Dec 11, 2018

Marten Law

Moeller

In Portland, Marten Law added attorney Merissa Moeller as an associate. Moeller comes from Davis Wright Tremaine, where she focused on environmental law and land use. Marten Law specializes in energy and environmental law. It has additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco and Bend, Oregon.

Career Pathways

Cromett

Former Starbucks executive Sherry Cromett is the new president of Career Pathways, a program that provides free career training in banking and medical fields to young adults from underserved communities. Cromett spent 20 years at Starbucks, where she led U.S. and global business strategies and initiatives for over 12,000 stores. The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation operates BankWorks and CareerWorks Medical, which plans to expand to new markets within the next year.

Department of Commerce

Nielsen

In Spokane, the state Department of Commerce hired Susan Joseph Nielsen as rural services manager for Eastern Washington. Nielsen is on the marketing and rural services team for Economic Gardening and Startup 365 programs, connecting underserved communities with economic development resources. She has 25 years of experience in communications, public relations, reputation management and media relations.

Cosmo Specialty Fibers

Cosmopolis-based Cosmo Specialty Fibers appointed Nicholas B. Dottino as CEO. Dottino has nearly 30 years of expertise in the manufacturing, consumer products, and pulp and paper industries. He replaces Mike Entz, who is retiring but will continue on the board. Cosmo produces wood pulp from a former Weyerhaeuser mill that was bought in 2010 by investors led by The Gores Group of Los Angeles.

The Walsh Group

Mitchell

Paap

The Walsh Group in Tukwila hired Oliver Paap and Ben Mitchell as assistant project managers. Paap previously worked on heavy-civil construction projects in Hawaii and Northern California for Shimmick Construction. Mitchell comes from Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. with 10 years of experience as a field engineer and superintendent on marine, demolition and deep foundation projects. At Walsh, both men are working on the Tacoma Hilltop light rail extension project.

Global Diving & Salvage

Brockmoller

Gowdy

In Seattle, Global Diving & Salvage promoted Renee Gowdy to construction group manager and Lee Brockmoller to chief estimator. Gowdy has been with Global since 2010 and in the construction industry for more than 30 years, with a focus on estimating and preconstruction. Brockmoller has been with Global since 2016 and has more than 15 years of experience as a project manager and estimator.

Graham Construction & Management

Graham Construction & Management relocated its Seattle office to 568 First Ave. S., Suite 400 in Pioneer Square. It added project manager Ben Conner; quality management systems manager Ryan Lee; marketing director Jennice Hyden; senior buyer Alina McGraw; project coordinator Cody Sarisky; and accountants Sarah Malloy, Breanne Stoller and Cheryl Mareno. Graham also relocated the following from other offices to Seattle: superintendents Nazz Russo, Jon Graham and Todd Ray; project managers Josh Colborne and Jared Boguski; and project coordinator Dillion Gretchen.

Colvos Construction

Tacoma-based Colvos Construction hired Eric Miller as carpenter foreman. Miller performs rough carpentry, clean up and subcontractor field coordination.