Sep 04, 2015

Dexter + Chaney

The Seattle-based construction software company Dexter + Chaney named Brian Rice chief financial officer. Rice replaces John Ulacia, who is retiring after 20 years. Rice was CFO/COO at LexBlog and CFO at NetMotion Wireless, and worked with Ernst & Young in Seattle and Paris.

EmSpring

Hub International Limited, a Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, acquired the assets of EmSpring Corp., which operates in Yakima, Bellevue and Spokane, and specializes in employee benefits. EmSpring CEO Dan Fisher and President Ed Haines will join Hub Northwest. Tim Kennedy is employee benefits practice leader at Hub Northwest.

Sep 03, 2015

Chavez new VP at Associa EMB

Chavez

Associa EMB Management of Bellevue named Susan Chavez vice president of operations. Chavez has worked at Associa EMB in the past and has more than 14 years of experience. Associa EMB's new president, Nicole Washington, said Chavez is part of the firm's new leadership team. Associa EMB Management is an affiliate of the Dallas-based housing management company Associa, which has more than 9,000 employees in 170 offices in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

Council candidates at NAIOP

Seven Seattle City Council candidates will discuss business and real estate issues at the NAIOP monthly breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 16 at Grand Hyatt Seattle. Here are the candidates on the panel: Shannon Braddock, District 1; Bruce Harrell, District 2; Pamela Banks, District 3; Rob Johnson, District 4; Sally Bagshaw, District 7; Tim Burgess, District 8; and Lorena Gonzalez, District 9. Kevin Wallace, president of Wallace Properties and Bellevue deputy mayor, will moderate. The candidates have been endorsed by Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's political action committee. For more information, or to attend, visit: https://goo.gl/kr7xZN

Appraisal Institute conference

The Seattle chapter of the Appraisal Institute is holding its annual fall real estate conference Oct. 1 at Washington State Convention Center. Kemper Freeman of Kemper Development Co. and Mike Nelson of Trammell Crow Co. will be keynote speakers. Topics at the all-day event include analysis of office, retail, residential and industrial markets; a look at south Puget Sound and eastern Washington markets; and legal issues. For more information, contact Darcy Schmidt at (206) 622-8425 or aisea@qwestoffice.net.

Expedia CruiseShipCenters

Expedia CruiseShipCenters said it plans to expand into six U.S. cities and is seeking franchise partners in Seattle, New York, Orlando, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta. The franchise network is part of Expedia and has more than 200 retail locations open or under development.

Puget Sound Bank

Puget Sound Bank hired Jacob Beaty as vice president for financial reporting and analysis officer, a new position that will focus on reporting processes, profitability management and product pricing. He was with Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle for 10 years, most recently as an enterprise risk analysis manager.

Sep 02, 2015

Mackenzie

Kausal-Hayes

Chen

Mackenzie promoted Michael Chen and Nabil Kausal-Hayes to senior associates in its Seattle office. Chen is branch manager, and brings 16 years of experience to the land-use planning department. He has worked on The Salvation Army Family Store in Seattle and Kelsey Creek Center in Bellevue. Kausal-Hayes is an engineer whose projects include Buckley Fire Station and Bonney Lake Justice Center. Mackenzie is a West Coast provider of architecture and interior design; structural, civil and traffic engineering; land use and transportation planning; and landscape architecture.

Environmental Science Associates

O'Brien

LaPierre

Environmental Science Associates hired Curtis LaPierre and Michael O'Brien as landscape architects in Seattle and Portland, respectively. They will work on restoration and development projects in western states. LaPierre has 31 years of experience in landscape architecture and urban design, and recently completed a master plan for Edith Moulton Park in Kirkland. O'Brien has over 25 years of experience that includes streetscapes, community trails, parks and stormwater facilities. He has worked on Hawthorne Park in Clackamas County. ESA is a West Coast-based environmental science and planning firm.

EHS-International

Peterson

Racine

Khan

Escamilla

Brod

Cafferty

Wenning

Wells

EHS-International promoted Herb Brod to technical manager, Derica Escamilla to hazardous materials manager, and Nadir Khan, Brett Racine and Rory Peterson to project managers. The firm hired Andrew Wells and Byron Wenning as industrial hygiene project assistants, and Erin Cafferty as a staff scientist. Seattle based EHS provides environmental consulting and engineering, hazardous materials management, industrial hygiene, construction management and indoor air quality consulting.

Ogletree Deakins

Evans

Byergo

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, a labor and employment law firm representing management, has opened a Seattle office with shareholder Tony Byergo, who co-founded the Kansas City office, and attorney Sarah Evans. They will collaborate with the Portland office. Byergo chairs the collective bargaining practice subgroup and has 25 years of experience. Evans focuses on litigation and preventive counseling. The firm has 48 offices in the U.S., Europe and Mexico.

Washington Health Benefit Exchange

Washington Health Benefit Exchange, which operates the health insurance marketplace, named Carole Holland interim CFO, replacing Robert Nakahara. Holland has held senior level fiscal positions in state agencies, the legislature and governor's office. Nearly two million people have used Washington Healthplanfinder, and the uninsured rate has dropped from 16.8 percent to 6.4 percent since the exchange opened.