May 07, 2008

Venture Bank

Venture Bank hired Pamela Johnstone as a financial center manager for the Woodinville Financial Center. She has 28 years of banking experience. Venture Bank has 18 financial centers in four Western Washington counties.

Merrill Gardens

The R.D. Merrill Co. and its senior housing operator Merrill Gardens made two promotions. Steve Delmore is senior vice president of the R.D. Merrill Co., in addition to his work as executive vice president of Merrill Gardens. Billy Pettit is vice president, real estate of R.D. Merril Co.

MulvannyG2 Architecture

MulvannyG2 Architecture hired Karen Niemi as a principal and Mary Smith and Kate Popovich as associates in its interior design group. Niemi will lead the corporate interior architecture team in Portland and Bellevue. Niemi has more than 25 years of experience and was most recently director of interior design and a partner at Fletcher Farr Ayotte in Portland. Her past projects include corporate headquarters for Knowledge Learning Corp., The Regence Group and Pacificorp. Smith has 15 years of experience in interior architecture and recently worked on The Wyatt in downtown Portland, a 15-story luxury high-rise residential project, while at her previous firm. Popovich has three years of interior design experience. She specializes in corporate, high-end residential and public projects.

Art Anderson Associates

Art Anderson Associates hired Marnie Adamski and Clinton Geiger. Adamski, a designer/drafter and Geiger, an electrical engineer, joined the engineering consulting firm to work on a design-build contract with native-owned Alutiiq Inc. The project involves upgrades at the Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island to make space for the new E/A-18G Growler, the Navy’s new electronic attack aircraft. Geiger has a background in Dept. of Defense facilities. His most recent work experience was for Overstreet Electric, where he performed electrical, civil and structural inspection at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

TVA Architects

TVA Architects promoted Susan Hargrave and Mark Williams to senior associates and Nick Williams to associate. Hargrave has been with the firm for 11 years and most recently worked on the renovation of the historic Cornelius (Alder Park) Hotel in downtown Portland, and on the Stop Motion Building for the Laika Animation Campus in Tualatin. Mark Williams has worked at TVA Architects for four years, and was project manager on the John Ross Condominium Tower in Portland’s South Waterfront district. He is working on the University of Oregon Arena. Nick Williams has worked for the firm for six years, currently as project manager on the Waterfront Park Plaza project. He recently worked on two major renovation projects in downtown Portland.

Tiscareno Associates

Tiscareno Associates hired Ron Bolstad to help lead the architecture and urban design firm. His background includes 20 years at NBBJ and nearly a decade at LMN Architects. Bolstad has served as project manager for many well-known Seattle projects, including the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, and Harborview Medical Center. He will oversee project delivery, from programming through construction administration. The firm also added designers Sophie Hong and Katie Schnur. Schnur worked for Minaker Architecture in Arlington. Hong is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon School of Architecture.

Landau Associates

Landau Associates promoted several employees. In its Edmonds office, Reda Mikhail was promoted to principal, Stacey Pischer was promoted to senior geologist, Elizabeth Poole was promoted to senior staff scientist, Nathan Moxley was promoted to senior staff technician, Sacha Maxwell was promoted to project scientist, Gary Huitsing was promoted to project engineer, Mark Brunner was promoted to staff planner, Alyssa Ballinger and Brett Borgenson were promoted to staff scientist, and Jill Ortiz was promoted to accounting and human resource specialist. In Tacoma, Brian Bennetts was promoted to senior project engineer and in Spokane, Ryan Reich was promoted to senior staff geologist. Reich has obtained his Washington state geology license. Reich provides soil and groundwater sampling, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, and remedial investigations.

GGLO

GGLO promoted six employees. Kimberly M. Frank, Jonathan Hall, Mark Sindell and Pamela Trevithick were promoted to senior associates. Frank has experience as project manager and interior designer on multifamily housing, hotels, conference centers, corporate and retail projects. Hall’s background is in multi-family, mixed-use, and retail. A licensed landscape architect, Sindell has more than 10 years of public and private experience that ranges from urban design to parks, courtyards and gardens. Trevithick has broad expertise in schematic design and contract management. As an administrator, she oversees working drawings, builds systems research, develops specifications and coordinates supporting design staff. The firm also promoted Steve Fischer and Alicia Daniels Uhlig to associates. Fischer has more than 19 years of experience as an architect and designer for hospitality, mixed-use, housing, retail and commercial office projects. Uhlig is co-chair of GGLO’s Sustainable Design Group.

GeoEngineers

GeoEngineers made several promotions and hires. Chris Nordfors, Jim Roth, Terry McPhetridge, Joanne Markert, Paul Szewczykowski and Matt Blankenship were promoted to associates. Corporate marketing director Nordfors has worked out of the Redmond office for almost two years. Roth works in the Seattle office and has been with the firm for 19 years. He works on the site assessment and remediation group, and is also a construction dewatering expert. Roth played a key role in completing several large cleanup actions for the University of Washington and the Port of Anacortes. McPhetridge has been with the firm for seven years and has 20 years of experience in the environmental industry. He is the acting environmental group manager in the Tacoma office. Markert, who works in the Tacoma office, has been with GeoEngineers since 1999 and has worked in the applied technology /GIS field for more than 14 years. Szewczykowski is an environmental scientist with more than 20 years of experience providing ecological and permitting services. Szewczykowski joined the Bellingham office last year. Blankenship works in the Spokane office and has led the special inspection and testing team for several years, The firm also promoted April Brast from the Spokane office to corporate marketing and public involvement specialist, and hired Ron Costello as a principal in its Portland office. Brast started at GeoEngineers in 2006 and has assisted on public involvement projects for municipal clients. Costello has 35 years of experience with environmental issues related to fishery and water-resource projects. Previously, he worked with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.