Oct 03, 2007

Hydroacoustic Technology

Seattle-based Hydroacoustic Technology, a fisheries hydroacoustics company, hired John Ehrenberg as president and chief executive officer. He replaces Bruce Ransom who will continue with HTI as vice president. Ehrenberg was the director of the information, electronics and avionics technology organization at Boeing.

Pacific Crest Savings Bank

Lynnwood-based Pacific Crest Savings Bank promoted Sheryl Nilson from president to chief executive officer. She replaces long-time CEO John Fairchild who will continue as chairman of the board. Nilson and Fairchild co-founded the company in 1984.

Bankruptcy Court for Western Washington

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Karen A. Overstreet has been reappointed to a second 14-year term on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington. Overstreet was first appointed in 1994. She was the first woman to serve on the federal bankruptcy bench in either of Washington's two judicial districts and became chief bankruptcy judge in 2005.

Seattle Aquarium Society

The Seattle Aquarium Society named Ted Ackerley as board president and Stuart Rolfe as board chairman. Ackerley and Rolfe were co-chairs of the $41 million New Currents Capital Campaign. Ackerley is founder and co-manager of Ackerley Partners and Rolfe is owner and president of Wright Hotels, Inc.

DKA

DKA hired Tracey Silla as a project manager and Amanda Carraway as a project administrative assistant. Silla has 12 years of experience and is providing project management and construction administrative services for the Seattle Public Schools Building Excellence III program, working on South Lake High School. Carraway is also working on the building excellence program, most recently on Cleveland High School. DKA also promoted Karen Antush as a program administrator for the building excellence program. Antush began working for DKA in 1999 and has worked on the building excellence program the entire time. Rico Quirindongo, a project manager at DKA since 1996, completed his architectural registration examination.

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Kennedy/Jenks Consultants made several promotions and hires in the business development group. Charles McIntyre has been promoted to director of marketing. He will focus on marketing processes and implement the business development plan. Karen Ball, who formerly served as director of marketing, was promoted to company pursuit manager. Ball will work with client service teams to capture the top 25 marketing pursuits and help identify additional pursuits. Joanmarie Eggert will take over McIntyre’s former position as the Pacific Northwest regional marketing manager. Eggert has 30 years of experience in architecture, engineering and construction management.

Murase Associates

Murase Associates hired three landscape designers in its Portland office: Jesse Grafton, Julia Harakay and Molly Gatzlaff. Grafton has experience on medical, educational and residential projects in the Pacific Northwest and is working on Tom Gail Park, Peace Health Sacred Heart Medical Center, and McMinnville Public Schools. Harakay has experience in technical detailing, construction documents, planting plans and irrigation, and is working on projects for the Beaverton School District, Pacific University and Salem Hospital. Gatzlaff has a background in sustainable design, including water-efficient irrigation systems and stormwater recirculation. Gatzlaff is working on expansion and renovation projects at Oregon College of Art and Craft, and Gladstone High School.

IA Interior Architects

IA Interior Architects hired Sofia Galadza as director of public relations. Galadza is former associate editor at Contract magazine and a former editor at Forbes Custom Media. Galadza will be based in New York, with responsibilities for media relations and public relations.

Otak

Otak hired eight new people in Washington and Oregon. In Seattle, Otak hired planner Kimberlee Otto. Otto has worked as a private environmental consultant and urban planner in Draper City, Utah, and Ada County, Idaho. In Lake Oswego, Todd Rivers has joined as an architecture job captain, Christopher Yake as a senior planner and Lesley Barewin as a transportation planner. Rivers has more than 13 years of architecture experience in Oregon. Yake managed the Denver Transit-Oriented Development Market Study, drafted the University Park Neighborhood Plan and completed the Alameda Transit-Oriented-Development Station Area Infrastructure Framework Plan in Denver. Barewin specializes in environmental planning for transportation projects. She worked in the planning department at the city of Milwaukie, Ore., assisting with an update to the transportation plan, and for the city of Beaverton in the Solid Waste and Recycling Department. In Long Beach, William Herman joined the firm as a survey technician; Chris Gillespie joined the Gearhart, Ore., office as a survey technician and Jeremy Schad joined the Manzanita, Ore., office as a CAD technician. Herman has 27 years of surveying and engineering experience and Gillespie has more than five years of AutoCAD and field-surveying experience. Ellen Miller joined the Corvallis office as a project engineer. She has eight years of experience in civil engineering design and consulting, including site design, hydrology studies, hydraulic design and groundwater remediation systems. The Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, office has added four engineers and an architect.