Apr 29, 2014

Lane Powell

McKillop

Eileen I. McKillop joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Construction Practice Group, and will focus on complex multi-party litigation including construction, toxic tort and general litigation. McKillop was a partner at Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker.

Un-Cruise Adventures

Graves

The adventure cruise line Un-Cruise Adventures hired Captain Mark Graves as port captain, based at the Seattle firm's Fishermen's Terminal headquarters. Ship masters on eight vessels will report to Graves, who will be in charge of management, voyage planning and navigation standards. Graves was with Lindblad Expeditions.

Artist Trust

Artist Trust has appointed Barbara Green interim operations director. She has more than 25 years of experience in interim leadership roles for University Heights, Richard Hugo House and other local nonprofits. She replaces Margit Rankin, who was executive director. A new executive director is expected to be hired by August.

Venture General Contracting

Beaudoin

Seattle-based Venture General Contracting added Jack Beaudoin as partner. Beaudoin is working with existing partner Matt Parent on expanding the firm's commercial construction markets. Prior to joining Venture, Beaudoin had a long career in the Seattle office of Turner Construction Co., where he served as general manager and division manager. He also served on the board of the Associated General Contractors and Urban Land Institute Seattle District Council. Venture recently moved into new headquarters at 1631 15th Ave. W. to accommodate its growth. It is managing more than $375 million in projects.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Hokens

Dahle

Dons

Warren

Orbeta

Abarientos

General contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted Mariam Abarientos to accounting manager; and hired Holly Orbeta as accounting assistant in Accounts Payable, Kristin Warren and Maarten Dons as operations assistants, and Ryan Dahle and Ken Hokens as project engineers. Abarientos joined Lewis in 1996 and has been in supervisory positions in accounting since 2011. She holds a bachelor's degree in business administration/accounting from Seattle University. Orbeta has been in accounting since 1999. She holds a bachelor's degree from Western Washington University and an associate's degree from Spokane Falls Community College. Warren has 13 years of operations experience and holds an associate's degree from BCTI. Dons has more than 30 years of administrative, marketing and management experience. Dahle has been in construction since 2004 and holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Brigham Young University. Hokens has been a union ironworker and foreman for 11 years. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from Northern Michigan University.

Absher Construction

Steve Watkins, chief estimator at Absher Construction, achieved a Certified Professional Estimator rating from the American Society of Professional Estimators. For certification, Watkins wrote a technical paper on estimating and took a two-part exam lasting 12 hours. ASPE picked Watkins' technical paper on design-build projects to publish in its June edition of Estimating Today. Absher says there is only one other CPE in the state holding the discipline-specific General Contracting Certification.

Bayley Construction

Mercer Island-based Bayley Construction relaunched its website, which was redesigned for a more user-friendly experience. The address is: http://www.bayley.net.

Apr 25, 2014

Pierce County Library System

Farmer

Green

Pierce County Library System hired two new directors. Cheree Green is staff experience director and will manage human resources. She was human resources director at Franciscan Medical Group/Franciscan Health System. Linda Farmer, APR, is marketing and community relations director. She was communications director for the Association of Washington School Principals.

Public Works Board

Governor Jay Inslee appointed Mary Margaret Haugen and Lisa Wellman to the Public Works Board. Haugen has represented the 10th District in the State Legislature for 30 years. Wellman has held executive positions in Fortune 100 companies and served on nonprofit boards. The Public Works Board helps local governments meet critical infrastructure needs.

Washington Department of Revenue

The Washington State Department of Revenue named Katie Gerard assistant director of human resources. Gerard was section chief for planning and strategy in the state's Human Resources Division at the Office of Financial Management.