Jul 01, 1999

Cucina! Cucina!

Cucina! Cucina! recently promoted three employees. Mary Jo DeVere was promoted to director of recruiting; Kelly Sandall was promoted to controller; and Heather Boll was promoted to marketing manager. DeVere will be responsible for the staffing of two corporate offices and 40 different restaurants and facilities. Sandall will be responsible for supervising all accounting, payroll, and bookkeeping departments at Cucina! Cucina!, as well as all financial analysis. Boll will be responsible for advertising, event planning, promotions, public relations and brand management for Cucina! Cucina!, Cucina! Presto!, and Cucina! Retail.

Everett Community College

Charles N. Earl will become Everett Community College's 13th president. The college has also named Kathleen Gutierrez to continue as chair of the EvCC board of trustees, and confirmed Steve Parker as vice chair and board representative to the EvCC Foundation. Earl has been the college's chief operating officer.

Public Television Alliance

Heather Moore has joined the Public Television Alliance as a new account manager. Moore will be responsible for soliciting and securing corporate funding for KCTS and KBTC. She was an account executive at the Detroit Educational Television Foundation and a local corporate development coordinator for the WGBH Educational Foundation.

Cole & Weber

Vicky Hastings has joined Cole & Weber as senior vice president/director of public relations. Hastings was a marketing consultant prior to joining Cole & Weber. She has held managerial positions at Hastings Humble Giardini, Hill and Knowlton and The Rockey Co.

Chase Bobko

Chase Bobko has added Richard Brunke as chief operating officer and Shannon Cooper as director of marketing and sales. Brunke will be responsible for developing Chase Bobko's infrastructure. Previously, he was vice president of operations for TS Labs, and a management trainer for Toys R Us and Home Depot. Cooper will lead Chase Bobko's strategic marketing efforts. Before coming to Chase Bobko, Cooper was director of marketing for ST Labs.

Jun 30, 1999

Berger/ABAM

Elizabeth Davey has joined Berger/ABAM Engineers Inc. as a structural engineer in the company's Federal Way office. Davey specializes in the analysis of bridge structures under seismic loading. Her current assignments include the Kingston Ferry Terminal improvements project for the Washington State Ferries and a concrete composite pier project for the U.S. Navy. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, Davey was a bridge design engineer with the firms WestMar Consultants and Buckland and Taylor in Vancouver, B.C. She received her master's degree from the University of British Columbia in structural engineering. Nichole Brown has joined Berger/ABAM as an AutoCAD operator. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, Brown worked as an engineering intern with the cities of Tacoma and Lakewood. She holds an associate's degree in civil engineering technology from Bates Technical College in Tacoma. Daniel Vos has joined the firm as a structural engineer. Vos' background includes the planning, design and construction support for site development, transportation, waterfront and water resources projects. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, he was a civil engineer with the county of Kent in Michigan. He received his master's degree in structural engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Nancy Ferry has joined the firm as an administrative clerk. Prior to joining the company, Ferry worked as an administrative assistant for Morgan Design, an engineering and technical placement firm in Tukwila.

DLR Group

DLR Group, a national and architectural and engineering firm with a local office in Seattle, is ranked No. 1 among "largest firms in criminal justice," according to the 1999 World Architecture Survey of the 500 largest architectural/design firms. DLR's projects include Women's Medium Prison and Statewide Intake Center for the Oregon Department of Corrections; the Bellevue Police and Forensic ID Lab; the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab; and the Auckland Central Remand in Auckland, New Zealand. DLR is an employee-owned company with more than 500 employees located in 20 offices across the United States. Lori Coppenrath, a criminologist and trained psychologist, has joined the DLR Group Justice Team. Doug Holton, a mechanical engineer, joins the firm after eight years of service in the U.S. Navy. Holton is working on several corporate projects, including mechanical work for The Boeing Co., Unico Properties and Flaming Wok Restaurants. Robert Kuchcinski, a mechanical engineer, is assisting with the completion of the Seattle School District Support Services Center. He will soon be the project manager for tenant improvements at the new Fossil store at Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. Milton Perque Jr., from the University of New Orleans, joins the firm as an electrical engineer.

Tonya Giebel is a new employee in the firm's marke

Laylah Muran has been hired as the project administrator for the firm's Seattle Criminal Justice Team. Colleen Terry joins the firm as the project administrator for its Educational Design Studio Team. The firms' summer interns include Amy Walz, an architectural intern from Montana State University School of Architecture, and Aaron Seaholm, a mechanical engineering intern from the University of Texas Pan-America. A student with an interest in architecture from the University of San Diego, Angela Berry, joins the firm for the summer.

