Mar 10, 2020

Port of Everett

LeMieux

Adam LeMieux is the new government affairs manager at the Port of Everett. LeMieux worked for over 12 years for Rep. Rick Larsen, most recently managing a team responsible for federal policy and constituent services.

Kymeta

Geiling

Redmond-based mobile communications network company Kymeta hired David Geiling as vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. Geiling has extensive experience in satellite, connectivity and broadcast media sales and business development. He most recently was senior sales director at Eutelsat.

The Standard

Chieffo

In Portland, Standard Insurance Co. (The Standard) named Ryan Chieffo director of government and regulatory affairs. Chieffo joined The Standard in 2016 as an attorney in the legal and compliance division. Before that, he was an assistant director at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation and an employee benefits attorney at Perkins Coie.

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Principal dancer Benjamin Griffiths plans to retire at the end of Pacific Northwest Ballet's current season. Griffiths joined PNB as a corps de ballet dancer in 2005, and was promoted to soloist in 2008 and principal dancer in 2016. PNB's final performance in Seattle will be June 7 and its season closes July 14 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Griffiths next will pursue a career in arts administration in New York City.

Skagit County

The Skagit County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants for the Board of Health, which enacts rules and policies to improve public health in the county. There are two at-large openings for those with expertise in health care and/or public health. At-large board members serve three-year terms. The application deadline is March 20. For more information, email commissioners@co.skagit.wa.us or call (360) 336-9300.

Abbott Construction

Davidson

Maxwell

Hartso

Rountree

Rehnfeldt

Erwin

Poor

Hibbard

The Seattle office of Abbott Construction hired Brad Hibbard as senior project manager; Patrick Poor as senior project engineer; Martin Erwin and Stefan Rehnfeldt as project managers; Jeff Rountree and Tahni Hartso as project engineers; Pamela Maxwell as project administrator; and Peter Davidson as superintendent. Hibbard has over 13 years of construction experience in federal, commercial, aviation and manufacturing projects. Poor has 15 years of construction experience and served in the Washington National Guard. Erwin has six years of construction experience and served in the Air Force. Rehnfeldt has been in construction for 22 years, with 12 of those years working with large health care providers in the area. Rountree has over four years of construction experience. Hartso has worked in various areas of the construction industry for over eight years. Maxwell's background includes construction, banking and insurance. Davidson has over 40 years of construction experience, ranging from residential remodels to work on Grand Coulee Dam.

Westcloud Construction

Richardson

Li

George Li started Westcloud Construction as a for-hire contractor and an in-house construction firm for his development company Basel Capital. Clyde Hill-based Westcloud focuses on townhome, apartment, condo and hotel projects in the Puget Sound region. Li is an experienced investor and developer of U.S. and international properties. He hired Scott Richardson as vice president to lead the Westcloud construction team. Richardson has over 20 years of experience in the local construction industry, focusing on apartments, hotels, condos, townhomes, offices and TI projects.

KBA

The National Utility Contractors Association awarded Ditchdigger of the Year, its top national honor, to Mark Fuglevand of KBA in Bellevue. The award is presented annually to a contractor member who has made a significant contribution to NUCA and the underground utility construction industry. Fuglevand joined NUCA in 2002 and served as its local chapter president from 2006 to 2008. He then became involved in the association's national activities, joining the education committee and becoming the committee chairman. In 2014, he became convention committee chairman and was nominated to NUCA's executive board. In 2018, he became NUCA chairman.

Homewood Holdings

Missouri-based American Construction Source acquired Homewood Holdings, a regional lumber and building materials dealer operating in California, Washington and Arizona. Homewood continues to operate under its local brand names of Homewood Lumber (Loomis, California), Evergreen Lumber (Port Orchard), Eagle Creek Siding (Tumwater), Custom Choice Door (Lakewood) and The Door Mill (Chandler, Arizona). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.