Jun 10, 2022

Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

Julie Kline, a former King County senior deputy prosecutor, joined Seattle-based law firm Schroeter Goldmark & Bender. Kline also was senior advisor and interim general counsel to former Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. She has over 20 years of experience advocating for victims. At SGB, Kline's practice is focusing on violent crimes; sexual assault and harassment; serious injury and wrongful death; elder and vulnerable adult abuse; and medical malpractice.

Skytap

Seattle-based Skytap hired tech veteran Barney Silver as chief financial officer. Silver was formerly vice president of finance and operations for BitTitan, a local SaaS company. Skytap is a cloud service built to natively run traditional systems in Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud.

Jensen Investment Management

Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Jensen Investment Management appointed Shannon Contreras to its board. Contreras joined Jensen in 2014, and has been the firm's director of finance and senior compliance officer. She also serves as treasurer of the Jensen Quality Growth Fund. Jensen is an employee-owned equity investment management firm.

Jun 09, 2022

Remitly

Remitly, a digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families, appointed Hemanth Munipalli as chief financial officer. Munipalli has over 20 years of finance leadership experience with multinational consumer-facing organizations. He most recently was senior vice president and CFO at Expedia Group. Remitly's current CFO Susanna Morgan will remain in the role pending Munipalli's official start in July, after which she will serve as senior advisor to support a smooth transition through September. Remitly is headquartered in Seattle and has seven offices around the world.

Getaround

San Francisco-based Getaround is expanding its digital carsharing operations to Seattle. Getaround has collaborated with the Seattle Department of Transportation to bring carshare vehicles to dedicated parking spaces across the city, initially in the Madrona, Capitol Hill and Queen Anne neighborhoods. The program allows residents to reserve a shared vehicle for as little as one hour. Founded in 2009, Getaround is active in over 950 cities worldwide.

Jun 08, 2022

Kiterocket

Amanda Foley assumed the role of CEO at communications agency Kiterocket, which she co-founded. Martijn Pierik, her predecessor and co-founder, has transitioned to executive chairman. Rebecca Holmes, the agency's third co-founder, is now chief operating officer. The moves support the company's growth plan. Foley in 2004 founded Duo Public Relations, which merged in 2016 with Pierik's agency, Impress Labs, and together relaunched in 2017 as Kiterocket. The agency also appointed Jamie Campbell as managing director of client services, Danielle Friedman as managing director of operations, and Amy Smith as managing director of the technology practices. Kiterocket has offices in Seattle and Phoenix, and upward of 40 employees.

Alpine Immune Sciences

In Seattle, Alpine Immune Sciences appointed Dr. Andrew S. Sandler as its chief medical officer. Sandler joins Alpine from Kiadis Pharma (a Sanofi company), where he was chief medical officer. He has over 25 years of industry and clinical practice experience, with stints at Medivation (Pfizer), Dendreon Pharmaceuticals, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. His first day at Alpine is expected to be Aug. 17. Alpine is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing treatments for cancer and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases.

BCRA

Sepulveda

Denison

Kihlman

BCRA has promoted Heidi Kihlman to associate principal. Kihlman has over two decades of industry experience and leads BCRA's retail and hospitality markets, which have grown significantly during her six years of leadership. As a shareholder and market lead, she has been instrumental in developing staff. Jenni Denison, a graduate of Clover Park Technical College's interior design program, has joined the firm as an interior design associate. Denison is kickstarting her second career after working as a cosmetologist. She previously worked as an intern with BCRA. She is based in the Tacoma office and supports the education and retail markets.

Tanisha Sepulveda is a recent graduate of North Seattle College's architectural engineering drafting program and joins BCRA as an architectural draftsperson. Sepulveda previously worked for the Seattle Department of Transportation's Inclusive Mobility on Demand pilot program, where she served as a steering committee member. She is based in the Tacoma office and supports multiple markets, including recreation, education and health care.

B + H

Dukehart

B+H announced that Chris Dukehart has joined the firm's Seattle studio as design director for architecture. Dukehart brings 17 years of experience in hospitality, multifamily, boutique retail and workplace projects. His past achievements include the winning entry in Greenbuild's Natural Design Talent Competition with Eco-Laboratory — a concept that included an innovative approach to urban farming, low-income housing and a public plaza farmers market in Belltown. Dukehart has worked interiors, lighting, graphic design, experiential graphics and furniture design.

