Sep 01, 2015

King County Assessor

Assessor Lloyd Hara was appointed to chair the Information Technology Committee of the National Association of Counties, and will also serve on the Large Urban County Caucus. NACo advocates on policy issues for 3,069 county governments. Hara chairs the Washington State Association of County Assessors' Computer Technology Committee.

Columbia Hospitality

Seattle-based hospitality management and consulting firm Columbia Hospitality has a new agreement with Ryan Moore Golf and will begin managing McCormick Woods Golf Course in Port Orchard, Oakbrook Golf Club in Lakewood and The Classic Golf Club in Spanaway. All are public courses in Washington state. Shawn Cucciardi, one of Ryan Moore Golf's founding members, will join Columbia's leadership team.

Turner Construction

Klein

Gemme

Killian

Turner Construction promoted Chris Killian to vice president and general manager of its Seattle office and appointed incumbent Dan Gemme as vice president and general manager of its Global Critical Facilities group. Killian joined Turner's Seattle Special Projects Division in 2000 after completing his master's degree at the University of Washington. He was promoted several times and in 2013 became manager of the Special Projects Division. Ian Klein took over as manager. Klein has worked at Turner for a number of years, most recently as Special Projects Division area manager in Bellevue. Gemme has more than 28 years of industry experience. He will remain in Seattle and focus on data center projects throughout the world.

Walsh Construction Co.

Silbaugh

Salim

Reilly

Perrin

Haguewood

Curlin

Berschauer

Banta

Koviak

Winter

Voight

Walsh Construction Co. promoted Ryan Voight, Jeremy Winter and Tom Koviak to superintendents; and added Cindie Banta as project administrator, Fred Berschauer as superintendent, Joe Curlin as assistant superintendent, and Stephanie Haguewood, Jens Perrin, Erin Reilly, Aidrus Salim and Nick Silbaugh as project engineers. Voight started at Walsh in 2009 as a summer intern. He became project engineer in 2010 after earning a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington. Winter started at Walsh in 2010 as a summer intern, and in 2012 became project engineer after graduating with a bachelor's degree in construction management from Central Washington University. Koviak is weather resistive barriers trade superintendent. He began his career in 2008 as a journeyman carpenter at RDF Builders, where he worked on many Walsh projects. Banta is also front desk coordinator in the Tacoma office. Berschauer has more than 25 years of construction experience. Curlin has more than 15 years of industry experience, and ran his own construction company for the past five years. Haguewood works with the estimating department, and recently earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from City University of Seattle. Perrin has more than 11 years of construction experience. Reilly is enrolled in the UW's construction management certificate program. Salim recently earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from Minnesota State University. Silbaugh has more than seven years of construction experience.

Dexter + Chaney

Rice

Brian Rice was appointed chief financial officer at Dexter + Chaney, a construction software developer based in Seattle. Rice replaces John Ulacia, who is retiring after 20 years. Rice previously was CFO/COO at LexBlog, a social media and content marketing firm focused on professional services companies. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin.

PulteGroup

Homebuilder PulteGroup named Sam Colgan as division president to oversee the opening of eight new communities in the Seattle area this year. Colgan has been with Pulte for 17 years, holding positions such as vice president of land in Arizona and president of an operating division in Phoenix. Pulte is building 600 homes in Sammamish, Bothell, Issaquah, Lake Forest Park, Snoqualmie Ridge, Duvall and North Bend. Pulte entered the Seattle market in 2011 with the acquisition of Centex.

Aug 28, 2015

Washington State Budget & Policy Center

Werschkul

Washington State Budget & Policy Center has named a new executive director: Misha Werschkul. She has spent 10 years in leadership roles with Service Employees International Union in Washington, D.C., and the Seattle-based Local 775 of SEIU. She was SEIU 775's legislative and policy director.

Esterline

Bellevue-based Esterline, a specialty manufacturer for aerospace and defense markets, named a new segment president and consolidated its senior operational team. Roger A. Ross will lead the sensors and systems segment, succeeding Alan M. Durand, who resigned. Ross worked for United Technologies Aerospace Systems. Esterline's avionics and controls and advanced materials segment will be managed by Albert S. Yost.