Jan 16, 2002

Roth Hill

Choate

William Choate has joined Roth Hill Engineering Partners as a full-time survey technician specializing in field data reduction, terrain modeling, CADD and field surveying.

Roth Hill Engineering is a 30 year-old, 50-person, Bellevue-based consulting civil engineering firm providing engineering and design, land surveying, government affairs, planning and construction administration services for public agencies and private owners on a variety of projects.

Swenson Say Fagét

Swenson Say Fagét announces the following people have joined their Seattle office:

King

Sean King has joined the firm as IT manager. King is a graduate of the University of Washington and has worked in the A/E computer industry since 1984.

Leonard

Diana Leonard joins the firm as a project manager. Leonard holds engineering degrees from Washington State University, and has practiced structural engineering for 17 years in the Puget Sound area.

Hennebery Eddy

Hennebery Eddy Architects of Portland announced the promotion of two senior project managers to associate.

Osborne

Alan Osborne, project architect and team leader with 18 years of experience in project design and management, has been responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships in the markets of institutional and public facilities, commercial project design, facility renovation and historic renovation.

Osborne is currently project manager for the Loyola Jesuit Center in Southeast Portland, renovation of the fire-damaged Burlingame Grocery and a new three-story office building for the Lorentz Bruun Construction Co. He recently completed the master plan for the Tualatin Valley Water District Master Plan, will be providing design services for the expansion and has expertise in complex land-use issues including design and environmental review processes.

Sargent

John Sargent's focus is on public, institutional, corporate and urban housing projects. Sargent is currently project manager for the renovation and remodeling of fire stations 3, 10, 14, 23, 25, 26 and 28 for the city of Portland Bureau of General Services. This work includes seismic and ADA upgrades, conversion of dormitories to individual sleeping rooms and the addition of new apparatus bays to two stations. He is also responsible for management and design of the Nike Footwear Division Design Studio. The team won an invitational design competition for this project.

Established in 1992, Hennebery Eddy Architects, Inc. is a Portland architectural, interior design and planning firm with clients and projects throughout Oregon and western Washington

Small Business Administration

Conrad Lee has been appointed regional administrator in Region X to oversee the U.S. Small Business Administration’s programs and services in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. Since 1979, Lee has been the owner and managing partner of a property-management business. He is on the Bellevue City Council.

Avista

Jon E. Eliassen announced his retirement from senior vice president and chief financial officer for Avista Corp. Eliassen will leave the energy company in April 2003 after 33 years with the Spokane business. He was named to his current position in August 1996.

Excell Data

Doug Johnson was recently appointed director of the business technology solutions group at Excell Data. Johnson will be managing Excell's consulting services, which focus on project-based development, enterprise integration and infrastructure solutions. Excell Data is a Bellevue-based information technology services provider.

Group Health

Group Health Cooperative and 11 physician practices and groups in Skagit, Island and San Juan counties have completed direct contract agreements to take effect March 1. The partnerships were formerly contracted through Skagit Health Associates. The new direct contracts are between Group Health and each of these practices: Burlington Family Practice, Dietrich & Smith Clinic, Drs. Creelman and Shilling, East Valley Medical Diagnostic, Fidalgo Medical Associates, North Cascade Family Physicians, Orcas Pediatrics, Sedro Woolley Family Medicine, Skagit Pediatrics, Whidbey Community Physicians and the Island Hospital clinics of Anacortes Family Medicine, La Conner Medical Center, Lopez Island Medical Center, Orcas Island Medical Center, and North Whidbey Physicians Clinic. Group Health contracts with more than 5,000 community providers across Washington and northern Idaho

K/P Corp.

Orlando Boleda is the new Washington division president for K/P Corp. Boleda joined K/P in October, previously spending an 18-year career at Hart Graphics in Austin, Texas. He will oversee business at K/P's Seattle printing facility and its mail and fulfillment facility in Kent. K/P is based in San Ramon, Calif., and employs 600 people in 12 facilities throughout the West.

Cascade Designs

John D. Burroughs, cofounder and current president of Cascade Designs will nominate Lee Fromson to succeed him as president, effective in May, at the company's next meeting of shareholders. Fromson is currently chief operating officer and vice president. Burroughs will become chief software architect and remain chairman of the board and president of the company's Irish subsidiary, Cascade Designs, Ltd.

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs appointed Richard D. Thaler as its new managing director. Thaler will hold the position for a three-year term, replacing Sheryl J. Willert. Thaler's practice is concentrated in the area of real estate.