Dec 28, 2005

Group Mackenzie

Group Mackenzie announced the hiring of five employees in their Washington offices. Megan Tremain , architectural intern, Joshua McDowell , structural engineer, and Barbara Gipple , administrator, have been added in the Seattle office. Allen Kabanuk , architectural intern and Rita Planchon , administrator, joined the Vancouver office. Additionally, Group Mackenzie has added 18 employees to the Portland office, in all disciplines including, architecture, interior design, structural engineering, land-use planning, transportation engineering and civil engineering.

Sparling

Jelenek

Babler

Sparling recently hired hiring Peter Babler as a project designer and Shannon Jelenek as a project manager. Both will work in the audio/visual and broadcast consulting practice. Babler's current Sparling projects include the Hanford Reach National Monument & Visitor Center and Wing Luke Museum commissions. Jelenek will lead the designs of Sparling broadcast, casino/night club/hospitality and performance space projects.

Parametrix

The Bremerton office of Parametrix recently hired Lara Linde as a hydrogeologist. Linde has experience conducting and writing asbestos and lead surveys of large commercial buildings as well as residential dwellings. Linde is working on the Charleston Beach Road Brownfields project and Sinclair Inlet Restoration for the city of Bremerton and the demolition of various buildings project at Subbase Bangor for Chugach-Kennedy. Joy Angsioco joined the Bremerton office's engineering services group where she will focus on water/wastewater projects. Angsioco brings ten years of experience specializing in project management, construction inspection, gas pipeline distribution and high pressure systems and facilities. She is working as project manager/engineer on the Salishan HOPE IV Redevelopment in Tacoma, and the Cedar Heights Junior High School Sidewalk Improvements in Port Orchard.

Mahlum Architects

Mahlum Architects announced four promotions to associate in the Seattle office. All will focus on the design of educational projects. David Mount has worked on the Franklin Elementary School, The Truman Center, and the Seminar II building at Evergreen State College. JoAnn Wilcox was on the team that designed the Nathan Hale High School Performing Arts Center, as well as the Cleveland High School renovation and the replacement of Coe Elementary and a master plan for Kingston High School. Dwane Epp has worked on a variety of projects for the Edmonds School District and the Washington Middle School in Olympia. Marna Abrams is a marketing specialist who focuses on educational facilities and corporate-wide initiatives for Mahlum offices in both Seattle and Portland.

The Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks hired Beth Wojick as vice president of corporate partnerships. She will oversee business relationships with partners. Lance Lopes, who has served as vice president of corporate partnerships/legal affairs since 2003, will become vice president of business development/general counsel. Wojick was executive vice president of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt has added Colin Folawn to the commercial litigation group as an associate. He was an attorney at Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim in Tacoma.

Casey Family Programs

Casey Family Programs named William C. Bell, Casey's executive vice president of child and family services and former commissioner of New York City's Administration for Children's Services, as its new president and CEO starting January 1. Bell will succeeded Ruth W. Massinga, who has served as president and CEO since 1989 and is now retiring. Casey Family Programs is the nation's largest foundation dedicated solely to the needs of children in foster care.

GLY Construction

Nick Nye is the new marketing manager for Bellevue-based GLY Construction. Nye joined the company in 1997 and has transitioned from senior marketing coordinator to manager. The company also announced Shawn McDougal, Jon Eaton, Matt Wentz and Jeff Curtis have been promoted from foremen to superintendents.

Veca Electric

Veca Electric added Jim Lombard to its project management group. Lombard previously spent 28 years at Mill Electric, working as a general foreman and project manager.

Cochran

Brice D. Massey has been promoted to chief financial officer at Cochran. Massey joined the electrical contractor in 2001 and has served as general manager of the Technologies and IT divisions. He recently received a national award from the Construction Technology Association.

PSI

Linda Kabrich has been promoted to business development manager for PSI's Seattle-Tacoma market. Kabrich has been with the company for two years and holds a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Phoenix at Honolulu. The company added Jay LaVassar as construction services department manager for its Mountlake Terrace office. LaVassar holds bachelor's degrees in civil engineering and history from the University of Washington. He is a professional engineer.