Sep 01, 2017

Stoel Rives

Bryant

Stoel Rives said Duff Bryant is practice group leader for the firm's corporate group. He previously chaired the Mergers & Acquisitions practice within the corporate group. Bryant practices in the Seattle office and succeeds Jason M. Brauser.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management

BNY Mellon Wealth Management named William “Billy” R. Gibbs a wealth director in the Seattle office. Gibbs is responsible for business development through mergers and acquisitions, and business succession planning. He was with Bernstein Private Wealth Management in Seattle for five years.

Aug 31, 2017

NAIOP goes to the frogs

NAIOP has set the date for a volunteer work party in Woodinville. Beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, voluneers can help support Farmer Frog, an educational nonprofit that turns underutilized sites into farms and gardens so students and families can learn how to grow food for themselves and their community. The organization has a dozen school gardens statewide, plus two standalone farms. The volunteer party should last until about 4:30 p.m., and it takes place at 23210 Paradise Lake Rd. Event details and registration: naiopwa.org.

California startup comes to Seattle

The online home listing service Open Listings has added Seattle as its first market outside California, according to a company release. The privately held startup allows buyers to “find, tour and buy homes using an entirely online process that's been optimized for buyers in competitive markets.” Open Listings said it offers a 50 percent refund on the buying agent commission, which it said can cover up to half of a buyer's down payment. To date, the company says it has saved over $3.5 million in commission fees for some 400,000 buyers. The company was founded in 2014 by Judd Schoenholtz, Alexander Farrill and Peter Sugihara.

Salish Lodge & Spa

Riggs

Salish Lodge & Spa named Benjamin Riggs as executive chef. With 18 years of culinary experience, Riggs will lead the food and beverage team for The Dining Room, The Attic and Chef's Studio. He was banquet sous chef at Salish for two years, where he oversaw catering for group business, events and weddings. He also worked at Fall City Roadhouse and Inn in Fall City, and Russell's Barn and Russell Dean Lowell Catering in Bothell.

Idaho Supreme Court

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter appointed Twin Falls judge Richard Bevan to the Idaho Supreme Court. Bevan is the 5th Judicial District's administrative judge, and will replace retiring Justice Daniel Eismann.

Aug 30, 2017

Hewitt

Larson

Wind

Swenson

Blum

Seattle-based Hewitt promoted architects Case Blum, David Swenson, Melinda Wind and Michael E. Larson to associate. Blum is project manager for a multifamily development at 888 108th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue. Swenson has experience as a technical architect, project manager and construction administrator, with work that includes the Gridiron project. Wind is a project architect and project manager, with work that includes Mercer Island light rail station. Larson is project manager for the Capitol Hill transit-oriented development. Hewitt provides architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.

DCI Engineers

Hillman

DCI Engineers civil and structural engineering firm hired Laura Hillman as a project engineer in Seattle. She has a bachelor's in civil engineering from Purdue University and a master's in structural engineering from the University of Washington. She is working on podium and hospitality projects.

Mackenzie

Doyle

Mackenzie promoted interior designer Kim Doyle to senior associate. Doyle focuses on public, education and federal projects. Her work includes Bainbridge Island Fire Stations 21 and 22. Mackenzie provides architecture and interior design; structural, civil and traffic engineering; land use and transportation planning; and landscape architecture.

Cardno

Roberts

Cardno hired Wendy Roberts, Ph.D., as a senior environmental scientist in Seattle. Roberts has over 20 years of experience in aquatic and terrestrial biology and a background in amphibian ecology. She manages work in ecology, wildlife biology, water quality, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hydroelectric project licensing. Cardno is an infrastructure and environmental services company.

NK Architects

Davison

NK Architects hired Suzi Davison, 23, as a architectural designer. It said she is the youngest person in the U.S. to be certified to design Passive House projects. She has a bachelor's in architecture design from the University of Washington and is on the board of Imagine Housing.

Stantec

Ancheta

Stahnke

Randin

In Seattle, Stantec hired David Randin as an acoustician and David Stahnke as a plumbing designer. In Lynnwood, it hired Nowell Ancheta as an electrical project designer. Randin has over five years of experience, including on recording studios in China. Stahnke has 40 years of experience, including helping develop plumbing degree programs at Renton Technical College. He is working on Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno. Ancheta was a nuclear electrical engineer at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. He is working on TIs in Bellevue for a tech company. Stantec provides engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, construction services, project management and project economics.

The Watershed Co.

Payne

The Watershed Co. hired Sam Payne and an ecologist with over three years of experience in wetland delineation, permitting, biological assessments and compliance monitoring. He assists with a wetland and stream reconnaissance study for Lake Sammamish State Park. Watershed provides natural resources assessment, mitigation and restoration design, environmental planning and permitting, arborist and landscape architecture services.

SCJ Alliance

Macaulay

Weston-Smart

Tallariti

In Lacey, SCJ Alliance hired Cynthia Tallariti as a senior marketing coordinator and Andrea Weston-Smart as a marketing coordinator. In Seattle, it hired Joseph Macaulay as a senior designer. Tallariti has 30 years of marketing experience in the architecture and engineering industry and Weston-Smart has 20 years. Macaulay works in the transportation design group. He has 11 years of experience. SCJ provides civil engineering, transportation planning and design, environmental and urban planning, landscape architecture and design, and public outreach.

Capital One

Capital One said Julie Jensen has joined its Seattle team as vice president of digital design to focus on digital innovation of investing tools. She was the head of user experience and product for Amazon Registry Services, and also was principal user experience manager with Microsoft. She worked as executive director for customer experience at USAA.

DeLille Cellars

DeLille Cellars, one of Woodinville's founding wineries, said co-founder Greg Lill transferred his role as president and CEO and his management responsibilities to Tom Dugan, general manager and COO of DeLille. DeLille Cellars was named 2017 Washington Winery of the Year by Wine Press Northwest. Lill and his sister, Pat Lill Jorgenson, will remain involved in the long-term vision for DeLille Cellars, and Lill will focus on the family real estate business, including the chateau property in Woodinville now leased by DeLille.