Oct 09, 2015

Stoel Rives

O'Connell

Stoel Rives said partner Tim O'Connell was named a “Heavy Lifter” by the Association of Washington Business for testifying to the Legislature on workforce issues that affect the business and regulatory climate. O'Connell is a labor and employment and telecom lawyer and chairs the Legal Affairs Committee for AWB.

Clearwater Paper Corp.

Clearwater Paper Corp. announced the retirement of Danny G. Johansen as president of the pulp and paperboard division. Patrick T. Burke, who currently is president of the consumer products division, has been named group president overseeing both the pulp and paperboard and consumer products businesses. Johansen will serve through March 2016 to assist with the transition. Burke has experience in manufacturing, warehouse operations and supply chain management.

Oct 08, 2015

Alaska Supreme Court

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Supreme Court Justice Dana Fabe plans to retire next year.

Fabe, who was the first woman appointed to serve on the court and the first woman to serve as chief justice, intends to retire June 1. The Alaska court system released news of Fabe's planned retirement on Tuesday.

Fabe, who was appointed to the court in 1996, has served three terms as chief justice, the most recent ending this past June.

Fabe said she was giving early notice of her retirement because it can take months to fill a judicial vacancy, and she wants to have a smooth transition.

City of Yakima

YAKIMA (AP) — The Yakima City Council is drafting a separation agreement with City Manager Tony O'Rourke.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that that the council voted 4-1 Tuesday to draft the agreement. On Aug. 24, O'Rourke told the council he was resigning, effective Jan. 1.

The single dissenting vote was cast by Dave Ettl, who said he worried the council was not following proper procedure because O'Rourke has not submitted a formal letter of resignation.

O'Rourke has publically accused City Council members of breaking state law by leaking news of his resignation to the media, but other critics counter that O'Rourke may have violated state law by announcing his resignation in executive session.

Doss new development manager at Tarragon

Tarragon said it added Kerry Doss as a development manager. He will focus on asset management and entitlements for suburban multifamily projects. Doss has more than 15 years of construction and development experience. Tarragon develops residential, industrial, office and retail projects in Washington, California and Nevada.

Sabey hires Rockwood to manage expansion

Sabey Data Centers hired Rob Rockwood to lead the Seattle-based company's East Coast expansion. In the new position of senior vice president, eastern region, Rockwood will work on the company's 1 million-square-foot data center in New York City and a planned data center in northern Virginia. Rockwood owned a consulting firm called Faris Group and before that was senior vice president and general manager of CoreSite LLC, a national data center firm. Sabey has more than 3 million square feet of data center space.

ULI Emerging Trends Oct. 27

Urban Land Institute Northwest will detail trends and predictions for next year at the Emerging Trends 2016 meeting at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 27 at the Sheraton Seattle hotel, 1400 Sixth Ave. Mitch Roschelle, a partner and U.S. real estate advisory practice leader at PwC will be the keynote speaker. There will be a panel of local experts announced later. The event also includes a presentation on ULI and PwC's annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. For more information about the event email Northwest@uli.org or call 206-224-4500.

Oct 07, 2015

Astra Women's Business Alliance

Sparks

Brewer

Beasley

Astra Women's Business Alliance named three women entrepreneurs to lead its Washington Leadership Forum. They will elevate issues facing women-owned businesses to Astra's regional office in Portland and to national leaders of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. They are: Betta Beasley of 2rbConsulting in Kirkland, Sandy Brewer of Pinnacle Investigations and Pinnacle Professional Services in Spokane Valley, and Kelly Sparks of VMG/studio520 in Bellevue.

Public Disclosure Commission

The Public Disclosure Commission appointed Tacoma attorney Evelyn Fielding Lopez executive director. Lopez served in the Attorney General's Office, and as chief of the AGO's Labor & Industries Division. The commission focuses on campaign finances, lobbying expenditures and the personal financial affairs of government officials.

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

Boulos

Benson

Goodman

Aryana

Herndon

Lange

Zewde

Walbert

Syvertsen

Malandra

Leach

Jorgensen

Li

Seattle-based Gustafson Guthrie Nichol hired Meg Herndon as an associate, Jasmine Aryana as a project manager, Aria Goodman as a graphic designer, and Michael Benson, Kristelle Boulos, Peter Malandra, Philip Syvertsen, Joan Walbert and Sara Zewde as designers. Also, Mary Lange and Laurel Li joined the landscape architecture firm as design interns and Caitlin Jorgensen and Adrienne Leach as administrators. GGN's work includes CityCenterDC, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus and Seattle's Pike-Pine Renaissance streetscape plan.

BHC Consultants

Tittelfitz

In its Seattle office, Talia Tittelfitz rejoined BHC Consultants after working as a watershed coordinator for the Wabash River Enhancement Corp. in Indiana. At BHC from 2007 to 2013, Tittelfitz worked on long-range plans, codes and GIS analyses, including the Kelso downtown plan. BHC is a municipal services consulting firm, with an office also in Tacoma.

Zervas Architects

Bostanci

Karin Bostanci joined Zervas Architects in Bellingham as an interior designer. Bostanci was with an architecture firm in New York City. She holds a bachelor's in urban design and architecture studies from New York University and a master's in interior design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. At Zervas, she is working on the Blaine Primary School addition. Zervas is an architectural and interior design firm.

CollinsWoerman

Carole Kassir-Garcia and Keysha Stark have rejoined CollinsWoerman as senior interior designers for workplace, mixed-use and health care projects. The hires are part of an expansion of the firm's interior design department. Kassir-Garcia has over 25 years of experience designing workplace, health care, and public space interiors. Stark has over 14 years of experience designing workplace and public space interiors. Seattle-based CollinsWoerman is an architecture, design and planning firm.

Shannon & Wilson

Shannon & Wilson hired Axel Nitschke, Ph.D., as vice president and director of operations for underground services in its new office in Tysons Corner, Virginia. His hiring will help the Seattle-based geotechnical and engineering company widen its national underground services portfolio. Nitschke has 20 years of industry experience, including on road, rail and utility tunnel projects for civil infrastructure as well as mining clients.

The Blueline Group

The Blueline Group hired Steve Moore as a CAD drafter. Moore has over 20 years of CAD experience, including water distribution, oil field design, subdivisions, schools, playfields, parks and commercial developments. Blueline provides civil engineering consulting.