Oct 30, 2013

Runberg Architecture

Marcheselli

Runberg Architecture Group promoted Constanza Marcheselli to principal. Marcheselli specializes in affordable housing and senior housing. She is leading work in Seattle on the 9th and Pine mixed-use development. Marcheselli holds a master's in architecture from Tulane University.

Hewitt

Storkman

Esmaili

Tolentino

Muller

Hewitt hired staff architects Jens Muller and Cesar Tolentino, intern Yasaman Esmaili and staff landscape architect Ryan Storkman. Muller has 27 years of experience with a focus on mixed-use housing. He is a senior project manager working on four apartment buildings on Capitol Hill. Tolentino has more than 10 years of experience as a technical architect. He provides Revit/BIM management as well as imaging and production support. Esmaili is a graduate student at the University of Washington working toward a master's in architecture/design computing. She provides graphics and architectural support on residential and transit projects. Storkman has seven years of experience focused on urban and natural environments, and works in the landscape architecture studio. Hewitt is a Seattle-based architecture, landscape architecture and urban design firm.

Parametrix

Missel

Parametrix hired architect Joe Missel as a senior consultant in the community building division in the Puget Sound region. He will support program and construction management. Missel has 25-plus years in architecture and construction. He has worked on educational, office, retail, industrial, maintenance, and utility and infrastructure projects, and was a project manager and managing architect for Helix Design Group. Parametrix provides engineering, planning and environmental sciences, with offices in the western United States.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Holcomb

Richard Holcomb joined Elliott Bay Design Group as a senior naval architect. Holcomb is an engineer with more than two decades of naval architecture experience. He will focus on ship performance and design. The Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm said it has been hiring to meet demand across the country. EBDG also has offices in New Orleans and Ketchikan, Alaska.

SCJ Alliance

Sjoding

Ireland

Lynch-Tate

Palazzi

Cochrane

SCJ Alliance hired Casey Cochrane as a project development and community relations specialist; Lisa Palazzi as a soil and wetland scientist; Maryam Lynch-Tate as senior marketing coordinator; Dan Ireland as a project manager; and Joshua Sjoding as an IT specialist. Cochrane has 25 years of experience in government and community relations, the last 10 representing Puget Sound Energy. Palazzi has 20 years of experience in soil and wetland science and soil hydrology. Lynch-Tate has more than 19 years of experience in marketing, proposal management, presentation development and events planning. Ireland has engineering experience and was with the Washington State Department of Transportation for 10 years. Sjoding has 20 years of experience with computers, most recently as an IT specialist with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. Olympia-based SCJ provides engineering, design, planning, and transportation engineering and planning.

ALSC Architects

LaRue

Russell

Leinonen

ALSC Architects hired Tim Leinonen as an architectural intern and Kathy Russell and Ron LaRue as project architects. Leinonen is working on the Football Operations Building at Washington State University. Russell's projects include the WSU Wine Science Center in Richland. LaRue is working on the Spokane Convention Center expansion. The firm provides planning and design, with offices in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Art Anderson Associates

Bremerton-based engineering services firm Art Anderson Associates promoted Ben Anderson to president and CEO. He is the third generation of Andersons to lead the company, following in the footsteps of his father, Eric Anderson, and his grandfather and company namesake, Art Anderson. He has graduate engineering degrees and experience as a chief engineer for the U.S. Coast Guard, where he was an active duty officer for 14 years. He has been with the firm for more than two years, and led design of a new gold dredge vessel in Alaska. Outgoing company president, Rob Henry, will lead the facilities division.

Live Life Tours

Leslie Womack is the founder of Live Life Tours, a boutique tour company in Seattle. She has been a travel professional for 28 years and worked with the Washington D.C. Convention & Visitors Bureau, Aramark Parks and Resorts, Lake Quinault Lodge and Mayflower Park Hotel in Seattle. The company offers small group tours that focus on food and wine, art and history, adventure and nature.

Leopold Ketel

Leopold Ketel, a marketing agency in Portland, added Lea Anne Clifton as an account manager. She was with Mutt Industries of Portland and also worked as project manager/digital producer at Nike.com and project manager at MTV.

Western Washington University

Kathleen Kitto has been named vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School at Western Washington University. Kitto has been acting vice provost for research and acting dean of the Graduate School since March 2012.