Oct 24, 2013

Pacific NW Diabetes Research Institute

Carricaburu

Fuentes

The Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute hired Norma Fuentes as chief development officer and Valerie Carricaburu, Ph.D., as director of strategic alliances. Fuentes was chief development officer at Stroum Jewish Community Center, and also worked for The Nature Conservancy and Washington State University. Carricaburu has been a senior technology manager at the University of Washington Center for Commercialization and has a Ph.D. in biological and medical sciences.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo Private Bank hired Bruce Bailey as vice president and senior private banker. Bailey will manage client relationships including banking, credit, and access to brokerage and investment management services. Bailey worked at Washington Trust Bank as a vice president and relationship manager.

Schafer joins WSCC board

Schafer

Craig Schafer was appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to the Washington State Convention Center board of directors. His term ends July 30, 2016. Schafer is replacing board member Christopher Sullivan, who resigned earlier this year. Schafer owns Hotel Andra in downtown Seattle and a Red Lion Hotel in Portland. He has owned several hotels in Seattle and founded Colliers International's hotel realty brokerage.

HREC hires new VP

Hospitality Real Estate Counselors, which has an office in Seattle, hired Mark Mitroka as a senior vice president in its Orange County office. Mitroka has more than 25 years of experience in real estate and finance, most recently as president of Sojourn Advisors, a real estate consulting firm for high net-worth people and companies. HREC says it is the nation's largest lodging and gaming real estate advisory firm, with 14 U.S. offices.

TeamBuilder joins Keller Williams

Bill Hurme and his TeamBuilder home sales group have joined Keller Williams Realty. The TeamBuilder group will work out of Keller Williams' Kirkland office. TeamBuilder has 43 brokers that sold more than 500 homes worth more than $200 million last year. Hurme worked for John L. Scott Real Estate for 17 years before founding TeamBuilder. Keller Williams says it is the largest real estate franchise operation in the U.S., with 700 offices and more than 80,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada.

State honors Mike Lowry

Lowry

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission has given former Gov. Mike Lowry a lifetime achievement award for his work to help farmworkers buy houses. In 2003, he launched Washington Agricultural Family Assistance to find land, organize volunteers and secure funding. WAFA has built 73 homes in eastern Washington, including Moses Lake, Quincy, Ephrata and Royal City. Lowry also is co-chair of the National Alliance to End Homelessness and was on the board of Sharehouse, which provides furniture to formerly homeless people. The commission also gave 2013 Friend of Housing awards to Christina Pegg of Longview Housing Authority, Leah Greenwood for her work on the merger of Affordable Community Environments and Reach Community Development, Sue Cary for her work with Capitol Hill Housing and other housing organizations, Opportunity Council of Bellingham and Helen Stevenson for her work on affordable housing in eastern Washington.

Oct 23, 2013

Integrus Architecture

Morganti

Hong

Ogram

Integrus Architecture promoted Stephanie Ogram and Johnny Hong to senior associate and Alicia Morganti to associate. Ogram is interior design manager in the Spokane office and Hong is a project architect/designer in the Seattle office. Morganti does bookeeping in the Spokane office. Integrus provides architectural, planning, interior design, structural engineering and security design services.

FFA Architecture and Interiors

Checkis

Roark

Henderson

Zody

FFA Architecture and Interiors hired Joe Zody as a senior associate, Stacey Henderson as a historic preservation specialist, and Laura Roark and Michelle Checkis as intern architects. Karl Refi was promoted to associate. Zody has nearly 25 years of senior living design experience and has worked on new construction and renovations. He will lead FFA's housing market design group, which focuses on apartments, student housing and senior living. Henderson holds a master's of historic preservation from the University of Oregon and a bachelor of interior architecture from the University of Oregon. Her projects include Olympic National Park Hoh Visitor Center. FFA provides architecture, planning, historic preservation and interior design.

Sparling

Hesedahl

Sparling hired Jeanette Hesedahl as a senior acoustician in the acoustical consulting and design practice. Hesedahl has 12 years as an acoustical consultant. She is an engineer with experience in commercial, educational, theater, mixed-use, community center, health care and industrial projects. She is working on Odle Middle School in Bellevue. Sparling is an electrical, technology, audiovisual, acoustical and lighting design firm with offices in Lynnwood, Portland and San Diego.

