Aug 24, 2011

PeaceTrees Vietnam

PeaceTrees Vietnam co-founder Jerilyn Brusseau won the Seattle Storm Women of Inspiration Award. Brusseau co-founded PeaceTrees Vietnam in 1995 as a way to foster cross-cultural friendships with the people of Vietnam. Twenty three women have received the award since 2006.

JayRay

Camille St. Onge has joined JayRay as an advisor in the Tacoma communications firm. She has a background in commercial lending, banking, health insurance and association business. Most recently she led the media relations team at the Washington Restaurant Association in Olympia.

Seattle Center

Seattle Center said Levy Restaurants will be the restaurant consulting partner for the 74-acre campus. The initial agreement extends to July 1, 2014. Levy Restaurants also serves Key Arena and CenturyLink Field.

Seattle Public Schools

Seattle Public School promoted Marni Campbell to executive director of schools. She was executive director of special education. Campbell takes over from Brianna Dusseault, who will serve as a second executive director of schools for the Southeast Region.

Art Anderson Associates

Anderson

Naval architect and marine engineer Nikolas “Ben” Anderson joined Bremerton-based Art Anderson Associates. The firm was established in 1957 by his grandparents, Arthur L. Anderson and Bea Anderson. Ben Anderson's father, Eric L. Anderson, is current owner and CEO of the marine architecture and engineering firm. Ben Anderson holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and dual master of science degrees in naval architecture and marine engineering and mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. He served with the USCG for nine years and is in the USCG Reserves.

Westwood Professional Services

Gonzalez

Westwood Professional Services, a land and energy development consultant, moved from downtown Portland to Lakeside Center in Tualatin, Ore. Senior Project Manager Robert Gonzalez will lead local operations. That position was held by Rick Haglund, director of energy business development, who relocated to the corporate office in Minnesota. Gonzalez is responsible for client relationships and managing work on utility-scale wind farms and other projects in the western U.S. He has provided consulting engineering and owned a civil engineering and land surveying firm. His experience includes the Oregon State Hospital Replacement project.

Degenkolb Engineers

Cuisinot

Degenkolb Engineers named Albert M. Cuisinot chief financial officer. Cuisinot has 25 years of experience in finance, including 14 as a CFO. He replaces Bob Beggs, who is retiring early next year. Cuisinot had been CFO at Steinberg Architects, which he helped expand from a single location and $10 million in revenues to $30 million and four locations, including Asia. Earlier he was CFO of the Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, Calif., and spent 10 years in finance at Stanford University. Degenkolb is a structural engineering firm.

The Blueline Group

Fowler

Wiscomb

The Blueline Group hired Chris Wiscomb as a CAD drafter/designer and Sam Fowler as construction inspector. Wiscomb has worked as a CAD manager for the past two years. His recent projects include subdivisions, schools, play fields, parks, and commercial development. Fowler recently graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in construction management. Blueline is expanding its construction administration department. The firm provides civil engineering and consulting services to jurisdictions and land developers.

Otak

Murata

Otak hired civil engineer Sheri Murata in the Kirkland office. Murata had worked for Otak from 2001-2005. She specializes in water resources engineering, with experience in erosion control, stormwater and site improvements. She is working on the Overlake Village detention vault. Otak is an urban design, architecture, planning and engineering firm.

Transpo Group

Burkhard

Transpo Group hired Brian Burkhard as a vice president to lead the Intelligent Transportation Systems practice from the San Francisco office. Burkhard has more than 23 years of experience as an electrical engineer. He specializes in projects involving ITS, connected-vehicle (IntelliDrive), tolling, transit operations, lighting, power and communications. Previously, he led the ITS practice for HNTB in San Francisco. Transpo Group has headquarters in Kirkland and Abu Dhabi, and provides transportation planning and engineering.

HKP Architects

Lambert

HKP Architects hired Joe Lambert as an intern architect. Previously, Lambert worked in Maine for Elliott Elliott Norelius Architecture. He studied architecture in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Architecture. At HKP, he will assist with construction administration for Bellingham Technical College Campus Center. The Mount Vernon firm provides architecture and engineering.

HDJ Design Group

Manix

HDJ Design Group hired John A. Manix as a senior traffic engineer in Vancouver. He has more than 25 years of traffic engineering and transportation planning experience, including with the city of Vancouver. He has helped develop traffic studies and plans for traffic improvements. HDJ provides engineering, planning, landscape architecture and surveying.