Oct 07, 2009

Metropolitan Information Exchange

Bill Schrier, Seattle's chief technology officer and director of the Department of Information Technology, has been elected president of the Metropolitan Information Exchange for the coming year. MIX is a national organization of chief information officers and technology executives of city and county governments with populations over 100,000.

Marshall and Associates

Marshall and Associates, a GIS integration company, has two new locations in the Pacific Northwest. The new corporate office is in the Hyde Park District of Boise while the company's Olympia staff have been relocated to the historic Mottman Building in downtown Olympia. The new Olympia address is 101 N. Capitol Way, Suite 300.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Miles McEvoy, the founding manager of Washington State's Organic Food Program, has been named director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program. Miles joined the Washington State Department of Agriculture in 1988 as the first employee of the Organic Food Program. Under his leadership, the program has grown to 23 employees.

Schacht Aslani Architects

Sukyee Pang is a new project manager of the North Seattle Integrated Resources project for Schacht Aslani Architects. She worked for Callison before joining Schacht Aslani. Also new to the firm is Evan Bourquard, who previously worked for Miller/Hull Partnership and Bosworth Hoedemaker Architecture. He is working on the Auburn Library expansion and a planning study for the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Museum of Natural History.

Parametrix

Parametrix hired Robert Mitchell as a senior survey consultant. He will focus on business development across markets and services, both externally and internally within Parametrix. Before joining the engineering and planning company, he managed the survey and GIS development program for the Port of Tacoma's Blair Hylebos Peninsula Terminal redevelopment for a local firm. He also worked on surveying for Brightwater, Alaskan Way Viaduct, Wild Horse Wind Power, SR520 right-of-way and Thea Foss Waterway.

Kittelson & Associates

The international transportation planning, engineering and research firm Kittelson & Associates named three new shareholders, including Peter Koonce, a principal engineer, in the Portland office. The firm's other new shareholders are Brandon Nevers and Jim Schoen.

Oct 06, 2009

Haggen

Jim Donald has been named president and CEO of Haggen, Inc., a 33-store grocery company based in Bellingham. Donald worked at Starbucks from 2002 to 2008, first as president of Starbucks North America and then as president and CEO of Starbucks. Donald is succeeding Dale Henley who had held his position since 1996 and is retiring. Henley will become a non-executive chairman of the board and will continue as president/CEO of Briar Development Co., a Haggen affiliate that develops and owns real estate.

Liberty Northwest

Liberty Northwest, a Portland-based private workers compensation insurer, hired Margie Cooper as vice president, claims. She succeeds Gary Kentner, who is retiring. Cooper worked at Inner-City Underwriting in Chicago as vice president, client services.

A Helping Hand Homecare

A Helping Hand Homecare, a Seattle-based provider of nursing and in-home care services, has acquired Gig Harbor-based Senior Helpers, a provider of elderly care services worth about $400,000 in assets. The acquisition helps A Helping Hand's expand to the South Sound area. This is the company's fourth acquisition since it was founded in 2003 and the second this year.

ABC of Western Washington

Les Sargeant of United Systems Mechanical was elected 2009-10 chairman of the board of directors of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. Other officers are: Erin VerHoeven of Corstone Contractors, chair elect; Jeremy Stendera of Apex, vice chair of government and labor affairs; Larry Newton of Lovsted-Worthington, vice chair of membership; Ryan Haggard of Haggard Electrical Contractors, vice chair of development and education; Diane Keithly of Keithly Electric Co., secretary/treasurer; and Grant Larsen of Express Construction Co., immediate past chair. Directors for 2009-10 are: Amanda Grindle of Saybr Contractors, Jeff Harding of Premier Builders, Steve Klimek of Redhawk Construction Co., Dawn Lanz of McMullen Electric, Brian Mead of Balancing Service Co.; Greg Nolten of Dochnahl Construction, Brian Pahlow of Nuprecon, Karl Pauly of Graham Contracting, and Pam Stewart of Synergy Construction.

Metropolitan Hardwood Floors

Metropolitan Hardwood Floors (US) is relocating to Cabot Properties' Cabot @ 216 building in Kent, consolidating two existing Kent locations into one centralized distribution facility totaling 62,150 square feet. The move is expected to save on Metropolitan's operating expenses. The company's headquarters is also being relocated to the new location, along with a technical training center and product showroom. Metropolitan distributes pre-finished hardwood flooring to markets in Canada and the western United States.

Washington Alder

Mount Vernon-based Washington Alder opened a sales office in Eugene, Ore. The Oregon sales team includes Keith Wright, Jeff Carr, Mike Edlin, Gary Murdoch and Dale Ragel. Washington Alder is a producer of Forest Stewardship Council-certified alder, maple and birch hardwood lumber.