Apr 10, 2008

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Michael Herschensohn, former executive director of Northwest Folklife, will join the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs to manage a citywide Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial celebration in 2009. The AYP was held on the University of Washington campus in 1909. The AYP Centennial will look back at Seattle's history, and the city's ties to the Pacific Rim, Canada and Alaska, and will predict what innovations will shape Seattle over the next 100 years.

Seattle Community Colleges Television

Seattle Community Colleges Television hired John Sharify as general manager of Seattle Community Colleges Television. Sharify will oversee SCCtv and its IRIS Education and Rainier Radio entities. He worked with KOMO TV for 18 years and replaces Ross Davis, who is retiring after creating the station and running it for 11 years.

Puget Sound Blood Center

Richard B. Counts, president and CEO of Puget Sound Blood Center, said he will retire Aug. 31. He has worked at PSBC for 35 years and has been president since 1987. Puget Sound Blood Center is an independent, community-based blood center.

Wright Runstad & Co.

Wright Runstad & Co. promoted four staff members to vice president, creating an all-woman team of vice presidents. They are: Lisa Bergeron, Susan Murphy, Mary Richards and Diane Undi-Haga. Bergeron and Richards share the title and job of vice president, controller; Murphy is vice president, director of leasing; and Undi-Haga is vice president, project development. They join Cindy Edens, senior vice president and director of development, and Valarie Tomey, vice president. The company also has five female property managers who handle the portfolio of 5 million square feet of space in 16 properties. Wright Runstad said it offers job sharing, flexible hours, telecommuting and family leave benefits to help employees balance their work and home life.

The Staubach Co.

The Seattle office of the Staubach company hired James M. Keating, Stephen J. Cugier and Rob Nielsen as office tenant representation brokers. Keating, senior vice president, brings more than 22 years of experience at Grubb & Ellis. Cugier, associate, will continue advising commercial office tenants in the Seattle area while developing new projects and assignments. He began his real estate career with Grubb & Ellis. Rob Nielsen, associate, works exclusively on behalf of users of space. He was also with Grubb & Ellis.

King County Realtors

The Seattle-King County Association of Realtors will celebrate a “century of service” on April 17 with a public event at the Boeing Museum of Flight starting at 6:30 p.m. Arne Zaslove will entertain with songs and historical highlights. On May 12, 1908, the Seattle Realty Board formed the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges. Tickets for the gala are $85 per person and may be reserved online at nwrealtor.com or by calling the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors at (425) 974-1011.

Apr 09, 2008

Banner Bank

Banner Bank hired Tom Humann and Yana Rogers as vice president/commercial loan officers in Woodinville. Humann has 15 years of experience in the financial industry and worked at GE Franchise Finance. Rogers transferred to the Woodinville team from Banner Bank's SBA team in Bellevue. Banner Bank is a commercial bank headquartered in Walla Walla.

Kibble & Prentice

Kibble & Prentice promoted Deanna Winchester to vice president in the Commercial Insurance Division. Winchester works with Northwest businesses to develop commercial insurance and risk management programs.

Symetra Financial

Bellevue-based Symetra Financial promoted Michael Fry to senior vice president for the group division. Fry has been with Symetra for six years and assumes leadership of the division from Scott Taylor who will be retiring after overseeing group operations for 26 years. Symetra's Group division provides employers with medical stop-loss insurance, limited medical benefit plans and other programs.

Golder Associates

Carl Einberger has joined Golder Associates as a senior consultant in hydrogeology. Einberger has more than 20 years of experience working on water resource issues in the Pacific Northwest. He is on the board of directors of the Washington State Section of the American Water Resources Association.

Miller|Hull Partnership

Miller|Hull Partnership has promoted several people. Scott Wolf, Sian Roberts and Ron Rochon have been promoted to partner. Wolf has 23 years of experience and is partner in charge of the LOTT Laboratory and Administration Building, as well as the Hands on Children's Museum, both in Olympia. Roberts has 18 years of experience and is serving as partner in charge on the Ft. Vancouver Regional Library, and is lead designer on the King County Library System's five design-build branch libraries. Rochon has been with Miller|Hull for eight years and is working on the UC San Diego Structural Materials & Engineering Building and the Art & Architecture addition at the University of Michigan. Margaret Sprug, Ruth Coates and Mike Jobes have been promoted to principal. Sprug, with 18 years of experience, is working on two projects for Cascadia Community College: the Center for Global Learning and The Arts, and the Wetlands Interpretive Center. Coates joined Miller|Hull eight years ago and is project manager on the Ft. Vancouver Regional Library and the five libraries for King County. She was also project manager on the Northgate Library project, completed in 2007. Jobes has 13 years of experience and is the lead designer on the Edgewood City Hall, which is now in construction. The firm also promoted Rob Misel to associate, and Alice Cho Snyder was hired as finance director. Misel has 19 years of experience and is project manager on a new science building for Whitworth University in Spokane. Misel served as project manager for construction on the Kitsap County Administration Building, completed in 2007. Snyder has more than 20 years of experience as a C.P.A.

MulvannyG2

MulvannyG2 Architecture promoted David Glassman, Erik Klepp, Greg Carpenter, Matthew Goelzer, and Frank Balice to principal in its Bellevue office. Glassman will act as a technical lead for MulvannyG2's Corporate Mixed-Use and Retail Environment Teams. Glassman has more than 28 years of experience in architecture and project management. He is overseeing Escala condo tower in Seattle, and Esplanade condominium in Tacoma. Klepp will focus on project delivery and resource collaboration. Klepp has more than 30 years of architectural and construction experience in condominium, retail, restaurants and mixed-use projects. He is working on a condominium project at Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street in Seattle. Carpenter will work as a market lead for the International Group. Carpenter has 25 years of experience on mixed-use, office, retail and hospitality projects around the world. Past projects include the Huawei Beijing Environmental Technology Park, a 2.2 million-square-foot R&D center in Beijing. Goelzer will be a team lead for the Costco southern division and Mexico. Goelzer has 12 years of experience in retail, food process facilities and industrial projects. Balice will work as the technical design lead responsible for risk management, quality assurance and training on the Costco account. Balice has more than 36 years of experience and the firm says he has “played a valuable role” on the Costco account since joining MulvannyG2 architecture.

DLR Group

DLR Group has added four new professionals to its integrated design practice: Andrew Long, mechanical designer; Julio Mendez, architectural designer; and Kai White, architectural designer. Karen Montovino also returns to the firm, focusing on facility planning and business development for Pacific Northwest educational projects.