Apr 08, 1998

AESI

Mark E. Shaffer has been promoted to principal geological engineer at Associated Earth Sciences, Inc. (AESI) in Kirkland. He manages the firm's Bainbridge Island office, and specializes in water resource and waste management projects. Recent projects include water rights negotiations and resource development projects in Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona. Erick W. Miller has been promoted to associate hydrogeologist. Recent projects include project management of landfill gas mitigation and groundwater monitoring at the Houghton Landfill in Kirkland, hydrogeological studies at the Duvall and Cedar Falls landfills in King County and groundwater development for the City of Tumwater. Joe Clare has been promoted from and engineer-in-training to a senior staff geotechnical engineer. Recent projects include shoring installation for the Courtyard Off Main Street in Downtown Bellevue and landslide mitigation at the Edgewood Villa Apartments in Bremerton. Steven Grupp, project geophysicist at AESI, recently became president-elect of the Northwest Geological Society. Carl Hadley has joined the AESI staff as a senior fisheries biologist, with 10 years of experience designing and permitting projects associated with sensitive fisheries resources. Jay Logan has joined the firm as a geotechnical engineer with experience in geotechnical studies for subdivisions, apartments and commercial buildings. Robert A. Smith has joined AESI as an environmental information manager. His recent project experience includes data management for the Sea-Tac groundwater study for the Port of Seattle and work on several Superfund sites throughout the country. Bobbie Burkholder has joined the Bainbridge Island office to provide CAD and computer services, including computer systems management and marketing graphics. Her recent project experience includes several large engineering projects.

AHBL

Andrew "Drew" McEachern has joined AHBL of Tacoma as a structural design engineer. He is specializes in wood, steel and concrete design and is currently working on the Ft. Lewis Health Center, the Olympus Hotel and the Ballarmine Religious Building. Andrew Pflueger, a recent graduate of California Polytechnic University, has joined the firm as a structural design engineer. He is currently at work on Fife Landing warehouses for Opus Northwest. Daniel G. Shaw has been promoted to senior project engineering in the civil department, where he is overseeing design of several schools. David Johnson is now business development facilitator for AHBL, and Sharon Alvord has been promoted to human resources specialist. Jeff Sherman has been promoted to structural CAD drafter.

Apr 06, 1998

Cole & Weber

Cole & Weber has hired two new employees in the Seattle advertising/public relations office: Jay Christensen, interactive account executive, and Heidi Flora, senior art director. Ed Lisieski has been promoted to interactive senior art director. Christensen will be working on the Visio interactive account. Flora will be working on the Boeing account. Lisieski will be working on Nestle, Texas Instruments/Digital Light Processing, K2 Skis, Intrawest Resorts and the University of Phoenix accounts.

Apr 01, 1998

Lane Powell Spears Lubersky

Sunny Kim has joined the law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky in the Seattle office as an associate and will concentrate her practice in the areas of commercial litigation and intellectual property law. Kim previously worked for the Minneapolis firm of Rider, Bennet, Egan & Arundel.

Mahlum/CEFPI Conference

Mahlum Architects will host a roundtable discussion of the Council of Education Facility Planners International (CEFPI) Conference on April 2 at the Quay Conference Center, Vancouver, Washington. Mahlum's Mike Smith and high school principal Phil Barnekoff will present a case study detailing the planning, design and implementation of award-winning Century High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. The design reflects a focus on "communities of learning." Each wing contains shared teacher offices, computer rooms, science labs and related elective spaces. An enclosed courtyard connects the separate functional departments within the school. For more information about the CEFPI Washington/Oregon Conference, or to register for the session, contact Judy Ivey at (360) 604-4077.

