Dec 27, 2002

Northwest Maritime Center

The Northwest Maritime Center has received four leadership gifts totaling more than $800,000 towards its $10 million capital campaign to build a regional maritime educational and cultural facility in Port Townsend. The new gifts include $500,000 towards a $1 million pledge from the Camilla Chandler Family Foundation of Los Angeles and the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, the D.V. and Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust, and the Juniper Foundation have pledged gifts totaling more than $300,000. Designed by the Miller/Hull Partnership, the facility will consist of the Chandler Education Building, the Maritime Heritage and Resource Building, a high-trestle pier with floating docks, and a 20,000-square-foot outdoor commons area. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2005.

Appraisal Institute

Murray Brackett was elected president of the Seattle chapter of the Appraisal Institute. Brackett is currently vice president and a principal with Bruce C. Allen & Associates. Other elected by the organization for 2003 include: Scott Biethan, vice president; Chuck Munson, treasurer; and Carol Piesley, secretary.

Captain’s Nautical Supplies

Seattle's Captain’s Nautical Supplies has begun a charts on demand service for U.S. Government NOAA Charts that include up-to-date information. The charts are printed directly from current NOAA data. Captain's has teamed with OceanGrafix of Saint Paul, Minn. to offer the service.

Integral Development Association

John Forman, Phil Landraitis, Steve McIntosh and Bert Parlee recently formed a new management consulting firm in Seattle named Integral Development Associates. The firm specializes in integral theory as it applies to a business model. Forman is acting as the firm's managing partner.

Dec 26, 2002

:Freiheit & Ho Architects

Freiheit & Ho Architects has added three staff members. Ethan Tu received his degree in architecture from Washington State University in 1996 and has experience in commercial project types such as office buildings and hospitality projects. Kevin Reed has an architecture degree from Virginia Tech and will be working on hospitality projects. Mark Kroeger received his architecture degree from North Carolina State University and will be working on retail projects.

Hart Crowser

Kristy Olsen, contract manager/legal assistant for Hart Crowser, was promoted for her contributions to the company over the past year. Working closely with the firm’s corporate counsel, Olsen has helped to implement procedures for the firm’s contract and subcontract review and approval process. Olsen also assumed increased responsibility with the administration of Hart Crowser’s contract management and negotiation.

BOE architects

Tanja Stack has joined BOE architects as project associate. Stack will assist in the design and documentation of commercial projects including the new Pacific Peaks Council Girl Scouts Center in DuPont, The Sun Mountain Lodge Spa Facility in Winthrop, and the Rainier Pacific Bank Building in Tacoma.

Dec 24, 2002

Veca Electric & Communications

Veca Electric & Communications has hired Shane Rabourn as senior estimator and Brian Westerlund as director of business development. Before joining Veca, Rabourn served as senior estimator for both Cochran Electric and Seahurst Electric. His educational background includes Construction Industry Trade Council certification through Edmonds Community College. Westerlund is the former CEO of Metrocellular. He holds a bachelor's degree from North Park University in Chicago.

KJM & Associates

Bellevue-based KJM & Associates has added three to its branch offices in California. In the Irvine office, Carlos Peña has joined as senior transportation specialist and Marilyn Bridges as senior project manager. Stephanie J. Johnson has joined the Concord office as marketing coordinator. Peña brings more than 18 years of experience in the urban transportation field. He holds a master's degree in urban planning and policy and a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and sciences from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Bridges has more than 24 years of experience in program, construction and project management. She holds a master's degree in business with a minor in geotechnical engineering from the State University of New York at Albany. She earned her bachelor's degree in business/finance from Grambling State University. She also is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Virginia. Johnson has over eight years of marketing coordination experience with geotechnical, architectural and engineering firms. She holds a bachelor's degree in international affairs from Pepperdine University. KJM has nine branch offices located across the country.

Professional Service Industries

Charles Mlodzik has joined Professional Service Industries Inc. as department manager for construction services, nondestructive examination and geotechnical engineering. Mlodzik has over 23 years of experience in inspection, quality assurance/quality control and materials testing. He perviously was general manager and technical director at Otto Rosenau & Associates.

MBA/BIAW

Four members of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties recently were honored by the Building Industry Association of Washington. Sherry Schwab, president of HCS Construction Services, was named BIAW Remodeler of the Year, Charlie Brown, area manager for Sears Contract Sales in Bellevue, was named BIAW Associate of the Year, and Don McDonald and Dick Rokes were inducted into the BIAW Hall of Fame. All four are also BIAW members.

Safeco

Safeco's board of directors elected Kerry Killinger as its director. Killinger is chairman, president and CEO of Washington Mutual. Killinger was named Washington Mutual's president in 1988 and chairman in 1991.

Entercom Seattle

Bob Boyd has been named general sales manager of KNWX and 770AM. Both stations are owned and operated by Entercom Seattle. Boyd was most recently head of Entercom's traffic sales and has held previous sales positions at KIRO and The BUZZ.

Aventail

Aventail has appointed Stephen Smith vice president of finance and administration. Smith will be responsible for all finance, human resources, legal and IT facets of Aventail's business. He most recently was with Network Commerce and has held previous executive positions with AAA Washington, Pizza Blends, Horizon Air and asterion.com. Seattle-based Aventail provides SSL VPN and extranet appliances and services for secure access to enterprise applications.

Microsoft

Roz Ho was named general manager of the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft. Ho has been with Microsoft since 1991, most recently serving as product unit manager of the Macintosh Business Unit in Silicon Valley. Ho will lead a team of approximately 150 full-time Mac product experts aligned with Apple Computers.

Seattle Executives Association

Seattle Executives Association's newly elected officers are: Rich Favaro as president, Burke Barker as first vice president, Dick Pakko as second vice president, Tom Hill as treasurer and Don Williams as head of the association's associates group. Favaro is currently president of PC Help, Barker is president of Empire Home Remodeling, Pakko is president of Four Seasons Cleaners, Hill is president of Metropolitan Building Maintenance, and Williams is vice president commercial sales for American Drapery Blind and Carpet