Aug 29, 2012

Wood Harbinger

Eastman

Robert Eastman joined Wood Harbinger of Bellevue as a project manager for the information technology group. Eastman has 27-plus years of experience in the building industry, including technology consulting services for health care, higher education, commercial office and mixed-use projects. He previously was with Sparling, and has provided design services for Amazon Seattle and Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.

Baylis Architects

Becker

Schulte

Garcini

Wadhwani

Syferd

D'Agnone

Baylis Architects hired John D'Agnone, David Syferd and Lavina Wadhwani as job captains, Juan Garcini as a project manager, Arthur Schulte as an intern, and Rebecca Becker as a summer intern. D'Agnone is returning to Baylis. He has 13 years of experience and will work on several custom homes. Syferd has six years of experience in commercial, hospitality, mixed-use and residential projects. He will work on a 160-unit residential mixed-use project in Fremont. Wadhwani has 11 years of experience on mixed-use and commercial projects. She is returning to Baylis, and will work on the Fremont Apartments. Garcini has 20 years of experience with workforce housing, corporate offices and international retailers. He is returning to the firm, and will work on apartment projects in northeast Seattle. Schulte is a graduate of the Lake Washington Institute of Technology where he studied multimedia design and architectural graphics. He will assist on large mixed-use residential projects in Seattle, Redmond and Issaquah. Becker has two years of experience, and is working on two mixed-use projects in Bellevue. Baylis is an architectural and planning firm with offices in Bellevue and Seattle.

Zervas Group Architects

Reeves

Zervas Group Architects hired Matt Reeves as an intern architect. Reeves has worked on residential projects and the Health Professions Building for Whatcom Community College. He holds a bachelor's of architectural studies and a master of architecture from Washington State University. Bellingham-based Zervas is an architectural and interiors firm.

GeoEngineers

Horne

GeoEngineers hired Craig Horne as a principal hydrogeologist based in Boise, Idaho. Horne has 25-plus years of experience, and will provide hydrogeology and environmental assessment/remediation. He previously was on a 13-month tour with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan, where he identified groundwater resources and worked on developing the water supply for military bases. Seattle-based GeoEngineers is a earth science, engineering and technology firm.

KDF Architecture

Franklund

David C. Franklund, a principal at KDF Architecture, has earned Green Belt Lean Certification for Facilities Design.

Environmental Science Associates

Wolfe

Marjorie Wolfe with Environmental Science Associates was appointed to a scientific review panel that advises the state of Oregon on the science related to the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds. It is called the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team. Wolfe is a water resources engineer and ESA's Portland office director. ESA is an environmental consulting, planning and design firm.

Professional Service Industries

Professional Service Industries promoted Bruce Hall to principal consultant for its roof surveys service line, covering the Dallas, San Antonio, Portland, Mountlake Terrace and Tacoma offices. He is also facilities department manager. Hall holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from Texas A&M University, and has been with PSI since 2011. PSI is an engineering, consulting and testing firm.

Online Schools

Washington-based Online Schools offers a directory of online high schools and colleges promoting the concept of self-promoted education. This format provides students the opportunity to interact with professors and students in a face-to-face forum while also maintaining the flexibility provided by the online school paradigm. For more information visit:

http://www.onlineschools.org/guides/Washington.

City of Tacoma

City manager T.C. Broadnax appointed Ricardo Noguera as director of the city's Community and Economic Development Department, and appointed Steve Call as the city's interim finance director. Noquera previously served as the housing and economic development director for the city of Visalia, CA. and Call served as director of the Office of Management and Budget for King county from 2001 to 2005.

Seattle City Council

The Seattle City Council Government Performance and Finance Committee appointed Kendee Yamaguchi to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. Yamaguchi worked in federal and state government and as a private sector lawyer and currently serves as the executive director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. Seattle City Council meetings are cablecast and webcast live on Seattle Channel 21 and on the city council's website: http://www.seattle.gov/councillive/