Jul 11, 2007

Destination Services

Destination Services NW, a Victoria Clipper Co. specializing in meeting planning, hired Anna Cronin as program design/event coordinator. Cronin is an 11-year volunteer with the nonprofit arts organization Twelfth Night Productions.

Zonar Systems

Seattle-based Zonar Systems, an electronic vehicle inspection tools and telematics solution company, hired Jason Fallon and Taek Sung as vice presidents in charge of national accounts. Fallon was director of national accounts for the U.S. section of DHL Express. Sung was with Corporate Express.

Banner Bank

Banner Bank announced the opening of a new branch in Redmond at 7950 164th Ave. N.E.

Seattle Public Library

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels appointed Dr. Rajiv Shah to the Seattle Public Library Board of Trustees. Shah is director of agricultural development and financial services for the poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Trustees serve five-year terms on the board and must be confirmed by the city council.

Clark Nuber

Clark Nuber, a CPA firm in Bellevue, made a series of new hires. New audit associates are Linneth Lim, Jessica Pickett and Karen Smythers. Frances Strosahl is a new tax associate. New audit interns are Emily Boulanger, Garrett Brown, Kelly Favors, Zachary Kieffer, Nate Knutson, Bryce Rassilyer and Linsey Watanabe. New tax interns are Colleen Harper and Blythe Murray.

Associated Earth Sciences

Kirkland-based Associated Earth Sciences has opened a new Tacoma office headed by Maire Thornton, P.E., senior engineer. Thornton has 30 years of experience in civil and geotechnical engineering, including geotechnical exploration, site evaluation, remedial design and project recommendation for both residential and commercial developments. Thornton has worked on projects for the Tacoma School District, the Puyallup School District and Northwest Landing. The firm also has an office in Everett.

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects has added Rosemary Carraher in the Seattle office as associate partner. She has 32 years of experience focused primarily on health care architecture and is working the new Acute Care Tower for Providence Everett Medical Center. Carraher worked at NBBJ in Seattle for 24 years. Her recent projects include a new South Tower for Overlake Hospital and Medical Center in Bellevue and a new Emergency Services Tower for Valley Medical Center in Renton. Carraher has worked on science and medical research facilities at the University of Washington, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.; and ZymoGenetics in Seattle.

Brown and Caldwell

Brown and Caldwell has hired five employees in the Seattle office. Liz Korb joined the Water Resources Group and specializes in hydrology, flood frequency and flow analysis. Ian Frank is a structural engineer with construction management and design experience. Ahmed Idrees joined the firm as an engineer in the Instrumentation & Control Group. Angela Saelee joined as an office support services assistant and Kara Menicke is a project accountant.

Hopper Dennis Jellison

The Vancouver office of Hopper Dennis Jellison hired Thomas E. Beggs as a project manager/engineer to support the transportation services section. Beggs has more than 27 years of experience, including working for Oregon DOT as a project manager and designer for the TripCheck.com Web site. Beggs also was the California Department of Transportation's acting deputy district director for the maintenance and operations branch. While at Caltran, he handled scheduling and monitoring of 250 earthquake retrofit projects related to the Northridge earthquake. Joseph H. Frank, has been added to Construction Services Section for the summer paving season as an inspector. He is working toward his civil engineering technology degree at Chemeketa Community College. The Pasco branch has added Kevin B. Geris as an engineering technician.

Johnson Braund Design Group

Seattle-based Johnson Braund Design Group has hired Adina Biegleras as an intern architect in the housing studio. The Romanian-born designer formerly specialized in designing high-end homes around the Northwest.

Shockey/Brent

Shockey/Brent has promoted former Senior Associate Camie Anderson to the management team. Anderson has more than seven years of planning experience, mostly in project management, public utility districts and environmental research. Anderson will manage project land use applications.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers has hired Bryan Vose as a special inspection and testing technician at the Spokane office. He previously worked in the retail industry. The company has hired anew staff 1 geologists for the Spokane office. Nick Rohrbach was previously with Montgomery Watson Harza in Sacramento, Calif. Ku Hyun Kwon has joined GeoEngineers' Spokane office as a Staff 1 geotechnical engineer. He recently graduated with his masters in civil engineering with a geotechnical emphasis from Brigham Young University.

(Editor's note: This story has been changed to correct Ku Hyun Kwon's job description.)

DCI Engineers

DCI Engineers in Bellevue has added six employees to the structural and civil engineering departments. Chris Hasse is the structural project manager. Hasse has worked on retail developments. Ella Garber, a structural project engineer, attended university in Russia and has more than eight years of structural engineering experience. Mohamed Jeite is a structural project engineer. Eric Huang is a structural project engineer. Michael Wakeman is as a structural project engineer. Matthew Frisby is a civil design engineer.