Mar 19, 2015

Tacoma Power

Robinson

The Public Utility Board has been asked to confirm Chris Robinson as Tacoma Power's next superintendent, starting May 1. He is currently head of the utility's power management. Robinson began his career with Tacoma Power in 2001, and now oversees three hydroelectric projects and a $125 million-a-year power-purchase contract with Bonneville Power Administration, as well as planning for future power supply. Ted Coates will retire May 1. Tacoma Public Utilities was established in 1893 and has three divisions: Tacoma Power, Tacoma Water and Tacoma Rail.

Banner Bank

Borek

Banner Bank added Rebecca Borek to the business banking team in Seattle as vice president and business banker, based in the downtown branch at 1000 Second Ave. She has 20 years of experience in business finance in western Washington. Banner has nearly 110 locations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

CHH will honor Liberty Bank

Courtesy Joshua Okrent for CHH

Left to right: Michelle Purnell-Hepburn, Derryl Durden, Merle Richlen and Jocquelyn Duncan are on Capitol Hill Housing’s Liberty Bank Advisory Board.

Capitol Hill Housing convened an advisory board to look at ways to honor Liberty Bank, the first bank west of the Mississippi River to focus on serving the African-American community.

In 2013, CHH bought a site where the bank had a branch at 24th Avenue and Union Street with plans to build a mixed-use affordable housing complex.

The board recommends naming it Liberty Bank Building and integrating the bank logo into the signage. It also recommends reusing the brick exterior, vault door and number plates from safety deposit boxes, as well as displaying historic photos in the building.

The board is Jocquelyn Duncan, Derryl Durden, Merle Richlen, Michelle Purnell-Hepburn, George Staggers and Pastor Reggie Witherspoon.

Ford wins award

Ford

Laura Ford of Colliers International was named one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of Washington by the National Diversity Council. The council says winners have overcome barriers to make it to the top of their field. Ford has spent more than 20 years as a commercial real estate broker in Seattle and worked on some high profile leases. She represented Talon Private Capital and Prudential Real Estate Investors in a 200,000-square-foot lease to Amazon in 1800 Ninth, and Shorenstein Properties and Wright Runstad & Co. on a 300,000-square-foot lease with Zulily at 2601 Elliott.

CREW offers scholarships

Commercial Real Estate Women is offering scholarships for women pursuing a career in real estate. CREW is working with the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders Initiative and Prudential Real Estate Investors to provide 10 scholarships worth $5,000 as well as a paid internship, free membership at CREW and a CREW mentor. Women must be full-time students with at least a 3.0 GPA. Applications are due April 30. For more information, visit: http://www.crewnetwork.org.

Condo seminar May 7

The Seminar Group will hold an all-day event about condo development May 7 at Hilton Seattle. Topics include the state of the market; new development; new materials and technologies; and legal issues. Gregory A.V. Clark of Foster Pepper and Daniel Zimberoff of Barker Martin are co-chairs. For more information, or to register, visit: http://bit.ly/1CqOd2g

Mar 18, 2015

OAC

Heger

In Seattle, OAC hired Chris Heger as construction director, Mary Barnes as marketing manager, Shannon Chang as a project coordinator, Ben Tanjo as a project engineer, and Wesley Bergquist and Aaron Lee as project managers. Heger is a builder with over 25 years of experience in health care, biopharmaceutical and office projects. Barnes has 12-plus years of architecture, engineering and construction marketing experience. She will lead corporate marketing and business development, and manage proposals. Chang has a decade of experience and will provide administrative support to the building envelope/forensic architecture and engineering group. Tanjo recently graduated in engineering from Washington State University and interned at OAC. Bergquist has nearly a decade of experience in infrastructure, development and construction. He will manage development projects. Lee has more than five years of construction management experience in mixed-use, commercial and residential development projects, and will manage tenant improvements and health care construction projects.

