Jul 08, 2009

Stoel Rives

Law firm Stoel Rives hired Jeffry Hodges and John Laney to its Seattle office. Hodges is an associate in the Employee Benefits Group, practices in the area of executive compensation and employee benefits, and was an associate at Baker Botts in Houston. Laney is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group, has experience with Stimulus Act funding for renewable energy projects and was a senior account executive with HSBC, Consumer Lending prior to law school.

Pacific Fishermen Shipyard

Pacific Fishermen Shipyard and Electric in Seattle hired Tom Harbin as shipyard manager. Serving as ship superintendent, Harbin came to Pacific Fishermen with the closure of Marco Seattle Shipyard in 2006 and has helped to double the yard's repair, repower and conversion business.

Kibble & Prentice

Kibble & Prentice opened a new practice providing risk management services. Headed by John Sacia, executive vice president, the company has added three specialists to the team, including Seth Shapiro, Greg Skorheim and Paula Davis. Sacia has 40 years of experience in the insurance brokerage industry, and joined the company in 2008.

Environmental Works

Architect Daniel Glenn is the new executive director of Environmental Works, a Seattle non-profit that provides architecture and planning services to low-income groups. Glenn, who replaces Jan Gleason, remains a principal at Glenn & Glenn Architects in Montana. He was founding associate director for Design at Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family at Arizona State University. He also has taught at the University of Washington. Glenn says Environmental Works can expand regionally and broaden its services to include tribal communities. He also wants to rekindle the group's ties to the UW and work with students. Glenn is descended from the Crow tribe. He designed the Crow Nation's Little Big Horn College Campus, and is design architect of the Native American Centers at the University of Montana in Missoula. He has also worked on low-income housing and sustainable designs.

Kennedy/Jenks

Civil engineer Ela Whelan joined the Portland office of Kennedy/Jenks Consultants as a water resources senior project manager. Her focus is stormwater planning and regulatory issues. She has done project management, project planning, and design and construction of water resource projects for Clackamas County, Ore., and as a consultant. She chairs the storm water committee of the Association of Clean Water Agencies.

Sparling

Associate Karl Pihl was promoted to director of technology consulting at Sparling. Pihl, a project manager and designer for the firm's electrical practice, has worked on Seattle's federal courthouse, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Edmonds Performing Arts Center, Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Swedish Medical Center projects and the Mount Baker Performing Arts Center. He is on the associates' Steering Committee and has served as a studio leader. Jim Ladd, a partner at Tatum LLC, a professional services firm, is Sparling's newest outside board member. His experience includes working as managing partner for Deloitte & Touche.

Skillings Connolly

Marc Horton and Gerald (Gerry) Smith joined the Lacey office of Skillings Connolly as senior project managers. Smith, an engineer, ended his 32-year career with the Washington state Department of Transportation as deputy secretary for operations and chief engineer. He was responsible for all engineering, construction and maintenance, and he supervised more than $2 billion of programs and 6,000 employees. He returns to Skillings Connolly, where he managed a 45-mile highway project in Montana between 2001-05, as construction manager. He works with clients to meet state and federal requirements for construction administration. Horton's background is in project development and environmental regulation. He previously worked for the Washington state Department of Ecology, where he was deputy director. He manages Skillings Connolly's Water Resources Division.

Jul 07, 2009

Hitachi Consulting

Hitachi Consulting in Seattle hired Elizabeth Vitt as a senior manager in its Business Intelligence and Performance Management Practice, which provides customers with solutions and insights to make better decisions faster. Vitt has 14 years of experience integrating technology with data warehousing and business intelligence solutions.

State Transportation Commission

Richland's Carol Moser has been elected to chair the Washington State Transportation Commission. Member Bob Distler, who is from the San Juan Islands, will serve as vice chair. Commission members elect new officers every year. Moser has been a member of the commission since 2006 and served for 10 years on the Richland City Council.

Clark Nuber

Clark Nuber, a CPA firm in Bellevue, received the Best Company to Work For award in the midsize companies category for 2009 presented by Seattle Business magazine. The award is the result of employees filling out an anonymous, extensive questionnaire that graded the firm based on criteria such as leadership, communications, training and benefits.

Port of Olympia

The Port of Olympia hired Rick Anderson as director of the engineering department. Anderson was previously acting director of engineering and joined the port in 2007.

Holaday-Parks

Seattle mechanical contractor Holaday-Parks hired John Bates as director of the energy services group. Bates has more than 15 years of experience in the energy services industry, working with more than $50 million in capital upgrade projects in the process. At Holaday-Parks, he is helping customers reduce energy use through a combination of better operations, best-practice maintenance and capital upgrades. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado.

American Public Works Association

Two local projects were recently won Public Works Project of the Year awards from the American Public Works Association. The Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station won the Environment category ($5 million-$25 million) and the Taylor Road Bridge & Chico Creek Restoration project won the Disaster or Emergency Construction/Repair category (less than $5 million). The Shoreline team included Lydig Construction, KPG Inc., and the Solid Waste Division of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. The Taylor Bridge team included Stan Palmer Construction, Tetra Tech and Kitsap County. The awards will be presented in September at the association's International Public Works Congress & Exposition in Columbus, Ohio.