Dec 24, 2003

Core Design

Vanderzanden

Kevin J. Vanderzanden has been named president and managing principal of Core Design. He joined Core Design in 1995 and has been managing the firm's surveying services, including boundary and topographic surveys, preliminary and final plats, construction staking, condominium surveys as well as ALTA surveys.

Current survey work includes Issaquah Highlands; Woodbridge, in Redmond; Issaquah Highlands Division 84/85; and Cristalla Condominiums.

Sienna Architecture

Quackenbush

Spiker

Sienna Architecture recently hired Walter Moon in its Portland office, and Don Quackenbush and David Spiker in its Seattle office.

New additions to its Portland office also include Brian Magnussen, Scott Barton and Debbie Damron.

Moon joined Sienna as project architect on the mixed-use team. He most recently was a project architect at Van Lom, in hospitality design. His experience also includes industrial, clean-room design, R&D, flex/office and mixed-use.

Quackenbush has 25 years experience. He is responsible for Sienna's management and drawing production standards. He has expertise in code compliance evaluation applications, risk management, construction documents, consultant coordination and construction administration.

Spiker joined Sienna's Seattle office as project manager and brings more than 20 years of experience in architecture, project planning, construction management and expertise in mixed-use, institutional projects and urban design. He is incoming chair of the Seattle Design Commission.

Magnussen joined Sienna Architecture's Portland office in July as an intern for the retail team. Barton returned to Sienna Architecture Co. after a two-year hiatus, and is a project manager in the retail group. Damron has joined as an executive assistant.

HBB

Green

Grovenburg

Meghann Green joined HBB, Inc., as a project engineer. Green, a 2003 Washington State University graduate, has experience with K-12, university and office buildings. She is working on the Suquamish Elementary School for the North Kitsap School District, Rainier Hall for Everett Community College and Mountlake Terrace Hall for Edmonds Community College.

Dennis Grovenburg has joined HBB as a project designer. Grovenburg has 25 years experience on a variety of projects including K-12, college, laboratory, health care, high-rise, airport, recreational, food service, institutional and retail facilities. At HBB he is involved with the design of three elementary schools, plus the Gateway Middle School in Everett and the expansion of the municipal building in Yakima.

Stoel Rives

Theresa A. Briscoe, Leslie M. Coughran and Janet F. Jacobs joined the Seattle office of Stoel Rives, a Portland-based business law firm. Briscoe joined the firm's Labor and Employment practice group, Coughran joined the Employee Benefits practice group and Jacobs joined the Corporate practice group.

Global Imaging Systems

Global Imaging Systems, a Tampa, Fla.-based office imaging solutions company, named Brian Landgren president of the Northwest Group. Landgren is the former executive vice president of the company. The Northwest Group, a core company of Global, is based in Woodinville.

Cowlitz Bank

Cowlitz Bank, a subsidiary of Cowlitz Bancorporation, will close Bay Mortgage Bellevue and Bay Mortgage Seattle. This is a result of Cowlitz's strategy to realign its Bay Mortgage division in order to increase its commercial banking business.

King County Bar Association, Foundation

The King County Bar Association and King County Bar Foundation will relocate to the IBM Building in Seattle at 1200 Fifth Ave., Suite 600, on Jan. 5, 2004. The new telephone number will be (206) 267-7100.

YWCA

YWCA's Leaders in Progress program will hold orientations in February for women who want to mentor low-income high school girls. This 14-month leadership program empowers girls in an environment that supports academic learning and future career goals. For more information call (206) 461-4443.

R.W. Smith Fixed Income

R.W. Smith Fixed Income, a Berkeley Heights, N.J.-based broker/dealer firm, named Rob Berg assistant vice president. Berg is the former senior assurance associate at KPMG Seattle, where he assisted multinational companies with mobilizing a global workforce.