Jan 13, 2022
Skillestad
KBS Advisors not too long ago introduced that Kevin Skillestad has joined its Georgetown workplace after over 16 years with Neil Walter Co. His previous shoppers embody Tesla, Georgetown Brewing, Prologis, Terreno and CenterPoint.
Zack
Pyle
Lou-Magnuson
Lanier
Lane Powell elected 4 new shareholders in its Seattle workplace: Jamie Lanier, Shirley Lou-Magnuson, Greg Pyle and Jimmy Zack. Lanier focuses her apply on property planning, probate and belief administration for top web price people and households. She additionally works with fiduciaries and beneficiaries relating to non-judicial decision of belief and property disputes. She serves on the Seattle Foundation’s Professional Advisors Council, and is included in Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch checklist within the areas of Trusts and Estates and Nonprofit/Charities. Lou-Magnuson defends public and non-public entities from civil and regulatory legal responsibility in employment legislation issues. She frequently litigates on behalf of employers earlier than federal and state courts, administrative our bodies, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the state Human Rights Commission. Before becoming a member of Lane Powell, Lou-Magnuson served as a clerk on the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals. She is included in Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch checklist within the space of Labor and Employment Management. Pyle advises shoppers in company governance, business and transactional issues. He counsels early-stage and established shoppers by all method of business transactions with a specific give attention to mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He has been acknowledged in Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch checklist within the areas of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance, and Elder Law. Zack focuses his apply on chapter, receiverships, industrial litigation and out-of-court docket exercises. Before becoming a member of Lane Powell, Zack was a judicial legislation clerk to the Hon. Brian Lynch and a judicial extern to the Hon. Karen Overstreet, each of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington. Chambers USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business acknowledges Zack as an Associate to Watch, and he’s included in Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch checklist within the space of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization.
Visser
Christine Visser is the local proprietor of the brand new Caring Transitions of Mill Creek franchise. Caring Transitions is a supplier of senior transition options targeted on the three R’s: relocation, proper-sizing and resale of family items. The firm helps with decluttering, cleanouts, packing, transfer administration, unpacking and property gross sales. The new franchise serves Mill Creek, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Bothell and the encompassing areas. Visser combines greater than 25 years {of professional} expertise at Northwest corporations like Amazon, Costco, Boeing and Zillow together with her expertise in household service and property planning. She is a Certified Relocation and Transitions Specialist. Caring Transitions, based in 2006, has greater than 200 places all through the U.S.
Former metropolis council member Sally Clark has joined the board of Seattle Housing Authority, the company not too long ago introduced. She’s a brand new appointee to fill an at-massive slot on the now seven-particular person board. She left the council, after a decade of service, in 2015 to hitch the University of Washington; there she continues to function director of regional and neighborhood relations. Her new time period as SHA board commissioner lasts 4 years.
Aegis Living has named Sandra Preyale as its new president. She’s been promoted from her prior submit as chief individuals officer. The senior housing developer and operator is led by founder Dwayne Clark, who stated in a press release, “She is a brilliant strategic thinker and thought partner, and she will lead us confidently into Aegis’ future as we open two new communities this year and continue to innovate our offerings to provide the highest standard of care in senior assisted living.” Before Aegis, she was with Amazon and Coach. Among different Aegis promotions introduced on the identical time, Lee Kaufmann turns into senior vp of human assets; and Howard Jacobs turns into the corporate’s new COO. The firm is now beneath development on Aegis Living Laurelhurst (pictured).
Learned Commercial, based mostly up in Burlington, introduced that it represented Hughes Fire Equipment as a brand new tenant in an industrial constructing at 1215 E. Hickox Road in Mount Vernon. Terms weren’t introduced. The particular person brokers had been Jarrod Ball for the tenant, and John Mitzel of Windermere Commercial for the owner, Hickox Road Industrial Leasing & Storage.
Jan 12, 2022
Cunningham
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), an environmental consulting, engineering, and planning agency, introduced that Susan Cunningham will oversee your complete Northwest area in her new position as organic assets and land administration business group director. Cunningham shall be managing a crew of 23 worker-homeowners throughout ESA’s Seattle, Portland, and Bend workplaces. With a profession spanning 31 years, Cunningham’s pure useful resource, land use and regulatory compliance experience spans a number of market sectors together with water, aviation, vitality, transportation, and pure useful resource administration.
Serving as ESA’s business group director in Oregon for the previous six years, she has managed multidisciplinary groups to ship complicated infrastructure tasks within the constructed and pure environments. Cunningham is expert in getting ready National Environmental Policy Act paperwork, organic assessments, allow software packages, and all forms of pure useful resource assessments.
Cunningham’s management has significantly targeted on steering the complicated land use and transportation infrastructure allowing challenges in Oregon and different jurisdictions. For instance, as a part of an 18-yr contract with the town of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, she secured allowing and approval to stabilize two major sewer strains crossing the Willamette River whereas navigating an EPA Superfund web site and Endangered Species Act laws for listed salmon safety.