David Evans and Associates

Michael Davolio has recently been promoted to the position of planning director for the entire firm. Nancy Ryan has joined David Evans and Associates as a senior planner and project manager. Ryan previously operated her own consulting business, providing urban planning, development and environmental consulting services for public and private clients in Western Washington since 1986. She has a master's degree in urban planning from the University of Washington.

Reid Middleton

Jeff Lundt has joined Reid Middleton Inc. as a senior engineer for the firm's civil projects group. Previously, Lundt worked as a project manager for Symonds Consulting Engineers of Seattle. Over his 22 years of experience, he has engineered site and water resource projects and has designed utilities, storm water management, water supply and waste water treatment systems. He holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from Oregon State University.

Hart Crowser

Richard Rinne, a certified engineering geologist, has joined Hart Crowser's office in Portland, leading all investigation, design and remedial construction oversight of landslides. He will also be the firm's senior geologist for large, campus-type developments. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in geology from Oregon State University. Stuart Albright has also joined Hart Crowser's office in Portland. Albright will lead the company's foundation engineering and excavation support team in Oregon, southwest Washington and northern California, focusing on transportation projects, such as seismic upgrades of bridges and urban development. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Portland State University and a master's degree in civil engineering from Oregon State University. Also joining Hart Crowser is Jeff Duquette who will be working on a variety of foundation, excavation, transportation and landslide projects. Duquette has done site exploration and soil-related testing for the construction of Wal-Mart in Beaverton, Ore. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from San Diego State University and his master's degree from Portland State University.

Roth Hill

Peter Super has joined Roth Hill Engineering Partners Inc. in Bellevue as a project technician. Super received a degree in environmental science from Washington State University.

CNA

John Bund has joined CNA Architecture as senior architect. As senior architect, Bund will lead the production of technical documents for Intracorp's buildings at the Seaway Center in Everett and assist with the construction of Zelman Development's Oaksdale Business Campus in Renton. Prior to joining CNA, Bund worked for Demetriou & Associates in Kirkland and before that, RHL Design Group in Bellevue. His previous architecture and design experience includes the remodeling of and addition to the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fontana, Calif. He attended California Polytechnic University in Ponoma.

Mirai

Jana Janarthanan has joined Mirai Associates as principal in charge of traffic modeling and forecasting. Also joining the firm are: Lisa Northey, an associate, who was the design engineering manager with the city of Bellevue; and Michael Lapham, a transportation planner, who is from Portland State University.

NBBJ

Tom Morton has joined NBBJ to further the firm's presence in Europe. Morton was the association principal for Callison Architecture, working as a corporate studio design lead on Hewlett Packard manufacturing buildings in California and Colorado. He earned a bachelor's degree in art and urban studies at Dartmouth College and master's degree in architecture from Yale University.

CADD Consulting Services

Dana Scott has resigned from CADD NorthWest Inc. to establish CADD Consulting Services Inc., a business based in Kent that will offer computer-aided drafting and plotting services, contract labor, CADD training, systems and networking and customization services.

Garvey, Schubert & Barer

The law firm of Garvey, Schubert & Barer announced the addition of two principals and five Of Counsel. David Lieberworth and Gregg Rodgers have become principals in the firm. Craig H. Allen, Patricia H. Char, David W. Gee, Kenneth L. Karlberg, and Bruce A. King were recently appointed Of Counsel. Allen is director of the Law and Marine Affairs program at the University of Washington School of Law. He advises the firm's maritime clients on pollution and compliance issues. Char concentrates her practice on estate and trust issues. She was with Bogle & Gates for 22 years. Gee has a broad knowledge of various issues affecting healthcare providers. Karlberg's practice focuses on marine and fisheries law, and includes defending personal injury and sexual harassment actions brought by seamen. King's practice also emphasizes maritime issues, but his focus is on financial issues. Lieberworth's practice is primarily concerned with antitrust litigation and technology-oriented issues. Rodgers focuses on immigration issues, particularly those relating to the transfer of personnel.

Art Concepts of Kirkland

Art Concepts of Kirkland, a fine art gallery featuring the work of both regionally and internationally established artists, will open July 8. Tacoma-based fine art photographer Scott Bourne is one of the featured artists at the new gallery. The gallery is located at 110 Central Way in downtown Kirkland.

Washington State DOT

William H. "Bill" Southern Jr., public affairs officer of the state Department of Transportation Northwest Region, has announced his resignation. He will become director of public affairs for Seattle Public Schools. Southern has been with WSDOT since 1985.