Feb 16, 2011

Foster Pepper

Foster Pepper announced Sam Bull and Laura Karassik have been promoted from associates to members in the Seattle office. Bull joined Foster Pepper in 2003 and is part of the Litigation Practice Group. Karassik joined the Real Estate Practice Group in 2005.

B2B CFO

B2B CFO, a business that provides CFO services to emerging and mid-market companies, announced Bruce Seiler is serving as a part-time chief financial officer for the Seattle and Portland areas. He will work with companies in distribution, food processing, manufacturing and telecommunication. Seiler has 25 years of experience and has served as controller, treasurer and CFO.

Holland America Line

Holland America Line promoted Dan Grausz and Paul Goodwin. Grausz is executive vice president, fleet operations. Goodwin is executive vice president, on-board revenue, planning, port operations and tours. In addition to his responsibilities for Holland America, Grausz will assume all fleet and new building responsibilities for Seabourn. He has worked with Holland America since 1988. Goodwin joined Holland America in 2003.

Core Design

The land development firm Core Design hired Bob West in the surveying department to work on residential and commercial projects. West previously worked for the firm, which provides civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture and urban design.

Perteet

Brian Sperry joined Perteet as senior associate in the transportation design group in Seattle. Sperry has supported Puget Sound area agencies for 18 years, working on streets, trails, bridges, intersections and transit facilities. His experience includes Seattle's Northwest Market/45th Street Transit Priority Corridor improvements and West Marginal Way Southwest improvements. Perteet is an engineering firm with offices also in Everett and Snoqualmie.

The Portico Group

The Portico Group hired J. Allen Cox as an associate landscape designer, Melissa Cayabyab as an associate graphic designer and Jessie Feng as accounting manager. Cox most recently worked as a landscape designer at Mithun. He has 10-plus years of experience in landscape design. Before joining Portico, Cayabyab worked as an intern for Left Tree in San Diego as she pursued her bachelor's from San Diego State University. Jessie Feng most recently worked at Deloitte & Touche in Vancouver, Canada, after receiving her master of accountancy from Brock University in Ontario. The Portico Group is comprised of architects, landscape architects and interpretive exhibit designers, specializing in spaces for community and informal education.

DLR Group

Architect Ron van der Veen joined DLR Group as a principal. He has led projects in the United States, with significant experience on higher education facilities. At DLR, he will lead design of buildings meeting the 2030 Challenge targets for carbon neutrality. He is founding board member with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and has done presentations nationally on green design. DLR provides architecture, engineering, planning and interior design in U.S. offices and in China.

Hart Crowser

Hart Crowser appointed Jeff Barrett, Ph.D, and Robert Klein to its board of directors. Klein is a partner at the law firm Short, Cressman & Burgess. Barrett, senior associate ecologist, is manager of Hart Crowser's natural resources office in Edmonds. Hart Crowser is an environmental and engineering firm headquartered in Seattle.