Aug 12, 2009
Bellingham-based Saturna Capital Corp., an investment advisor and manager, has named Jane Carten as president and CEO. Carten has worked at Saturna since 1997 and was executive VP. She succeeds Nicholas Kaiser in the post, who continues to serve as chairman, chief investment officer and primary portfolio manager for the Amana and Sextant equity funds. The firm also promoted Monem Salam to replace Kaiser as president of Saturna Brokerage Services, the fund distribution subsidiary of Saturna.
American United Life Insurance Co. hired Kent Binning as a general agent in Seattle. Binning is the CEO of Team Financial Services and has 25 years of experience.
Port Blakely Communities said Agave Cocina & Tequilas restaurant has opened in the Issaquah Highlands urban village. It is located at 1048 N.E. Park Drive. Agave is owned by Julian Ramos.
Parametrix selected engineer
Brian Bunker as principal in its Bremerton office. He was a senior vice president with Wade Trim and a regional municipal services market segment manager in Michigan and Ohio. He has worked on a water distribution systems, wastewater collection systems, watershed management projects, water and sewer master plans, wastewater treatment plant improvements, transportation and traffic engineering projects, and miscellaneous community sponsored facility improvements. He was president of the American Public Works Association Midwest Michigan branch and a Planning commissioner for the Charter Township of Flushing, Mich. The Bellevue office hired
Craig Hansen as a senior scientist. He is a professional wildlife biologist and project manager with more than 15 years' experience in Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act compliance. He will manage a variety of ESA permitting and NEPA compliance projects related to hydropower and wind power. Hansen is advising Energy Northwest on development of a wind power habitat conservation plan. It is the first wind power project in western Washington. Previously, he was a project lead wildlife biologist and division manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Lacey, managing the Division of Conservation and Hydropower Planning from 1998 to 2006. He also worked for an Olympia firm, managing species conservation projects, such as the recently permitted Port Blakely Safe Harbor Agreement and Environmental Assessment.
BHC, an engineering and planning firm that works with the public sector, hired
Adam Schuyler as project engineer. He has 10 years of experience in infrastructure, water, wastewater, reclaimed water and water resources engineering. He is working on wastewater improvement projects for PUD No. 1 of Clallam County and the Lummi Tribal Sewer and Water District.
Kimberly Eiring is Sparling's new director of finance and operations. She has more than 20 years of experience in accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis, strategic planning, financing, process re-engineering, and asset management functions for public and private organizations. Sparling is a specialty electrical engineering and technology consulting firm.
DLR's Seattle office hired Brian Timian as information technology network administrator; intern architects Amy Brown, Laura Bartunek and Chelsey Olsen; and high school intern Shelby Hintze. Timian previously worked at Zymogenetics. Brown is a master's student at Savannah College of Art and Design. Bartunek is studying for her master's degree at Harvard. Olsen is studying for her master's degree at Iowa State University. Hintze will be a senior at Marysville-Pilchuck High School this fall.
Aug 11, 2009
The Port of Tacoma has promoted
Jack Hedge to director of real estate and industrial development and
Kevin Zinski to maintenance director. Hedge joined the port in May of 2006 as a real estate manager. Zinski joined the port in August of 2006 as assistant director of the department.
Bainbridge Island-based Avalara, a provider of Web-based sales and use tax automation solutions, hired
Anthony Zuanich as executive director of channel sales. Zuanich was executive vice president of sales for SpeedTax and has 18 years experience in software as a service technology sales and business development.
University of Washington professor
John E. Schaufelberger won AACE International's Brian D. Dunfield Educational Service Award. The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International gives the award to honor educational achievements by members of the cost engineering professional community. Schaufelberger joined AACE in 1995. He chairs the UW's Department of Construction Management. Prior to joining the UW faculty in 1994, he served for 30 years as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Foster Pepper construction litigator
Greg Clark won the 2009 President's Award from the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers for his efforts to improve WDTL's standing with the state Legislature. As chair of WDTL's Legislative Committee, Clark coordinated and often provided input to the Legislature. His legal practice focuses on construction, condominium and commercial litigation.
Eldon R. Carlson and Brent Leland Mecham were designated Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals by the Institute of Certified Construction Industry Financial Professionals. Carlson is a member/owner of Merrill Carlson & Co. and Mecham is a manager at the Renton-based firm. Both men had to pass a 4.5-hour exam covering accounting and reporting, income recognition, budgeting and planning, risk management, taxes, human resources, legal issues, information technology and joint ventures. Their certifications run until March 21, 2012.
