Sep 17, 2003

SME Inc.

Blair

Steve Blair has rejoined SME as service manager. He has more than 18 years of electrical industry experience, including six years managing his own company.

Blair will expand the service division to include multi-family residential clients and residential services, as well as support current commercial and industrial clients. Blair graduated from the Construction Industry Training Council's electrical program in 1994.

Joseph Greif Architects

Imhoff

Joseph Greif Architects has hired Sara Imhoff as a project designer and manager. Previous projects includes commercial, retail and mixed-use buildings as well as single- and multi-family housing. She worked on the Minnetonka Center for the Arts in Minneapolis, while she was employed at James Dayton Design as an intern architect.

Joseph Greif Architects is a full service design firm that specializes in custom residential work.

Parametrix

Scott

Olen

Webb

Clyde Scott, senior transportation planner, recently joined the Kirkland office of Parametrix. He will be responsible for project execution and business development, and will focus on enhancing the firm’s modeling capabilities.

Most recently he worked on models to forecast the traffic impacts of developing Redmond Ridge East in Redmond, and parkway design alternatives for the Trinity River Corridor Vision Plan in Dallas. Current work includes updating the transportation element of Bremerton’s comprehensive plan.

Erv Olen has joined the Boise office of Parametrix as transportation planning manager, where he will be responsible for business development and project execution. Olen brings over 30 years of experience in planning related to land use, environmental and transportation needs. Olen has managed complex transportation corridor studies, major development reviews and special transportation and related air quality studies.

Bill Webb recently joined the Bremerton office as a senior geologist. Webb brings 14 years of experience in quality assurance and data management, petroleum remediation and business development. He will be responsible for project execution and business development of engineering and environmental science projects. His experience includes technical manager for petroleum remediation at the Whidbey Island Naval Station. Current work includes the Port Angeles landfill closure and remediation work for the city of Bremerton. Webb is a board member for the Seattle post of SAME, and is a member of the Western Dredging Association.

Zipper Zeman Associates

Zipper Zeman Associates announced that Yen-Vy Van has joined the firm as senior project geologist. She brings 15 years of experience in site characterization studies, environmental impact studies, and has performed Level B and C hazardous waste investigation and remediation for NPL sites in California. Her experience also includes geologic and geotechnical evaluations, performing site reconnaissance, Phase II subsurface investigations, geologic mapping, interpretation of aerial photographs, fault studies and landslide investigations.

Kevin J. Howell joined the firm as geotechnical technician. While obtaining his bachelor of science in geology, Kevin worked on projects such as a high precision GPS geodetic experiment in the Eastern California Shear Zone area. He conducted stratigraphic analysis of flood terraces on the Danube and Tizsa rivers, including radiocarbon sampling. He recently moved to the Seattle area from Portland, where he worked as a driller’s helper.

Zipper Zeman Associates provides geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting and engineering geology services, with offices in Lynnwood, Seattle and Fife.

Omega Group

Omega Group named Linda Hines, Kelli Odom and Michael Goss senior project consultants. Hines is a former Moss Adams/EnTech team member, Odom has six years of experience in business solutions consulting and Goss previously ran his own consulting business, Goss Consulting. Hines and Odom will be based in Seattle; Goss will be based in Portland. Omega Group is headquartered in Portland, with offices in Seattle.

City University

City University appointed Elizabeth Fountain dean of its school of human services and applied behavioral science. Fountain has been interim dean for 10 months. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Seattle University and is currently working on her doctorate in higher education leadership at Capella University. She is a former member and co-chair of the Seattle Women’s Commission, a volunteer citizens board that advises city government on issues affecting women’s rights.

Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union

Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union and Teamsters' Credit Union have merged. The Teamster's Credit Union location on Denny Way will become the sixth office for Seattle Metropolitan, which has offices at Northgate, Southcenter, Rose Hill and Lynnwood. A seventh branch will open this fall in Seattle. The credit union serves the employees of the city of Seattle and 200 locally based businesses, including Eddie Bauer and Northwest Hospital. Anyone who lives or works in King, Snohomish or Pierce counties is eligible to join SMCU.

Washington Newspaper Publishers Association

Judy Z. Smith, publisher of The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, was named president of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. Smith has been publisher of the Chronicle since 1996. The association also named Kris Passey, publisher of the Marysville Globe and the Arlington Times, first vice president; Gregg McConnell, publisher of the Burlington Argus and the Courier-Times in Sedro-Woolley, second vice president; and Scott Hunter, publisher of the Grand Coulee Star, past president and WNPA executive director. Washington State Patrol Chief Ronal Serpas was presented with the Freedom's Light Award for his efforts to foster openness in the patrol.

University of Washington, Bothell

Elizabeth Swanson joined the University of Washington, Bothell as director of development. Previously Swanson was director of development at the Children's Museum in Seattle. She has held development positions at the University of Kansas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ohio State University.

National Association for the Self-Employed

Anne Alberg of Kirkland has been named to the 11-member Women's Advisory Council of the National Association for the Self-Employed. The council monitors issues that are of chief concern to women-owned, micro-businesses, from finding capital and securing contracts to networking and training. Alberg is a professional public speaker and specializes in creating business referrals for clients.