Jul 01, 2009

Lane Powell

Lane Powell hired Filmore Rose as counsel to the firm in the Trusts and Estates Practice Group, where he focuses his practice on tax, estate planning and tax-exempt organizations. He has 40 years experience in the legal profession and has worked for law firms in San Francisco, San Jose, Calif., and Santa Fe.

Bell Harbor Conference Center

Seattle's Bell Harbor International Conference Center hired Gregory Roper as its new associate director of sales and promoted Kelly Saling from sales manager to senior sales manager. Roper has 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and has worked with Crowne Plaza Seattle, Bellevue Hilton and several Four Seasons. Saling has been with Columbia Hospitality for five years and most recently worked as sales manager at Bell Harbor World Trade Center Seattle.

PubliCola

PubliCola, an online Seattle news site, said Rajeev Singh, president and COO of Redmond-based high tech firm Concur, has purchased a stake in the five-month-old effort. Singh joins Seattle developer Greg Smith, who joined the ownership group on June 1, as a minority stakeholder. PubliCola, founded by Josh Feit and Sandeep Kaushik, launched in January.

Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder hired Rick Della in the Redmond office as area manager. Della will work on expanding Kleinfelder's business in western North America. His areas of expertise are in the engineering consulting industry with an emphasis on environmental studies/remediation, water resources, transportation, operations management and strategic planning.

HKP Architects

Dan Parkin has joined HKP of Mount Vernon as a senior technologist. He previously worked at Canadian firms, owned his own practice and was an instructor at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. He is working on a private residence in North Seattle and on projects at Bellingham Technical College. Matthew Kimball is an intern architect at the firm. He is working on the Rosario Beach Interpretive Center for Washington State Parks, and on projects at Bellingham Technical College. HKP, formerly the Henry Klein Partnership, is an architecture and engineering firm.

SRG Partnership

SRG's Seattle office has promoted architect Stan Jaworowski to associate. He is working on the Everett Community College Student Health & Fitness Center. Jason Moll has joined the firm as marketing coordinator. Architect Chris Colley is now a LEED accredited professional, and is working on the Everett college fitness center.

DCI Engineers

DCI has promoted three Spokane employees and one in Portland to associate. Shirley Chalupa of the Portland office has worked on educational, commercial, residential and industrial projects. Justin Cook works on a higher education, office, sports complexes and mixed-use projects. Wade Gelhausen's experience includes land development, planning, and road and utility design. Dave Giordano works on commercial, retail, light industrial, education, governmental and military projects. He is active in the Structural Engineers Association of Washington.

Jun 30, 2009

Fresh Cup Magazine

Portland's Fresh Cup Magazine promoted Chris Ryan to editor. He was formerly associate editor. Ryan joined Fresh Cup in 2005. Fresh Cup Magazine covers specialty coffee and tea.

Pioneer Newspapers

Pioneer Newspapers, a Seattle-based chain that has 20 small- to medium-sized newspapers, hired Mark Cohen as chief operating officer of the family-owned media company. Cohen has 25 years of newspaper experience and was vice president of advertising for Gatehouse Media in New England. He replaces Mike Gugliotto, who became president and CEO of Pioneer Newspapers in January.

Total HealthCare Management

Seattle-based SeaBright Insurance Holdings hired Jeffrey Miller as chief operating officer of its subsidiary Total HealthCare Management. Miller has 30 years of experience. He replaces Marc Miller, SeaBright's senior vice president and chief medical officer, who will return to a single focus of managing SeaBright's medical expenditures. They are not related.

AGC of Washington

Sen. Janéa Holmquist, a Ephrata Republican, was named Legislator of the Year by the Associated General Contractors of Washington. Holmquist won the award at the June 23 AGC board of trustees' annual retreat. She has advocated on important issues to contractors, including workers' compensation, unemployment insurance taxation and the underground economy in construction.

Shirey Contracting

The National Association of Home Builders last month named Donna Shirey its 2009 Remodeling Advocate of the Year at the 11th Annual NAHB National Green Building Conference in Dallas. The award honors individual remodelers that promote green initiatives. Shirey serves as vice chair of NAHB's Remodelers Council and will be chair in 2010. She also is a past president of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, and is president and CEO of Shirey Contracting in Issaquah.

McKinstry

Dr. Dolores Gibbons, former Northshore School District interim superintendent, has been enlisted by McKinstry to collaborate with school districts and higher educational institutions to integrate sustainability, advancing technologies and green collar career paths into their curricula. Gibbons has held leadership positions in the Federal Way, Renton and Mount Vernon school districts. McKinstry is a design build operate and maintain firm.

American Slate

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based American Slate is opening a Natural Stone Design Center on Wednesday in Seattle. The showroom will have several design-oriented displays that show how natural stone looks like in the kitchen or bath, or on walls and floors. It is located at 711 S. Fidalgo St. and will be open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on weekdays and by appointment on Saturday. An open house will be held noon-5 p.m. today and tomorrow. Charlie Helsby is the branch manager.

Centennial Contractors Enterprises

Centennial Contractors Enterprises signed an alliance with Region X of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to foster safer and healthier workplaces. Through the alliance, Centennial employees and others will be provided with information, guidance and access to training resources covering fall protection, cranes and rigging, electrical safety and equipment operation hazards. Centennial is a national job order contracting firm with a local office. OSHA's Region X offices are in Seattle.

Conference on Building Commissioning

Commissioning industry veteran Don Frey received the Benner Award at the 17th annual National Conference on Building Commissioning held earlier this month in Seattle. The award is for the successful promotion of building commissioning. Frey is senior vice president and co-founder of Boulder, Colo.-based Architectural Energy Corp., which provides building energy-efficiency services and products. The conference is produced by Portland Energy Conservation, which designs energy-efficiency programs for utility companies and government agencies in the western U.S.