In her new management position for the Pacific Northwest area, Cunningham will combine the crew of fisheries and wildlife biologists, wetland scientists, conservation planners and water high quality specialists all through Oregon and Washington. She will assist the crew’s ongoing work in transportation and airports, conservation planning and restoration design largely targeted on salmon restoration, and pursue extra alternatives within the vitality and water markets. Cunningham has been acknowledged outdoors of ESA for her contributions to her area, together with being named the Consultant of the Year in 2020 by the Oregon Airport Management Association for her work getting ready an environmental evaluation that encompassed a number of capital enchancment plan tasks on the Rogue Valley-Medford International Airport. She can also be an lively member of the Women Transportation Seminar. Cunningham earned her bachelor of science in biology from the University of Oregon.
Rubin
Jenkins
Francis
Ellis
Dekom
Seattle structure agency Neiman Taber Architects (NTA) promoted Liz Pisciotta to associate and Anton Dekom to senior affiliate. Additionally, a number of design employees have been promoted to affiliate: Sari Ellis, Kyle Francis, Kyle Jenkins, Sharon Rubin and Patrick Taylor.
Pisciotta has labored with NTA for 9 years and has led agency efforts in inside design, firm tradition and venture administration. She is at the moment engaged on the Littlefield Apartments annex venture and not too long ago designed the interiors and branding of the Freya and Karsti Apartments. Dekom has expertise with quite a lot of venture sorts together with multifamily residential, industrial workplace, and sustainable infrastructure. He additionally co-led the trouble to design and construct the Mighty House, a prototype transitional shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Ellis has expertise in hospitality design, instructional renovations and multifamily developments. She is at the moment venture architect and Dekom is venture supervisor on a brand new blended-use growth within the International District, in addition to the Washington Irving Apartments Annex. Francis has expertise in excessive-finish single-household housing and industrial work. He is at the moment venture architect on a brand new transit-oriented growth close to Cal Anderson Park. Jenkins makes a speciality of design tradition at NTA and additionally organizes skilled growth training. He is at the moment venture supervisor on a 191-unit blended-use growth close to Othello Station. Rubin has led neighborhood advocacy efforts to fight homelessness and additionally leads web site growth at NTA. Taylor’s experience lies in local land use and housing advocacy. Rubin is at the moment venture architect and Taylor is venture supervisor on a 271-unit blended-use growth close to Othello Station.
Swartz
P2S Inc. promoted Larry Swartz, principal, to vp overseeing three engineering teams, and Brad Lentz to principal and group supervisor of the agency’s Seattle workplace. The Seattle workplace consists of over 40 employees members and supplies mechanical, electrical, plumbing and commissioning providers. In addition to his new position, Lentz additionally serves as federal market chief.
Celo Health, a supplier of a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform for well being care suppliers, introduced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Seattle and has named Jack Clough to go the operations. As chief progress officer at Celo, Clough will lead operational, gross sales and advertising and marketing actions. Prior to his new position, Clough held business growth and gross sales roles at Celo, and beforehand labored in gross sales and advertising and marketing positions at collaborative expertise corporations. Celo Health’s platform permits well being care groups to collaborate securely on affected person care.
Bellevue-based T-Mobile has acquired Octopus Interactive, a nationwide community of interactive video screens inside Uber and Lyft automobiles. This transfer marks the subsequent step for Marketing Solutions, T-Mobile’s promoting expertise business, in increasing its choices for entrepreneurs. Octopus helps manufacturers attain audiences by video adverts introduced on screens inside rideshare automobiles, and permits manufacturers to execute complete geo-focused campaigns throughout a variety of customers. Beyond the rideshare community, this acquisition will join Marketing Solutions with huge manufacturers like present Octopus shoppers Audible, Fox Entertainment and Philo.
The Tacoma City Council confirmed the advice of the Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate the Henry J. and Nettie Craig Asberry House a metropolis landmark. Built in 1887, the home is a remaining instance of the preliminary settlement of Tacoma’s rising Hilltop neighborhood, however its main significance comes from it being the longtime residence of Henry Joseph and Nettie Craig Jones Asberry from 1903 till 1966. The Asberrys had been influential neighborhood advocates and iconic leaders within the Black neighborhood, each regionally and regionally. They had been founding members of the Tacoma Chapter of the NAACP and the Tacoma City Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. The nomination was researched and submitted by Historic Tacoma, and is a part of a broader effort to accumulate, restore and protect the residence. As a part of the 2021-23 biennium price range, the state Legislature awarded the Tacoma City Association of Colored Women’s Clubs an appropriation to accumulate the historic residence web site for future renovation and public profit. Forterra joined the affiliation as a associate on the request. Plans are underway for assessing the situation of the home and creating a restoration plan.