Sep 23, 2009

2020 Engineering

Two civil engineers, Raymond Smalling and Jennifer Allen, have joined Bellingham's 2020 Engineering. Smalling, whose experience includes municipal, educational and health care projects, is a senior project manager. Allen, who is working as an economist for 2020, has experience in wastewater and hazardous waste engineering, economics, environmental policy and regulation, bioremediation, and constructed treatment wetlands.

Sparling

David Golner is a new technology project manager at Sparling's Seattle office. The firm provides electrical, technology, audiovisual, acoustical and lighting design. He relocated to the Northwest from Wisconsin, where at his previous job he created a new service helping hospitals meet 2008 Joint Commission Emergency Preparedness requirements. He is technology designer for the Performing Arts Center Eastside in Bellevue, Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Fort Campbell Medical/Dental Clinic in Kentucky and St. Josephs Hospital in Bellingham. Past projects are Phoenix Children's Hospital and Oregon State Hospital.

GA Creative

GA Creative in Bellevue, a branding and advertising agency, hired Amy Polansky as its emerging media coordinator, in response to the agency's increasing use and exploration into social media as a marketing tool. Polansky is a recent graduate of the University of Puget Sound and has worked with local AM and FM radio stations, and with media platform RIPL.

HomeStreet Capital

Beverley Kiessig has been hired as closing manager for HomeStreet Capital, the income property division of HomeStreet Bank.

Evergreen Pacific Partners

Evergreen Pacific Partners in Seattle, a private equity fund, hired Steve Wiesner as senior vice president. Wiesner will open the company's first California office in Los Angeles and drive new investment opportunities throughout the state. Evergreen has three portfolio companies with operations in California. Wiesner was a director at Lincoln International, a global middle-market investment banking firm.

Sep 22, 2009

Garvey Schubert Barer

Garvey Schubert Barer hired Emily Studebaker as of counsel in its Seattle office. Studebaker's practice focuses on health care, physician groups and ambulatory surgery centers.

SonoSite

SonoSite, the Bothell-based hand-carried ultrasound company, hired John Bowers as senior vice president of strategic development and patient safety innovations. Bowers has 20 years of experience in the medical technology industry and was recently president and CEO of Northstar Neuroscience.

Horizon Air

Horizon Air hired Mark Eliasen as vice president of finance. Eliasen has 25 years of corporate and consulting experience. He recently practiced in the Puget Sound area as an independent corporate finance consultant in the technology, manufacturing and service industries.

J.R. Abbott Construction

Andrea Smith and Jaden Villnow were promoted from interns to project engineers at J.R. Abbott Construction in Seattle. Both recently completed the construction management certification program at the University of Washington. Smith joined the firm in June of 2008 and is supporting work in the special projects, retail and estimating divisions. Villnow started in the field and now works with the retail and estimating teams at Abbott Construction.

PNWRCC

The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters recently graduated 281 carpentry apprenticeship students. The graduation marked the culmination of four years of course work, hands-on instruction and on-the-job training by the apprentices. The training that the graduates received was paid for by a state-wide trust that the PNWRCC and its partner contractors jointly pay into.