Feb 13, 2018

Phillips Burgess

Hatch

Lacey Hatch joined the Olympia-Tacoma law firm of Phillips Burgess, where she is focusing on municipal law, land use, and environmental law and litigation. Hatch spent 10 years as senior assistant city attorney and senior legal planner at the city of Bellevue. Prior to that, she was city attorney for Roslyn and Algona, and assistant city attorney at DuPont and Tukwila.

Washington STEM

Washington STEM added Dr. Jenee Myers Twitchell as impact director and Deidre McCormack Martin as donor relations officer. Twitchell is leading all research, evaluation and data analytics activities. She has 12 years of experience with research projects that address equity gaps in education, and co-founded the University of Washington Dream Project. Martin has 17 years of nonprofit fundraising, leadership, program development and board management experience. She most recently was interim executive director for the Washington Association for Infant Mental Health.

Lease Crutcher Lewis

Brewer

Arnold

Boden

Smith

Carey Smith was promoted to director of community relations, a new senior position at Lease Crutcher Lewis. The contractor also announced Mark Boden and Brian Arnold were promoted to senior VDC coordinators, and Bree Brewer to cost engineer. Smith previously was director of marketing. She is now focusing on external relationships, business development, industry involvement and community engagement. Boden joined Lewis as a consultant in 2012. He is working on the Rainier Square redevelopment project. Arnold joined Lewis in 2015. He is supporting projects for Martin Selig Real Estate in Belltown and Ballard. Brewer has been with Lewis since 2014 and is studying for a construction management certificate at the University of Washington.

Inland Northwest AGC

Kuney

The Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors elected Dan Kuney as 2018 board president. Kuney has served on the board since 2011 and his company, Max J. Kuney Co., has been an AGC member since 1930. Other officers for 2018 are John Madden of Inland Asphalt Co., first vice president; Hollis Barnett of Garco Construction, second vice president; and Judy Rapp of PayneWest Financial Group, treasurer. Rich Wells of Ginno Construction is a new board member.

Bouten Construction Co.

McCuen

In Spokane, Bouten Construction Co. hired Christian McCuen as project engineer. McCuen previously worked at Sellen Construction in Seattle, and as an intern and project engineer at Granite Construction Co. He holds a bachelor's degree in construction management from the University of Washington.

Stoneway Concrete

Stoneway Concrete plants in Seattle and Renton have been certified under the National Ready Mix Concrete Association's Green-Star Program. Stoneway says the plants are the first in the Pacific Northwest to earn that certification.

Feb 09, 2018

Community and Technical Colleges

Crystal Donner was appointed to the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Donner is president and CEO of Perteet, a transportation consulting firm, and has been a professional engineer for nearly 30 years. The nine-member board provides leadership for Washington's 34 public community and technical colleges. Donner replaces Shaunta Hyde.

Maven

Seattle-based Maven named Josh Jacobs president and executive chairman. Jacobs is a former Omnicom and Yahoo senior executive, and served as Maven's co-chair over the last year. Maven is an expert-driven group media network platform.