Mahlum

Walton

Payne

Clausen

Rosen

In Seattle, Mahlum Architects promoted Corrie Rosen to associate principal and Caitlyn Clauson, Forest Payne and Jesse Walton to associate. Rosen is a project manager whose work includes the Nathan Hale High School modernization. Clauson is a higher education campus planner, with projects that include the West Campus Development Framework for the University of Washington. Payne has worked on educational and cultural projects. He is a project architect, specializing in high performance design and timber construction such as in the Muckleshoot Tribe Smokehouse. Walton has worked on school projects, focusing on envelope design and energy efficiency. He was project architect on Wilkes Elementary School.

Stantec

DiMarchi

In Fairbanks, Stantec hired Jack DiMarchi as Alaska mining sector leader. DiMarchi will serve clients and seek new mining work in Alaska. He has over 25 years of industry experience. He was the large mine project manager for Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Stantec provides consulting in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management and project economics.

Freiheit & Ho Architects

Cooper

Schulte

Hoffman

Freiheit & Ho Architects hired Dustin Hoffman, Arthur Schulte and Harmony Cooper as intern architects. Hoffman has eight years of engineering and architectural experience in commercial and residential design. Schulte holds a bachelor of technology in applied design and has a background in architectural graphics, and multimedia design and production. Cooper holds a bachelor of architecture degree from University of Oregon and has experience in prototype and concept development for retail and restaurant design. Freiheit & Ho Architects is a commercial architecture and interior design firm.

Landau Associates

Logan

In Portland, Landau Associates hired Timothy Logan is a senior scientist in the permitting and compliance group. Logan will support Northwest clients. He spent the last 13 years in landfill gas operations and design for solid waste facilities. Edmonds-based Landau provides geotechnical and environmental engineering, remediation, permitting and compliance services.

Schreiber Starling & Lane

Ly

Bernfeld

Schreiber Starling & Lane Architects promoted Ariel Bernfeld and Tam Ly to associate in Seattle. Bernfeld joined the firm in 2006 and heads the team for Whatcom Community College Learning Commons. Ly has been with the firm for seven years as a project architect and project manager on public higher education and state projects. He is leading tenant improvements for nonprofits in Pacific Tower. The firm provides architecture, interior design, campus planning and community/urban design.

Parametrix

McIntire

Glover

Wendle

Parametrix promoted Daryl Wendle to principal consultant for transit in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and New Mexico. It hired Sandy Glover as a senior consultant in the transportation division and Alicia McIntire as a senior transportation planner, both in the Seattle office. Wendle will continue to do business development. He has led planning and environmental phases for light rail and multimodal projects for Sound Transit. His other clients include Washington State Ferries and King County Metro. Glover has led transportation teams in the Puget Sound region. She specializes in multimodal and worked on the I-405 Canyon Park Freeway Station for Sound Transit. McIntire has 20 years of experience, including multimodal, pedestrian, bicycle and transit plans. She was a senior transportation planner for Shoreline for seven years.

The Blueline Group

The Blueline Group hired Amy Atkinson as office coordinator. She held a similar position at an accounting firm, and has a bachelor's degree in biology. Blueline provides civil engineering consulting services.

Miller Nash Graham & Dunn

The law firm Miller Nash Graham & Dunn elected 10 new partners in three Northwest offices. Half are in Seattle. The partners are Alicia Bell, Portland, intellectual property; Alix Dyke, Portland, intellectual property; Merril Keane, Portland, business tax international; Shannon McCarthy, Seattle, franchise and distribution; Claire Molesworth, Seattle, banking litigation; Jeffrey Nelson, Seattle, intellectual property; Daniel Oates, Seattle, litigation; William Rasmussen, Portland, land use; Aubrey Seffernick, Seattle, Native American tribal government and hospitality business; Meghan Williams, Vancouver, mergers and acquisitions.

WSU

Larry W. (Chip) Hunter, senior associate dean of the Wisconsin School of Business at University of Wisconsin-Madison, will now lead Washington State University's Carson College of Business. Hunter has served as senior associate dean and Pyle-Bascom Professor of Leadership, and has been associate dean for the MBA program.