dams practice. She analyzes requirements for and advises clients in licensing, permitting, and developing compliance programs for hydropower and water-resource related projects. She recently managed the relicensing effort of a 4.1-megawatt run-of-river project on the Boise River.

Johnston Architects

Coleman

Seattle-based Johnston Architects hired Liz Wasson Coleman as marketing director. Coleman has worked in the Northwest AEC industry for over 15 years, with a focus on client relationships, marketing, communications and business development. She has marketed local design firms working on mixed-use, multifamily, park and public works, commercial, workplace, health care and hospitality projects. She leads JA's marketing, including proposal strategy and development, copywriting, editing, press and public relations, brand integration and supporting business development. The firm provides architecture, interior design and urban planning.

PBS Engineering and Environmental

DeJesus

Jonathan DeJesus joined PBS Engineering and Environmental as a civil engineer in the Issaquah office. He holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from Hofstra University and will support civil and stormwater engineering work as the firm grows in the Puget Sound region.

Ashbaugh Beal

Grossman

James Grossman joined Ashbaugh Beal in Seattle as an associate practicing in the firm's litigation groups. Grossman received his juris doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law.

Windstar Cruises

Seattle-based Windstar Cruises says it had a record number of bookings in July. The company operates six small cruise ships that sail to 330 unique ports of call. It is expanding and improving three of its ships under a $250 million initiative. Those renovated ships will launch in February, July and November of 2020.

Aug 13, 2019

Sarcos Robotics

Miller

Sarcos Robotics appointed Jim Miller as vice president of defense solutions. Miller is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces colonel who was in active duty for nearly 30 years. Sarcos makes full-body exoskeleton robots for industrial and military applications. It is headquartered in Salt Lake City, with an office in Bellevue.

University of Idaho

The University of Idaho hired Terry Gawlik as athletic director. Gawlik worked at the University of Wisconsin since 1994, holding various positions including assistant athletics director and deputy Title IX coordinator. She earned her bachelor's degree at Southwestern University and her master's at Texas State University. She played basketball and volleyball and coached those sports at three Texas colleges. Her new job starts Sept. 1.

Broadmark Capital

Trinity Merger Corp. is buying Broadmark Capital's real estate lending and management companies to create an internally managed commercial mortgage REIT. The new company will be called Broadmark Realty Capital when the deal is finalized in early November. The buyout is estimated at $1.2 billion, with 92% in newly issued Broadmark Realty stock and 8% in cash. Broadmark's executive team will continue in their respective roles in the new company, with Jeffrey B. Pyatt becoming CEO and Joseph L. Schocken becoming board chair. Trinity is a special purpose acquisition company headquartered in Honolulu. Seattle-based Broadmark provides construction, land and development financing for commercial and residential properties.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Junor

Richmond

Sealey

In Seattle, Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Tina Sealey to safety manager, Lyndi Richmond to VDC coordinator and MacKenzie Junor to communications specialist. Sealey is a five-year safety professional who joined Lewis in 2018. Richmond has been with the company for over two years after earning a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Washington State University Everett. Junor joined the firm's marketing department two years ago. She holds a bachelor's in journalism from Western Washington University.

Holt Services

Sewell

Sean Sewell is the new environmental health and safety director at Holt Services in Edgewood. Sewell's background in safety stems from his 26 years in the Army. He replaced John Johnson, who retired. Holt is an environmental, geotechnical and clean water drilling contractor.