Cast architecture

Craddock

Cast architecture has added Emilio Craddock to its team. Craddock received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Virginia, and earned a dual master of architecture and master of landscape architecture from the University of Washington. Craddock is focusing on Cast's residential and community projects.

Herrera Environmental Consultants

Herrera Environmental Consultants has promoted 26 employees across its five offices. Chris Webb, Alice Lancaster, Jeff Parsons, Mary Shanks, Tyson Wright, Heidi Houck have been promoted to principal engineer. Dylan Ahearn, Ellen McClure, Christina Merten, George Iftner have been promoted to principal scientist. Jenn Schmidt is now spatial science director. Melissa Buttin and Jill Patterson have been promoted to marketing directors. Meghan Feller is now associate engineer, and Neil Schaner is senior engineer. Mindy Fohn has been promoted to senior scientist, and Katie Wingrove and Gretchen Kayser to project engineers. Riley Plumb, Danielle Rapoza and Nina Maas have been promoted to project scientists, and Matt Fidler and Julianne Chechanover to engineers. Makie Matsumoto-Hervol is now GIS analyst, Chuck Marston is CAD technician and Jordyn White is marketing specialist.

HNTB

Leary

Richard Leary has joined HNTB as a senior program manager of aviation and associate vice president in the firm's Northwest Division. Leary brings over three decades of experience to this new role, in which he will support project and construction management on aviation programs throughout the Northwest, assisting airports as they deal with increasing traffic demands.

Prior to joining HNTB, Leary spent nearly 20 years with a leading infrastructure engineering company, most recently working as a principal project manager of aviation. In that role, Leary managed design, procurement, construction and commissioning for aviation construction projects. He was also a subject matter expert for the installation of conveyance systems and baggage screening systems.

Earlier in his career, Leary worked as a design engineer. In this role, he managed research, design and development of new and existing products, and designed and conducted the testing and evaluation of new products. Leary also spent time as a project engineering manager, overseeing a mechanical engineering department of more than 20 engineers. Leary received his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from the University of Central Florida. He is a certified project manager.

MKA

Magnusson Klemencic Associates announced senior associate and associate promotions. Eight team members have been promoted to senior associate and 10 to associate. The new senior associates are: Abby Van Harpen, PE, SE; James Mahoney, PE, SE, LEED AP; Juliette Peyroux, PE, SE; Katie Reif, PE, SE; Kevin Aswegan, PE, SE; Mike Muller, PE, SE; Stephen Pool, PE, SE; and Travis Corigliano, PE, SE.

The new associates are: Amy Garras, PE; Ben Thomas, BIM technical lead; Bethany Myelle, PE, SE; Bob Boulware, senior building information modeler (BIM); Garrett Van Ruiten, PE; Jeff Pope, civil CADD manager; Kyle Campbell, PE; Lindsay Douglass, PE; and Taylor LaForge, PE, SE.; and Beatriz Arostegui, PE.

Olson Kundig

Massey

Olson Kundig announced that Kurt Massey has joined the firm as director of master planning. In this role, Massey will help to develop the firm's expanding master planning portfolio. He will also lead the landscape team and continue to grow this studio, developing additional planning and landscape design capacity across a wide range of project types and market sectors, as well as working closely with teams across the firm on business development initiatives.

Prior to joining Olson Kundig, Kurt worked in a diverse range of market sectors and locations around the world, spanning hospitality, urban mixed-use, residential and municipal projects. With more than 16 years of experience, he has worked closely with public officials in a variety of jurisdictions and has a deep understanding of finance and construction in addition to design. He earned master degrees in both landscape architecture and city & regional planning from Cornell University, and is an active member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, among other organizations.

RMC Architects

Meyer

Heather Meyer, AIA, LEED Green Associate, CPHC, has joined RMC Architects as a project architect. Meyer received a bachelor's degree in graphic design in 2010 from Whitworth University in Spokane, and a master's of architecture in 2015 from the University of Oregon. She is currently working on several multifamily housing projects in Bellingham, including Mercy Millworks Housing and 1411 Roeder Lofts. She is also working on The Way Station, a collaborative downtown Bellingham project for Whatcom County involving Unity Care Northwest, Opportunity Council, and PeaceHealth offering a clinic and respite care to the homeless population.

In her role at RMC, Meyer is contributing her knowledge of high-performance building design gained through her credentials with Passive House Institute, in addition to her combined strengths in both graphic design and architecture.