Apr 18, 2007

Mithun

Mithun recently promoted and added several employees. Wendy Abeel is director of marketing. Most recently she was with Parsons Public Relations. Dennis Cope was promoted from project director to principal, working in the senior living alliance. He joined Mithun in 2006 from HOK, where he was senior vice president and managing director. Laura Curry is the new creative director of Research + Consumer Insight. Curry has 20 years of experience performing brand audits for developers, arts organizations, design agencies and municipalities. Martha Droge joins as planner. Droge was an associate at Ayers/Saint/Gross in Maryland in the Planning Studio. Sandy Dymale has been promoted to senior associate, acting as project manager and technical advisor for the landscape team. Dymale joined Mithun in 2006 from Cameron-McCarthy-Gilbert & Scheibe in Eugene, Ore. Lisa Scribante joins Mithun as a senior associate working on branded environments projects and resort planning. She was previously a principal at Buffalo Design.

Terracon

Terracon added Jeremy C. Jeffers in the Boise office as a senior consultant. The Kansas-based consulting engineering firm offers geotechnical, environmental, construction materials, pavement and asset management services. Working closely with Zipper Zeman Associates, a subsidiary of Terracon in Washington and Oregon, he will be responsible for commercial development and retail projects throughout the Northwest. Jeffers has 26 years of retail/commercial architectural, project management and business experience.

BHC Consultants

BHC Consultants recently hired Valerie Tokumoto as staff engineer. Tokumoto is a registered engineer-in-training and is working on projects for Shoreline Water District, PRV Station Replacement for the city of Bellevue and South Central Kitsap Force Main Replacement for Kitsap County.

Thomas Hacker Architects

Thomas Hacker Architects has made 11 additions to its Portland staff. Pam Hummelt has been re-hired as architect after a five-year hiatus. Hummelt is on the design team for the Menlo School Creative Arts Complex and Performance Hall in Atherton, Calif., and worked on the New Theatre for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore. Mike Meade is architectural job captain. He is working on the Menlo School Creative Arts Complex and Performance Hall. Laura Klinger has been hired as project designer and is working on the Mercy Corps World Headquarters in Portland. Laurie Canup, a LEED-accredited architect, is managing documentation of the College of Education project at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Annie Mahoney is LEED-accredited job captain on the University Theatre remodel and expansion project at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Steven Boyle, manager of technology, has worked in Maryland with planning, implementation and management of technical resources and facilities. Sarah Lavoie is on the design team working on the College of Education project at the University of Oregon in Eugene. Tia Nii, office assistant, is responsible for front desk and general office duties and has managed her own creative consultancy business. Cédric Rougier is a graphic designer who assists with design and presentation for projects and marketing. Rose Vadnais, a LEED-accredited architectural intern, is assisting the design team on the Undergraduate Classroom Building for the University of Washington, Vancouver. Travis Bell is an architectural intern who received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Washington.

Communication Resources Northwest

Communication Resources Northwest hired Kristen Anderson as senior associate. Anderson has five years experience in the architecture and engineering Industry, and will provide full-service research and corporate writing services. The management consulting firm is focused on the architecture/engineering/construction industries, and offers presentation coaching, customer and employee research, and other services.

GeoDesign

Portland-based GeoDesign, a regional geotechnical engineering and environmental consulting firm, announced some new hires. Kevin Lamb, Jason Qiu, Vasiliy Babko, Nate Cheshier and Hillary Hall join the firm's new Seattle office. Andre Mare, Viola Lai, Gary Sandstrom, Erik Hedberg, Erin Warner, Cardine Hildt, Dacia Hawkins and Lisa Locke are in the firm's Portland offices. Rick Hanford, Derek McGregor and Carrie Beveridge join the Vancouver location. Lamb, senior associate, heads the Seattle office and brings more than 18 years as a geotechnical engineer to GeoDesign. Qiu, senior project manager, has 12 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and mining waste disposal. Babko is office administrator, while Cheshier and Hall bring additional geologic experience to the firm. Mare, senior associate, has 18 years of geotechnical engineering experience and has conducted investigations for bridges, buildings, tunnels, roadways, and sewer and water supply projects. Lai, project manager, has provided on site inspection and evaluation of excavation slopes, pile installations, foundation subgrade, earth anchors and utility installations. Sandstrom, project manager, is an engineering geologist with 23 years of experience. Hedberg, project manager, joins the environmental engineering team, while Warner will conduct Phase I environmental site assessments. Hildt, support services manager, will be responsible for managing administrative, drafting and editing support services. Hawkins joins the firm as a project assistant, and Locke is the main office receptionist. Hanford, senior geotechnical engineer, brings 35 years of geotechnical engineering experience and specializes in ground improvement methods. McGregor, senior associate geologist, is relocating from Washington, D.C., to expand the firm's environmental consulting presence in southwest Washington. Beveridge, geology staff, worked in Austin, Texas, as a hydrogeologist and GIS specialist prior to joining the firm.

DLR Group

DLR Group has added nine new professionals to the Pacific Northwest team: architects Lito Panida and Rick Rajchel, architectural designers Brian Arndt and Paul Clark, electrical engineer Daryl Johns, interior designer Shabnam Sadoughian, marketing professional Denise Elliot, project administrator Eon Smith, and in accounting, Renown Sylvester.

R.W. Beck

R. W. Beck made a series of energy sector hires in the Seattle office. Garrett Moak, project engineer, will assist with gas transmission and distribution design work, as well as structural and civil design. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Gonzaga University. Robert J. Nastan, project manager, works with high voltage electrical substation design and layout including calculations, schematics, wiring diagrams and equipment selection. Nastan was the substation engineering manager for the Snohomish County Public Utility District. James Roberts, designer, provides layout and drawing support for electrical transmission and distribution, substation and other energy utility design work. He has more than 34 years of design and drafting experience in the energy industry.

Puget Sound Health Alliance

The Puget Sound Health Alliance appointed Michelle D. Seelig, clinical research executive and board-certified physician, as director of health information. Seelig has worked at Health Benchmarks. The Puget Sound Health Alliance is a nonprofit that works to improve the quality of patient care at an affordable price.

Liberty Northwest Insurance

Larry W. Becker has been promoted to president and chief operating officer for Portland-based Liberty Northwest Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group. Becker was executive vice president, sales and marketing. He succeeds Matthew D. Nickerson, who was appointed senior vice president for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Group. Liberty Northwest Insurance is a private workers' compensation insurer.

Washington Employment Security

The Washington Employment Security Department hired Carl Smith as director of its Seattle-King County WorkSource area. Smith will manage employment services at WorkSource offices in Seattle and King County. He has been an organizational and human-resource consultant for 20 years.