Oct 17, 2000

City of Seattle

Reed

Strehle

Karen Reed and Sheila Strehle have assumed new roles in the communications office at Seattle Public Utilities.

Reed, former director of communications and client relations with Walsh & Associates, joined SPU’s communications staff as branch liason for the engineering services branch.

Strehle joined the staff after serving as public information officer for the Seattle Fire Department. She is responsible for SPU’s media relations efforts.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman

Guinto

Foster Pepper & Shefelman, a law firm with offices in Seattle and Bellevue, announced that Nancy Guinto has joined the firm as its executive director. In her new position, Guinto serves as the chief operating officer, making recommendations regarding administrative support, management policies and strategic direction.

Richmond Public Relations

Silber

Adam Silber, former producer for KING Television’s 5 o’clock news, has joined Richmond Public Relations in Seattle as an account executive. Prior to his work at KING Television, Silber worked as a producer for the 5 o’clock news at KXTV in Sacramento, Calif.

Everett Mutual Bank

Hopkins

Bosh

Everett Mutual Bank announced the addition of Kathryn Hopkins as the Monroe branch manager and Cheryl Bosh as the manager of the North Creek branch. Hopkins has 12 years of experience in the banking industry, most recently serving as a relationship associate for Key Bank. Bosh has five years of banking experience with Everett Mutual Bank working as a personal banker.

Both Hopkins and Bosh will be responsible for all of their branch operations and assist in the development of sales and marketing plans

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Seattle general contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis has added Tom Browning as a senior project manager in its Special Projects Division and Steve Eirschele as its director of mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering. The company also promoted Jane Louie and Jim Burk to senior project managers. Browning had worked for Lewis for five years in the past and was previously operations manager for contractor M.J. Takisaki. He is now focusing on office and bank branch projects. Eirschele is a registered professional engineer with 20 years of experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Louie will be working in the firm's Special Projects Division. She has been with the company for seven years and is in charge of several on-going accounts, including Starbucks and PathoGenesis. Burk has been with Lewis since 1984 and has 20 years of construction experience. He holds a bachelor's degree in architecture and urban design from the University of Washington. He is currently managing the company's work with Martin Selig Real Estate.

S.D. Deacon

S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington has made several additions and promotions to its field staff. New superintendents include Bob Thompson, Douglas Palmer, James Meyer, George Kobory and Bert Wailes. Deacon employees promoted to superintendent include Cliff Kendall and Scott Weston. Thompson studied construction management at Edmonds Community College and is presently constructing Redmond Town Square. Palmer has 20 years of experience and recently coordinated completion of the 7-acre Cooper Point Pavilion project in Olympia. Meyer also has 20 years of experience. He is heading up fieldwork on the Cooper Point Marketplace project in Olympia. Kobory, who studied architecture, urban development, and structural engineering at Highline Community College, is currently working on the Target store remodel job in Tacoma. Wailes has over 26 years of experience and is now completing a Ross Dress for Less store at Cascade Plaza in Everett. Kendall started with Deacon as a carpenter in 1994. He is now renovating a Safeway store in Milton. Weston joined Deacon in 1991 and has held a number of positions, such as carpenter, and closeout and warranty director. He is constructing a mixed-use project on the Kirkland waterfront. Recent promotions to the foreman position include: Mike Virdell, Chuck Maris, Eric Thompson, Jeff Marroni, Rob Taylor, Brett Johnson, Sung Hwang, Jim Clemetson and Jackson Buck. Also, Tom Brammer is a foreman in training.

DPR Construction

The Seattle office of DPR Construction has hired seven new team members and promoted Chris Burkebile to project manager. Burkebile will be putting his eight years of construction experience to work as part of the company's management team, where he will be responsible for coordinating subcontractors as well as budgetary and scheduling issues. The new hires include Tim Comer, Mike Herzog, Tom Whitaker, Tracy Roberts, Cory Zonich, Jason Limp and Sean Ryan. Comer has 21 years of experience and formerly worked for M.A. Mortenson Co. At DPR, he is overseeing construction operations at the Bellevue Technology Tower as a project manager. Herzog also comes from M.A. Mortenson, where he implemented a regional scheduling program. He is now managing scheduling on a large biotechnology facility in Bothell as a project estimator. Whitaker, also an estimator, previously worked for Barclay White of Berwyn, Pa. He holds a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from the University of Colorado. Roberts, Zonich, Limp and Ryan are all project engineers. Roberts has 12 years of experience and holds a master's degree in architecture and a bachelor's degree in building construction from the University of Washington. Zonich transferred from DPR's Portland office, where he worked on a major semiconductor wafer fabrication plant. Limp was previously with Dohn Construction of Fort Collins, Co., where he worked as an estimator for three years. Ryan is a University of Washington graduate and is working on Onyx Software's new headquarters in the 112th@12th project in Bellevue

Oct 16, 2000

Stoel Rives

Sophia Chrusciel and Melanie Curtice have joined the Seattle law office of Stoel Rives. Both Chrusciel and Curtice practice in the firm's employee benefit group. Chrusciel joined the firm as of counsel. She concentrates her practice on employee benefit plan matters and related tax and ERISA concerns. Curtice focuses her practice on health and welfare benefit plans, tax-qualified and unqualified benefits and pensions.

Kibble & Prentice

Barb Larimer has been named vice president of Kibble & Prentice, a Seattle-based financial services firm. Larimer manages the corporate marketing, public relations and advertising efforts for the company.

Pasta & Co.

Jennifer Seversen, formerly vice president and general manager at University Village, has joined Pasta & Co. as a minority owner and executive vice president. Seversen will be primarily in charge of all the company's real estate dealings, including leading all new store openings. Pasta & Co. , a Seattle-based specialty food store, currently has five locations: downtown Seattle, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, Bellevue and University Village.

Betty Bowen Committee

The Betty Bowen Committee has selected Seattle artist Iole Alessandrini as the recipient of the 2000 Betty Bowen Memorial Award. Alessandrini was selected from among 426 applicants who competed for the $11,000 award. Betty Bowen (1918-1977) was a Washington native and a supporter of Northwest artists. Alessandrini is currently working on an installation for the Bellevue Art Museum's inaugural exhibition, opening January, 2001.

Ater Wynne

Ater Wynne, a Portland-based law firm, has named Kathy Feldman of counsel in its Seattle office. Feldman brings more than 15 years of experience in employment counseling and in defending wrongful termination and employment discrimination claims. She most recently practiced as a shareholder for the Seattle law firm Reed McClure