Freiheit & Ho Architects

Grueneis

Freiheit & Ho Architects elected Sherri Grueneis to its board of directors. Grueneis recently became a shareholder, was promoted to associate principal, and was elected as corporation secretary. Her appointment to the board is part of a transition plan that began in 2012. Freiheit & Ho said it has seen growth of 75 percent over the past three years.

HKP Architects

Whitehill

Paul Whitehill returned to the architectural staff of HKP Architects after seven years practicing in the Bay Area. He began working for HKP in 2001 and was involved in K-12 and community college projects, and has since focused on K-12. He is doing assessments for Edmonds School District. HKP is an architecture, design and planning firm in Mount Vernon.

PBS Engineering and Environmental

Ogden

Yantz

PBS Engineering and Environmental promoted Heidi Yantz and Timothy (Tim) Ogden to principal. Yantz has been with PBS for seven years and manages its Portland geo-environmental group. Ogden has been with the firm for 20 years and leads the health and safety design team. Portland-based PBS provides geo-environmental, health and safety, engineering, and natural resource consulting from offices in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

Farallon Consulting

Allin

Farallon Consulting hired Scott Allin as a principal environmental scientist and office manager of its new office in Sacramento, Calif. Allin is an environmental property assessor with nearly 25 years of experience in environmental liability associated with brownfields. He has provided due diligence for single properties as well as mixed-use portfolios. Issaquah-based Farallon provides environmental consulting, with offices also in Seattle, Bellingham and Portland.

Hargis Engineers

Radics

Phil Radics joined Hargis Engineers as a principal. Radics has 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and will serve national and international clients. At Berk-Tek, he managed product sourcing, logistics and client development for firms that included 3M, Amazon, Fidelity Investments and Google. Hargis is a mechanical, electrical, telecommunications and electronic security consulting engineering firm.

BLRB Architects

BLRB Architects hired Scott Winters as an architectural graphics designer in the Tacoma office, Henry Rhett as a project designer in Bend, and Melissa Guarin as project manager in Portland. Winters holds a master's degree in architecture from the University of Oregon and a bachelor of fine arts in mixed media from Western Washington University. Rhett has 15 years of technical design experience and ran his own design firm, working on residential and commercial projects. Guarin has more than a decade of architectural design experience on public and private projects. Tacoma-based BLRB focuses on public architecture, and also has a Spokane office.

Got ideas for the Tacoma Armory?

Historic Tacoma will hold a free event celebrating the city's historic architecture from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 5 in the Tacoma Armory at South 11th Street and South Yakima Avenue.

The event is part of Tacoma's Art at Work Month, and is also Historic Tacoma's annual membership reception and meeting.

There will be an exhibit by Earthwise Architectural Salvage and a presentation on the armory, which was built in 1908.

Historic Tacoma said Fred Roberson recently bought the armory, and is seeking ideas from the community on how to redevelop it. He will attend the event.

Blue Rooster

Blue Rooster, an interactive agency and tech company focused on Global 500 intranets, said it received $3 million in private equity funding from PFU Limited, a subsidiary of Fujitsu. It is also opening offices in Hong Kong and New York, and hired Todd Ray to head the strategy practice. Ray has eight years of experience on Microsoft's business strategy consulting team. Seattle-based Blue Rooster was founded in 2000.

Puget Sound American Marketing

Puget Sound American Marketing Association said Jim Copacino, co-founder and executive creative director of Copacino+Fujikado, won the 2013 Legend Award and will be honored at the association's Pulse Awards Nov. 7 at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle. He worked at Chiat/Day Seattle, Livingston & Co., Cole & Weber and McCann-Erickson before co-founding C+F with Betti Fujikado. Pulse Awards finalists for 2013 include Fluke, Microsoft, Seattle Children's, Bing and Laird Norton Wealth Management.

Aura Bakery & Coffee Bar

Aura Bakery & Coffee Bar has opened at 116 Central Way in Kirkland. The family-owned business will provide breakfast and lunch. Bill Cooper, vice president, and Taylor Olson, associate, of Colliers International Bellevue represented Aura in leasing. Magellan Architects designed the space, while TCI Inc. was the general contractor. Wallace Properties represents the property owner.