Jan 27, 2016

Sage Architectural Alliance

Kume

Mun

Southerland

Bender

Sage Architectural Alliance hired Stacey Bender as principal and director of interior design, Jeremy Southerland as a principal, Renard Mun as director of design and Ellen Kume as an intern architect. Bender has been in the field for over 18 years. She has led interior design for award-winning projects and been published in Interior Design, Modern Healthcare and Contract magazines. Southerland has over 18 years of experience that includes planning and designing over 2 million square feet of senior housing. He has presented at the Living Future Un-Conference. Mun was a designer at Starbucks. His experience also includes medical facilities, schools and mixed-use buildings. Kume holds a bachelor's in architectural design from the University of Washington, and has graphic and production skills. She will work on housing projects.

Herrera Environmental Consultants

Mitchell

In Bellingham, Herrera Environmental Consultants hired Colleen Mitchell as a civil engineer. She has 10 years of experience focused on LID stormwater management. Her experience includes water systems for Bullitt Center in Seattle. The Bellingham office opened in early 2015 and is led by Chris Webb, who has been a civil engineer for over 20 years in the city.

Rice Fergus Miller

Belding

Greg Belding is now a majority shareholder at Bremerton-based Rice Fergus Miller, joining Steve Rice, Dave Fergus and Mike Miller as a partner in leading the firm. Belding was hired 25 years ago and leads community-based human service projects. He led design for the LEED platinum Rice Fergus Miller office and studio. The firm provides architecture, interior design and planning.

West Consultants

Cary

Warms

Rinehimer

Mork

Cunha

Viducich

Salem, Oregon-based West Consultants hired Luciana Cunha, Ph.D., as a senior engineer, Eric Mork as a staff engineer, J. Paul Rinehimer, Ph.D., as a senior hydraulic engineering staff member, Lyman Petersen as a hydrologist/scientist, Mikell Warms as a hydraulic and hydrologic engineering staff member, and Ben Cary and Jon Viducich as hydraulic engineering staff members. Cunha and Mork work in Folsom, Rinehimer in Bellevue, Petersen in Vancouver, Warms in Portland, Cary in Salem and Viducich in San Diego. Cunha was with The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey focused on green infrastructure to minimize urban floods and combined sewage overflows. Mork is a water resources professional who holds a master's in civil and environmental engineering from University of California, Davis. Rinehimer has 10 years of experience in research and modeling of hydrodynamics, hydrology, groundwater and sediment transport. At West, he has worked on an FLO-2D zero-rise analysis in Snoqualmie River's floodway for a high school remodel. Petersen has a background in stream gaging, water quality monitoring, collecting hydrological and meteorological data, and delineating and surveying landslides, channel migration zones and floodplains. Warms holds a master's in civil and environmental engineering from Colorado State University. He specializes in hydrologic and hydraulic processes, collecting and analyzing hydrologic data, and Geographic Information Systems. Cary has a bachelor's in civil engineering from Gonzaga University in Spokane. Viducich has a master's in water resources engineering from Oregon State University. West Consultants is a water resources engineering firm with offices in Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona.

AKS Engineering & Forestry

Aberle

AKS Engineering & Forestry hired Andrea Aberle as a natural resources specialist. She will lead the Vancouver office in expanding this specialty, assisted by the Tualatin, Oregon, office. Aberle has 16 years of industry experience. AKS provides civil engineering, land use planning, land/hydrographic surveying, landscape architecture and forest engineering, arborist and natural resources services. It also has a Salem-Keizer, Oregon, office.

Elliott Bay Design Group

Ayers

In the Seattle office, Elliott Bay Design Group hired Will Ayers as chief electrical engineer. He has over a decade of experience in marine electrical engineering, which includes use of USCG and class society rules, and electrical drawing development with a focus on passenger vessels. EBDG provides naval architecture, marine engineering and production support services, with offices also in New Orleans and Ketchikan.

Lane Powell

Lane Powell named Jennifer R. Castleberry director of marketing. Castleberry was the director of marketing and business development for Davis Wright Tremaine and director of marketing for Perkins Coie.

Canopy Advisory Group

Canopy Advisory Group, a Denver-based portfolio of multi-disciplinary consultants, is expanding into Seattle. Canopy matches “highlancers,” which it defines as professionals with big-firm training who want part-time employment, with employers that want strategic support without hiring a new employee. It was founded in 2009 and works with people in marketing, finance, nonprofit consulting and law. Carin Parcel will lead the Seattle office. Parcel is an attorney with experience in intellectual property and litigation.

Washington State Historical Society

After working for the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture in Saudi Arabia, Dr. Leah Melber has been named director of audience experience at Washington State Historical Society. The new position will oversee education, exhibits, outreach, programs and volunteers. She was curator of the Natural History Gallery at the center and before that was senior director of the Hurvis Center at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.