Nov 03, 2015

Department of Commerce

Justice

Kim Justice has been named director of the new Office of Homeless Youth Prevention and Protection Programs at the state Department of Commerce. Justice served on the board of The Mockingbird Society, a youth advocacy organization, and is senior budget analyst for the Washington State Budget and Policy Center.

Semiahmoo Resort

Feldeisen

Semiahmoo Resort, Golf and Spa in Blaine hired Bruno Feldeisen as executive chef. He will oversee banquet and catering operations. Feldeisen has nearly three decades of experience at Hotel de Paris in Monaco, Four Seasons Hotel in New York and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver.

Tr3s Cocina / Cantina

Dave Tolan and Zach Nethercutt, owners of The Belltown Pub, are launching a new restaurant: Tr3s Cocina/Cantina, with executive chef and partner Erwin Arceo focusing on traditional foods of Mexico. It is at 2328 First Ave.

Gotcha Covered

Gotcha Covered, a provider of interior window treatments, now has a franchise in Seattle run by Daniel Babcock. There are 60 franchisees in the U.S. and Canada.

Hermanson Co.

Rogers

Milliren

Lowery

Gourley

Gough

Hermanson Co., a Kent-based mechanical construction and service firm, added Dave Gough, Chris Gourley, Troy Lowery, Jason Milliren and Monty Rogers to its partnership and leadership team. Gough has held several operational and executive positions in the industry over the last 30 years. He joined the company in 2013 as director of service. Gourley, senior account executive in the Tenant Improvement Group, has worked with property managers and building owners over the last 18 years at Hermanson. Lowery joined the company two years ago and is construction executive of the Critical Environment Group. Milliren has been with the company for 10 years and is director of finance. Rogers joined Hermanson as Special Projects Department labor leader, and has been manager of the department for the last five years.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Ferrell

Arnold

Webster

Summers

Morehead

In Seattle, Lease Crutcher Lewis promoted David Morehead to assistant safety director; and hired Lyle Summers and Evanne Webster as project engineers, Brian Arnold as VDC coordinator and Michael Ferrell as job cost accounting assistant. Morehead started as a carpenter in 1994, has been a safety supervisor since 2005, and joined Lewis in 2014. Both Summers and Webster were interns and recently earned bachelor's degrees from the University of Washington: Summers in civil engineering and Webster in construction management. Arnold has 10 years of VDC/BIM experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Kansas. Ferrell has more than five years of accounting experience, and holds a bachelor's degree in management from Louisiana State University.

Stucco Manufacturers Association

Fowler

The Stucco Manufacturers Association hired Mark Fowler as executive director. Fowler was architectural consultant for 13 years at the Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau in Seattle. He will develop new marketing plans and educational seminars at SMA, and work with regional trade groups. California-based SMA promotes the plaster and stucco industry throughout the U.S.

Oct 30, 2015

1st Security Bank

1st Security Bank of Washington named Monique Szyszka-Ramos vice president and branch manager for the Overlake branch in Redmond. She has 14 years of experience, and worked as a branch manager and multicultural coordinator for the Washington region of US Bank.

Junior Achievement of Washington

Junior Achievement of Washington said Mark Gibson of KPMG is the new chair of its board of directors, replacing Danielle Burd of Umpqua Bank. JA of Washington said it impacts more than 111,000 young people in Washington state and northern Idaho.