Sep 30, 2014

The Seattle Aquarium

The Seattle Aquarium named David Muzia director of facilities. Muzia has over 10 years of experience in facilities management and environmental health and safety. He was regional operations manager for western North America at Expedia as well as facility and environmental health and safety manager for Seattle's Institute for Brain Science.

REI

REI said Annie Zipfel has been promoted to senior vice president of marketing, Julie Averill has been promoted to vice president of information technology and Mark Stoddard is the new vice president of planning, inventory management and operations. Zipfel joined REI in 2012 as divisional vice president of customer marketing. Averill has been interim vice president for two months. Stoddard worked for Catherines and Eddie Bauer.

Western Washington University

Craig Dunn was appointed to a two-year term as dean of the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University. He has been interim dean for a year and before that was associate dean/director of graduate programs at CBE.

PSF Mechanical

Hill

Stabnow

Robenalt

Seattle-based PSF Mechanical hired Andrew Robenalt and Randy Stabnow as project design engineers and Robert Hill as VCM design modeler. Both Robenalt and Stabnow hold bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering from Saint Martin's University. Stabnow, PE, is a former PSF employee with eight years of industry experience. Hill holds an associate's degree in design drafting from Green River Community College, and has seven years of CADD experience.

Howard S. Wright

Habibuddin

Balfour Beatty Construction's Washington state division, Howard S. Wright, hired Salone Habibuddin as project solutions manager. Habibuddin is working with the division's business development team to move projects through the real estate acquisition, entitlement, design, construction and leasing phases. She is a development director/construction manager and licensed architect with over 21 years of industry experience. She holds a master's degree in construction management and a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Washington.

Hill International

Zeitlin

David Zeitlin joined Hill International as the project manager for the Wenatchee School District's capital bond program. Zeitlin is also working on business development in the K-12 schools and colleges capitol development sectors. He has over 30 years of experience in architecture and project management. He holds a master's degree in architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture and a bachelor's degree in environmental design from the University of Massachusetts.

American Construction Co.

Culbert

Tacoma-based American Construction Co. promoted Steve Brannon to CEO, Kevin Culbert to president and Rod Gowdy to project operations manager. Brannon is focusing on strategic direction and expansion. He has led the company for 23 years. Culbert has been with the company for 28 years, most recently as vice president and manager of construction operations. Gowdy has 24 years of marine construction experience; the last 12 at American.

ABC of Western Washington

VanWell

Mark VanWell of VanWell Masonry was elected as board chair of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington. Other officers are: Jamie Creek of Synergy Construction, chair-elect; John Noble of Washington Commercial Painters, vice chair of government and labor affairs; Mike Schultis of Schultis Sundberg, vice chair of membership; Dawn Lanz of Sea-Tac Electric, vice chair of professional development; Dan Case of Peterson Sullivan, secretary-treasurer; and Amanda Grindle of Saybr Contractors, immediate past chair. Directors are: Ryan Brown of System Heating & Air Conditioning, Anthony Christoffersen of Tradesmen International, Jeff Harding of Premier Builders, Travis Hull of Mechanical & Control Services, Clarke Jewell of Olympian Precast, Glen Kuntz of S.D. Deacon Corp. of Washington, Scott Rhodes of Rhodes Architecture; Greg Tozer of Express Construction Co., James Walsh of Finishing Systems; and Jason Wandler of Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker.