Oct 30, 2002

Washington State University

Washington State University and the University of Tokyo are entering into a partnership that will enhance both universities' programs in agricultural and life sciences and veterinary medicine. The agreement will include exchange of faculty members, joint research, joint lectures and symposia, and exchange of academic information and publications. The University of Tokyo is considered Asia's premier research university and ranks among the best in the world. WSU alumnus Koichiro Iwasaki, president of MRL Co., Ltd., played a key role in facilitating the agreement.

Washington Women Lawyers

Kristi L. Helgeson, an associate in Preston Gates Ellis' Technology and Intellectual Property Department, has been elected president of Washington Women Lawyers. The statewide nonprofit organization has more than 600 members and is committed to furthering the full integration of women in the legal profession. She will

oversee WWL's business and activities, serve as the primary representative to the public and legal community, and chair both the board of directors and the executive committee.

Port of Everett

John Mohr, executive director of the Port of Everett, was officially installed as the U.S. delegation chair for the American Association of Port Authorities at its annual convention Sept. 28. AAPA is an alliance of ports of the Western Hemisphere including the major shipping ports from the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. He will chair the U.S. Legislative Policy Council and be responsible for articulating AAPA’s legislative position before Congress. Mohr has been executive director of the port for five years.

TeraCloud

TeraCloud Corp. of Bellevue, a provider of storage resource management solutions, added Scott Moreland as vice president of engineering. Moreland will lead TeraCloud’s development team. He was senior director of research and development for Veritas Corp.

Columbia Hospitality

Seattle-based Columbia Hospitality announced several promotions and new hires. Eva Bledsoe was promoted to sales manager for Bell Harbor International Conference Center. She was previously sales manager with Aljoya Conference Center at Laurelhurst. Monica Floreno was hired as an interim sales manager at Bell Harbor and promoted to event manager at World Trade Center Seattle. Joan Stanley has been hired as the sales manager for Aljoya. Bill Sauter is the new maintenance technician. Clifton Lyles was hired as executive chef. Steve LaRose was promoted to director of technology for Cedarbrook after being director of technology at Bell Harbor International Conference Center for five years. Roberta Meistrell has been hired as guest program manager.

Wells Fargo

Brandy Parker has been named manager of Wells Fargo’s Madison Park financial services store. She began her Wells Fargo career in 1998 as an agent-officer in Spokane, and now leads a team of six bankers. Most recently, she worked as a personal banker at Wells Fargo’s Metropolitan branch in downtown Seattle. The bank is at 4009 E. Madison, and will hold an open house Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2.

ASC

Rodel Del Mundo has joined Advanced Structural Concepts as a CAD draftsman. Mundo has 10 years of experience in structural drafting. He has been involved with larger commercial projects such as hotels, retail buildings, office buildings and multi-family. He is currently working on the Ranniger mixed-use project, 17th and Spring residential project, Applebee’s restaurants and a co-brand development building.

ASC provides structural engineering design, investigation and construction phase services.

Dykeman

Kierstin Moffat Misterek joined Dykeman as an interior design director. She will be leading Dykeman's expansion of both interior design services and workplace consulting services. She serves on the public relations committee of the International Interior Design Association and is a new member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Dykeman has been in business for 35 years and has a staff of more than 30 interior designers, planners, architects and support staff.

Peterson

Peterson Consulting Engineers announced the addition of Michael Mickiewicz as survey manager. Mickiewicz has 29 years of professional experience, including work for both private and public sector clients involving project management, boundary and topographic surveys, easement location and creation, telecommunication and retail development, among others. His responsibilities will include all survey related tasks and coordination at PCE.

Peterson Consulting Engineers is a civil engineering and land surveying firm located in Kirkland.

Berger/ABAM

Jerrod McCann recently joined Berger/ABAM Engineers in Federal Way. McCann has eight years experience in inspection, construction and field engineering for waterfront and marine projects. His background includes diving experience performing condition surveys and inspections for piers, dolphins, terminals, bridges, seawalls, traveling water screens, intake bays and water gates. Prior to joining Berger/ABAM, McCann served as field services and engineering technician for a consulting engineering firm.

Julia Walton joined the Federal Way headquarters as planning and environmental manager. Walton has 20 years experience with urban planning and design experience leading large-scale, multidisciplinary projects. Her background in both planning and architecture enables her to understand and communicate how plans and options translate into the built environment and how to use successful physical designs as a template for public policy.

Carlos Ospina is also new in the Federal Way headquarters. Ospina has 10 years of experience in structural engineering for residential and industrial buildings, and transportation facilities. He has experience in analysis, design and destructive testing of full-scale structural concrete members; structural concrete design theory; and the use of advanced composite materials to repair or rehabilitate concrete structures. Ospina was a bridge engineer for Canadian National Railways.

Berger/ABAM offers services in project management, civil and structural engineering, environmental planning and documentation, and construction management and support.

Wiss, Janney, Elstner

Eric Anderson recently joined Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates as a senior engineer. Anderson is completing his Ph.D. in civil engineering at Berkeley, where he received his master's in 1996.

At Berkeley, Anderson developed earthquake simulation tests of seismically isolated highway bridges for the California Department of Transportation. Prior to this, he worked for 10 years as a project engineer on a wide range of structural investigations and new design projects including bridges, buildings, and coastal and marine facilities. Anderson has managed numerous post-earthquake damage evaluations of highway and building structures; strength evaluation of an existing waffle-slab floor system; replacement of prestressed concrete highway bridge girders; and structural design for both an elementary and a junior college campus.

WJE specializes in the investigation, analysis and design of repairs for contemporary and historic buildings, bridges and other structures.

Shannon & Wilson

Lloyd Reitz recently joined Shannon & Wilson as a principal engineer. Reitz has specialized in geotechnical engineering for 12 years, managing and directing geotechnical and seismic hazard investigations. He will support transportation, infrastructure and development projects from Shannon & Wilson’s Richland office.

Mirai

Mirai Associates recently announced the addition of three staff. Donald Hoffman joins Mirai as traffic engineer. Prior to joining the consulting world a few years ago, Hoffman was Northwest Region Traffic Engineer for the Washington State Department of Transportation. He has 40 years of transportation engineering experience, including having managed the initial design, construction, and operation of the ramp metering and closed-circuit TV system for all freeways in the Seattle metropolitan area.

Brian Dearing, engineer-in-training, joins Mirai from Missouri. He currently studying for his master's in civil engineering/transportation planning at the U.W. Yukari Bettencourt joins as administrative coordinator/graphics specialist. She brings extensive from the publishing world, where has been an associate on-line editor for REI and editor of Soy Source, a Japanese community newsletter