Oct 13, 2010
Craig Chambers has become president of BHC Consultants in Seattle. A founding member of the firm, Chambers takes over day-to-day operations from
Gary Bourne. Bourne remains an executive committee member until later next year and will continue his municipal consulting practice. Chambers has more than three decades of experience in design, construction and management of public works projects. He has been a BHC board member for four years and was director of engineering.
Ron Dorn, who joined the firm as a principal engineer in 2006, is the new director of engineering. BHC is an employee-owned engineering and planning firm with 46 employees.
Landau Associates made promotions in its Edmonds office. They are
Gary Huitsing to senior project engineer,
Piper Roelen to associate,
Steven Quarterman to senior ecologist,
Jessica Kelley to project fisheries biologist and
Rosemary Trimmer to staff environmental specialist. In Tacoma, Landau promoted
Jessica Stone to project scientist. Huitsing is an environmental engineer with 10 years of experience in air permitting, mobile air quality, noise measurement, modeling and analysis, stormwater permitting and vapor intrusion projects. Roelen has 15 years of experience in site assessments, remedial investigations and designs, cleanup actions, and feasibility and treatability studies. Quarterman has a background in wetland delineation/mitigation, environmental regulations, and acquisition of state and federal environmental permits and approvals. Kelley has more than eight years of experience in fish and habitat surveys, threatened and endangered species evaluation, stream classification and buffer designation, wetland delineation, and fish removal methods. Trimmer has experience in stormwater sampling, industrial and construction stormwater compliance and documentation, grant writing and administration, environmental site assessment, due diligence investigations, SEPA documentation, and air quality permitting. Stone has a background in environmental site investigations and permitting, wetland and sensitive area delineation, stormwater, groundwater, and soil sampling, and construction monitoring. Landau provides environmental and geotechnical engineering and natural resource services from offices in Edmonds, Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, West Richland and Portland.
The Glosten Associates hired
Ian McCauley in its naval architecture group and
Jeff Rider in its marine engineering group. McCauley earned a bachelor's in naval architecture and marine engineering from Webb Institute this year. Rider is developing piping models and concept mechanical designs for a dredge repower, and has a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Washington. Glosten is a Seattle-based marine engineering and naval architecture firm. It has worked on tugs, barges, dredgers, research vessels, ferries and platforms.
Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes is one of two new members of the Public Records Exemption Committee, commonly known as the Sunshine Committee, which reviews exemptions to the Washington Public Records Act. Gov. Chris Gregoire appointed Holmes and Susan R. Agid, formerly a judge on the Washington Court of Appeals, Division 1, to the committee effective Sept. 10. The governor also reappointed Lynn Kessler, majority leader of the state House of Representatives, and Frank W. Garred, a retired newspaper publisher.
The law firm of Williams Kastner hired Kristen Wilson as an associate in the Seattle office. Wilson will focus on product liability and business litigation, and was previously deputy prosecuting attorney for the Criminal Division of the King County Prosecutor's Office.
The Washington State Bar Association announced Bellevue attorney Steven Toole is the 2010–11 WSBA president. Toole has been involved with the WSBA for more than 15 years, when he was elected to the board of governors representing the Eighth Congressional District.
Public relations firm Weber Shandwick promoted Tim Fry to general manager of the Seattle office and Michelle Maggs to senior vice president, management supervisor. Fry has been with the firm for 14 years and Maggs has been there for 12 years. The firm has also hired Bee Wuethrich as senior vice president to head the Seattle arm of its Social Impact Practice, which drives advocacy programs for some of the world's largest philanthropic organizations. Wuethrich has 20 years experience in strategic communications for nonprofits.
Oct 12, 2010
ATG Rehab, a supplier of complex rehab equipment and assistive technologies, replaced its Bellevue office with two new locations in Lynnwood and Tacoma. The Tacoma office is at 11106 25th Ave. E., Suite A. It is led by
Michelle Marchand and
Doug Ekness. They are joined by
Dan Timco, formerly president of Adaptive Mobility in Olympia, which ATG Rehab has acquired. The Lynnwood office at 16531 13th Ave. W., Suite A-106, is led by
Stacey Reeser, Washington branch manager.
Seattle wine bar The Local Vine has opened a Capitol Hill location in Trace North at 1410 12th Ave. The opening comes eight weeks after the restaurant vacated its first location in Belltown due to structural problems in the Second Avenue Maguire Building. Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designed the space. Krekow Jennings was the contractor. The restaurant has 80 wines available.
The Washington State Bar Association said Sixth District Governor Patrick Palace has been elected WSBA treasurer for 2010–11. He chairs the WSBA Budget and Audit Committee.
