Jun 19, 2015

Sound Cities Association

Kuciemba

Katie Kuciemba joins Sound Cities Association as a senior policy analyst. SCA represents 36 cities in King County. She worked for Sound Transit and managed outreach for a $3.6 billion extension of light rail, and also worked for Snohomish County managing state and federal government relations.

Sound Mental Health

Sound Mental Health, a nonprofit that provides mental health and related services in King County, hired Tresa Thomas Massiongale as its new community development officer. She has more than 20 years of nonprofit experience in California, New York and Arizona, and has raised more than $32 million to date. She will oversee communications, marketing, community relations and fund development.

Jun 18, 2015

Tacoma Public Utilities

The American Public Power Association appointed Tacoma Public Utilities Director and CEO Bill Gaines to the executive committee of its board of directors. APPA represents more than 2,200 public power utilities.

Washington Appleseed

After six years as executive director, Katie Mosehauer will leave Washington Appleseed at the end of the month and join the Council of State Governments Justice Center as project manager for justice reinvestment. Washington Appleseed focuses on justice issues through education, legal advocacy and policy expertise, with the help of private practice attorneys and community organizations. One current project is a guide for people moving from prison back to the community.

Kidder Mathews adds Warren

Warren

Kidder Mathews has hired Cam Warren. Warren will specialize in industrial leasing and sales out of the south Seattle office. Kidder Mathews has more than 500 employees in 10 offices in Washington, Oregon, and California. Annually Kidder Mathews does $3.2 billion in transactions, manages 30 million square feet of space, and conducts 1,300 appraisals.

Miller to Stewart Title

Scott Miller joined the Seattle office of Stewart Title Commercial Services as a senior business development officer. Miller will help grow Stewart's commercial business at local and national levels. Miller has more than 20 years of experience in title insurance, network marketing and mortgage lending. Stewart is a subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corp., a global title insurance and real estate services company.

NAIOP taking nominations for Night of Stars

The Washington chapter of NAIOP is taking nominations for its annual Night of the Stars awards gala. Nominations can be made online and must include information on the project and the project team, a 500-word summary of why the project should be nominated and up to four photos. Those nominations are due July 15. Some projects will move onto the next phase, which will require more details. Finalists that make it through both stages will be notified on Aug. 26, and there will be final presentations to a panel of judges Sept. 10 and 11 at GLY Construction's Bellevue offices. Night of the Stars will be Nov. 6 at Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way N.E. For more information, or to submit a nomination, visit: http://www.naiopwa.org/events-night-of-the-stars

Jun 17, 2015

Mithun

Ishizaki

Mithun promoted Erin Christensen Ishizaki to partner. Christensen Ishizaki is urban designer and architect who has worked at Mithun in Seattle since 2007. She works in the integration of public health and design. Mithun said she pioneered the use of health impact assessments, and has a background in EcoDistrict planning. The Mariposa Redevelopment master plan and the Healthy Living Initiative for Denver Housing Authority are among the planning projects she has led. She is on the Congress for New Urbanism board, and speaks on equitable development, design for health, and sustainable district development. She is a 2014 Urban Land Institute 40 under 40 professional.

OAC

Moses

Romero

Rosenbeck

Brown

In its Spokane office, OAC hired Greg Brown as a program manager, Elizabeth Rosenbeck as a project coordinator, and Mitchell Romero and Carl Moses as senior project managers. Brown has nearly 30 years of experience in K-12 projects. He was director of capital projects and planning for Spokane Public Schools for 12 years, managing building modernizations, expansions and new construction. Rosenbeck has provided administrative support for construction, infrastructure and environmental consulting firms for over 25 years, including working on international projects. Romero has over 23 years of experience in design and construction program management, mostly assisting school districts. Prior to joining OAC, he worked on the overseas construction of U.S. embassies. Moses has worked in the construction industry for over 28 years, managing commercial, industrial, waterfront and housing projects. At OAC, he will manage tenant improvement, health care and commercial projects.

Arup

Wolfe

Iddon

Carter

Baumgardner

Alspach

Yacknowitz

Arup, an engineering and consulting firm, promoted Peter Alspach, Will Baumgardner, Matt Carter, Joanne Iddon, Seth Wolfe and Josh Yacknowitz to principal. Alspach is a mechanical engineer who joined Arup in 2001 and specializes in design of low energy buildings. He leads the sustainability, mechanical and plumbing teams in Seattle and is global skills leader for environmental and building physics. He has worked on over 150 projects at Arup including office, central plants/district energy, mixed use, education, residential and museum. Baumgardner was hired in 1998. He leads the San Francisco planning practice and has led multi-modal transportation projects. Carter is a civil engineer who was hired in 1997 and leads Arup's long span bridge business in the Americas region. Iddon was hired in 1993 and is the Americas program and project management skills leader. She has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry in the UK and the US. Wolfe has been with Arup for 13 years. He is a structural engineer and leads the New Jersey office. Yacknowitz is a mechanical engineer who was hired 2002 and leads the science and industry business in the Americas region.

B+H Architects

Campbell

de Filippis

Lu

In its Seattle office, B+H Architects hired Sandy Lu as a senior interior designer, Audrey de Filippis as a project designer and Karen Campbell as a senior project manager. Lu has nearly 10 years of interior design experience for hospitality projects. At B+H, she will work on hotel projects. Her previous work includes Suning Bellagio in Shanghai and Pinnacle Hotel in Vancouver, B.C., and she has worked for Starbucks and CHIL Design, a B+H studio. De Filippis has nine years of experience in architecture and design. She has worked on hospitality, residential and mixed-use projects, and her clients have included Embassy Suites Hotels and Hilton Restaurant Group. She will work on hospitality brand and concept development. Campbell will use her over 25 years of experience in workplace design and project management in working with corporate clients. She was with Callison and Safeco Insurance Co. Her clients have included MOD Pizza and Vulcan Real Estate.

JRS Engineering

Carmichael

Brad Carmichael joined the Seattle office of JRS Engineering as a senior building science specialist. He is an engineer with over 10 years of consulting experience, specializing in building enclosures, renovation, historic restoration, condition assessment, and remediation. He has worked on landmark buildings along the eastern corridor between Washington, D.C. and the New England area.

HomeStreet

Bartels

HomeStreet, the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, named Melba Bartels as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Aug. 3. Bartels will oversee all aspects of financial management for the $4.6 billion institution. She was with JPMorgan Chase as CFO of Auto Finance and Student Lending and also worked for Washington Mutual and Ragen Mackenzie.

Northeastern's College

Gorton

Dr. Ian Gorton will join Northeastern's College of Computer and Information Science's Seattle campus as director of computer science. Gorton has 25 years of experience in the software industry, academia and government labs in the United States and Australia.