Mar 31, 1998

Light Green Co. is go

BELLEVUE -- A small startup company in Bellevue is trying to help big corporations and utilities listen to their conscience. Established in November, Light Green Co. is a consulting firm that helps businesses incorporate "social responsibility" in their domestic and overseas operations. The firm is planning to spearhead a research project called "The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century." "Companies and industries are becoming more and more self-regulating," said Mark Sten of Bellevue, a founding partner of Light Green Co. "They're being asked to take up social leadership as part of their responsibility as government becomes more budget-constrained and less relevant as trading barriers disappear." Light Green Co. already has attracted many high-profile clients, including Levi Strauss, Mattel, The Foot Zone, pharmaceutical company Allergan Inc., Puget Sound Energy, Snohomish County Public Utility District, BC Hydro and TransAlta, a private, investor-owned utility in Canada. "The real issue for utilities is green power marketing, or marketing of renewable resources," Sten said. "We're helping them with that." In addition to Sten, the other three founding partners of the Light Green Co. are Jonathan Naimon of Seattle, Lynn Auch of Portland, and Gary Lewis of Los Angeles. Sten most recently was a principal at Seattle environmental consulting firm Shapiro & Associates. Before that, he was a founding partner of the Hartman Group, an environmental marketing and business strategy firm that was purchased in 1994 by DDB Needham. Naimon formerly ran his own company, Eco Efficiency Associates. Before that, he did research with the Investor Responsibility Research Center in Washington, D.C. So where did the name "Light Green Co." come from? "We've done consumer research and we've seen that there are different shades of green," Sten said. "'Light green' represents the fact that mainstream consumers want environmental improvements without having to pay for them or make lifestyle sacrifices."

Julie Norman steps down from Headwaters

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Julie Norman, a veteran of the intense battles over logging on federal lands in the Northwest, announced Monday she is resigning as president of the environmental group Headwaters. Norman said she planned to take the summer off, living with friends along the Rogue River, before going back to work as an environmental education consultant. "I'm not intending to disappear from the citizen activist movement," she said in a letter to the Headwaters board of directors. "I'm taking five months off to step back and re-evaluate my niche and my approach to environmental education." A former IBM systems programmer turned river guide, Norman joined Headwaters as a volunteer in 1985, soon after environmentalists had succeeded in stopping the extension of the Bald Mountain Road into the North Kalmiopsis Roadless Area on the Siskiyou National Forest. The Bald Mountain Road fight is widely regarded as the "shot heard round the world" in what became the spotted owl wars. She became president of Headwaters in 1988 and was on a panel of people suggesting solutions to the conflict between logging and the environment for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore at the Northwest Forest Conference in 1993 in Portland. While she was president, Headwaters was a party to the lawsuit that stopped logging in spotted owl habitat on federal lands in the Northwest until the federal government came up with its current plan to protect fish and wildlife. Logging on federal lands dropped 80 percent, triggering painful changes in timber-dependent communities. "I feel like we made significant gains, especially in terms of getting away from clear-cutting, and making people aware of how special this area is," Norman said. Norman's duties as president will be delegated to existing staff. Pamela Tennity, public education team leader, said Headwaters' mission to spread the word about forest ecosystems will not be interrupted by Norman's absence.

Mar 26, 1998

Gray Line of Seattle

Gray Line of Seattle has been recognized by the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development as a leader, innovator and success story in their publication "Finding the Balance: Economic Prosperity and Environmental Progress Volume II." The publication highlights Washington companies that practice environmentally responsible behavior. Gray Line, specializing in tours and vacation packages, redeveloped a formerly contaminated property and building a new $7.5-million-dollar headquarters housing environmentally friendly features. Gray Line of Seattle's home page is located at http://www.graylineofseattle.com.

Xypoint

Xypoint, a Seattle-based firm specializing in using wireless technology to locate mobile people and objects, has appointed Gregg Blodgett vice president and chief financial officer. Blodgett, a public accountant, will be responsible for accounting, administration, human resources, risk management and treasury functions. Xypoint designs, develops, and markets wireless intelligent network services. Xypoint's web address in http://www.xypoint.com.