Feb 14, 2007
Phil Lutes has been named deputy managing director of the Seaport Division at the Port of Seattle. Lutes spent 28 years with Westwood Shipping Lines, where he was director of marine operations.
Pacific Coast Banking School will hold an Advanced Leadership Professional Symposium from Aug. 26 to 29 in Seattle on the University of Washington campus. For more information go to http://www.PCBSALPS.com or call (425) 278-0250. The Seattle-based school is the nation's largest graduate school of banking.
CapitalStream appointed Herve Marzio to vice president, professional services. Marzio comes to CapitalStream from Corillian Corp. CapitalStream is a Seattle-based firm that provides software and consulting services to commercial banks and finance companies.
The Seattle law firm of Graham & Dunn said Judith A. Edejan has rejoined the firm as shareholder and member of the communications team. She was with the firm from 2001 to 2005.
Venture Bank hired Tony Young as business banker at the bank's Downtown Redmond Financial Center. He has 10 years of banking experience. Venture Bank has 17 offices in four Western Washington counties.
Jane Hendricks has joined SRG's Seattle office as a principal. A LEED-accredited architect with more than 25 years of professional experience, she has a background in higher education facilities, public and academic libraries and other public projects. She is leading the firm's campus master planning efforts for South Puget Sound Community College.
The Blueline Group promoted
Ken Lauzen to principal. Lauzen joined Blueline in 2004 and has been managing private residential and commercial land development projects from land acquisition through construction.
Group Mackenzie promoted
Jeff Humphreys to associate principal and 13 others to associate. Humphreys is working on the Keizer City Hall and Police building project in Keizer, Ore. Architects
Barb Anderson, Rob Kirkman, Scott Moore, Ross Sanders, Andrew Schafer, Adam Solomonson, Kelly Thelen and
Megan Tremain were promoted to associate. Civil engineer
Brent Sanborn, transportation planner
Sean Morrison and interior designers
Yoonie Byun, Linda Myers and
Laura Pedersen were also named associates.
Josh McDowell, a project manger and structural engineer, has been made a stockholder of the firm.
Sparling hired
Lori Belknap and
Amanda Clark as administrative assistants. With backgrounds in office management, executive administrative support and client service, they will provide administrative support for the firm's Lynnwood office.
Apex Engineering added
Ken Swindaman as a principal. Swindaman has experience as a licensed land surveyor in the Puget Sound area. He serves as state president for the Land Surveyors' Association of Washington and has 15 years of surveying and business ownership experience.
LRS Architects promoted
Daniel Drake to an associate and promoted
Michelle Startt to an interiors director with current interiors director
Britt Brewer. LRS also added
Tom Houha as a project manager. Drake joined LRS in 1996 and worked on a wide variety of the firm's larger projects. He is assigned to the Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships, and Harsch Investments projects for LRS. Startt will be managing the firm's interior design studio in conjunction with Brewer, who joined LRS in 2005. Startt has been with LRS since 1998 and was promoted to Associate in 2005. Houha joined LRS with 23 years of experience designing a variety of project types. He is the LRS project manager for the Sparks Senior Housing development in Nevada for Cascade Living.
Murase Associates' Seattle office recently hired
Liz Taylor and
Eric Higbee as landscape designers. Taylor has a background in graphic design and graphics experience. Higbee will work in each phase of the design process, including model construction, digital 3-D rendering, site analysis, GIS mapping and construction documentation. Murase's Portland office recently hired
Joe Percival, as principal, and
Brian Martin and
Perry Pfister as landscape designer. Percival returned to Murase, where he worked from 1986 to 1995. He has 28 years of experience in public and private projects, including medical facilities, transit-oriented developments, civic open spaces, mixed-used and education projects. Martin has experience in planting plans, irrigation, on-structure landscapes and green roofs for health care facilities, sport fields, multi-family housing and education projects.
Perry Pfister joined as a landscape designer and is working on Salem Regional Health Services and PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center.
