Jun 25, 2015

Tarragon promotes Kristen Link

Link

Tarragon named Kristen Link senior development manager. Link has been with Seattle-based Tarragon for four years as a development manager. She has overseen Kent Station Apartments, a 154-unit complex set to open in May 2016, and the first phase of Salmon Creek Corporate Park, a 134,000-square-foot industrial project in Sumner that opened this year. Tarragon develops residential, industrial, office and retail projects in Washington, California and Nevada.

Brie Jensen joins Cushman & Wakefield

Jensen

Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce hired Brie Jensen in the Seattle office as a senior director on the industrial team. She was a partner at Pacifica Law Group, and she also worked at Socius Law Group, Jameson Babbitt Stites & Lombard and K&L Gates. Cushman & Wakefield said Jensen's background will be an asset in solving legal issues that can slow negotiations. Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce is based in Salt Lake City and along with its sister company, Cushman & Wakefield | Northmarq, manages more than 52 million square feet of retail, office and industrial property.

City of Bothell

Bothell has hired Dean Perez as human resources director and Barbara Ramey as communications officer. Perez worked for Clatsop County, Oregon, as director of administrative services, supervising human resources, information systems and emergency management. He has 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors. Ramey was a communications specialist at King County Elections, managing media relations, social media and ethnic media campaigns. She has 25 years of experience in municipal, county and corporate sectors.

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson has added Christopher J. Yoson to its estate planning, trusts and probate practice group. His practice concentrates on estate and trust work as well as probate and tax planning for family businesses. He worked as general counsel for a Seattle insurance brokerage.

Jun 24, 2015

AIA Seattle

Webb

Garvin

AIA Seattle hired Missy Garvin as an administrative coordinator and Jacob Webb as a digital communications intern. Garvin has a background in volunteer support and management, community service and nonprofit administration. She worked at United Way of Central Washington. Webb is an alumnus of Clemson University who has worked for Seattle Theatre Group and KEXP. He will support communications for AIA Seattle and Design in Public.

Wilson Engineering

Griggs

Smith

Cavender

Ramsey

Wilson Engineering of Bellingham hired Jenifer Ramsey as a project engineer, Anthony Cavender as a permitting specialist, and Brian Smith and Ryan Griggs as design engineers. Ramsey has 12 years of experience in civil engineering with a focus on stormwater treatment and sustainable stormwater management. Cavender was with Sudden Valley Community Association in Bellingham. He has a background in stormwater management, natural resource management and permitting. Smith was with the city of Tacoma. He has experience designing facilities and infrastructure for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. Griggs holds a bachelor's and master's in civil engineering from Washington State University.

Salus Architecture

Hormann

Davis

Qu

Salus Architecture hired Sangni Qu as a designer, Jessica Davis as the marketing coordinator and Sarah Hormann as a project manager in training. Qu is from Dalian, China, and holds a bachelor's in engineering. She also has a master's of fine arts in interior architecture from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Davis has been a journalist at Puget Sound area publications for over 20 years, and is founder/executive director of Seattle Women in Jazz. Hormann worked at a Winnipeg architecture firm for three years, designing and managing medium scale residential projects. She holds an undergraduate degree in environmental design and a masters of architecture. Salus provides planning and design of health care facilities.

Perkins+Will

Madkour

Richter

Thomson

Verville

Doble

In its Vancouver, B.C., office, Perkins+Will promoted Jeff Doble to associate principal, Julie Verville and Andrew Thomson to senior associate, and Max Richter and Yehia Madkour to associate. Perkins+Will is an interdisciplinary architecture and design firm.

SoundEarth Strategies

Xander

SoundEarth Strategies named Pam Xander a principal in its Seattle office. Xander manages the firm's Northwest team of environmental review and permitting specialists. She prepares SEPA and NEPA documentation for industrial and public works projects. She has over 25 years of experience in environmental studies and has worked on over 150 SEPA/NEPA projects. She also assesses upland and in-water permitting requirements. SoundEarth is a West Coast-based environmental consulting firm.

The Partners Group

Azurdia

Fuller

Rhemrev

Three members of The Partners Group Business Consulting Division have been promoted: Amber Rhemrev to analytics manager, Adam Fuller to senior business analyst, and Katherine Azurdia to business development analyst. The Bellevue-based firm offers services such as employee benefits, business consulting, retirement planning and investment, and insurance.

Puget Sound Bank

Puget Sound Bank said Debbie L. Balovich is now vice president and operations support services manager. Balovich has over 20 years of community banking experience.