Aug 27, 2025

Ethos Civil

Roberts

Hughes

DeJarlais

Ethos Civil recently hired Randall DeJarlais, AnnaKatherine Hughes and Cody Roberts.

DeJarlais has six years of civil engineering and project management experience, with additional background as a marine electrician with the U.S. Navy. An alum of Seattle University, DeJarlais recently worked at Psomas, where he contributed to public transportation and utility projects. DeJarlais joins the Ethos Civil team in the Tacoma office as a lead engineer for the Whittier Elementary School project with Tacoma Public Schools.

Hughes is a recent graduate of Grove City College, where she studied mechanical engineering and was the president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers chapter. Hughes is a civil designer in Ethos Civil's Tacoma office. She is serving as the lead designer on the Peck Community Sports Park project in Tacoma.

Roberts joins Ethos Civil's Wenatchee office as an AutoCAD technician. He has more than 25 years of drafting and design experience, including a variety of private and public development projects. Roberts recently completed the civil design for the Olympic High School Tennis Courts project in Bremerton.

Land Morphology

He

Crawford

Land Morphology announced the promotion of Dylan Crawford to associate principal landscape architect. With more than nine years of experience with both public and private sector projects, Crawford currently leads multiple private garden projects across the Pacific Northwest.

The firm also announces hiring Yang He as landscape designer. Prior to joining Land Morphology, He contributed to a range of significant public projects, including Elliott Bay Connections and College Creek Village at Whitman College. She brings five years of public-sector experience to her new role.

AIA Seattle BOD

Burk

Ovsak

Dahlquist

Falcetti

American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle ushers in a new slate of directors on Sept. 1. With 11 directors, the team will be led by officers Melissa Falcetti, Kirsten Dahlquist, Laura Ovsak and Sarah Burk.

Falcetti will serve as president, bringing her experience from a small construction defects/owner's representative firm to one of the largest design firms in the world. Falcetti has two bachelor's degrees from Scripps College and a Master of Architecture degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Falcetti is a licensed architect in Washington, a Certified Construction Specifier, and has passed the CSI's CDT exam.

Dahlquist, who will serve as president-elect, is an associate at Rice Fergus Miller and brings 17 years of architectural expertise to her role as a design architect. Dahlquist has a diverse portfolio including community-centric projects like food banks, tribal wellness facilities, and cultural gathering centers, and founded the firm's internal justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion committee.

Ovsak is an architect working as a project manager with GLY Construction and joins the slate of AIA Seattle officers as treasurer. She has a combined 11 years of experience in architecture/design and construction management. Ovsak holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Philadelphia University (now Thomas Jefferson University).

Burk will serve as secretary in the upcoming term. Burk is an architect focusing her career on enhancing communal spaces, especially libraries and community designs. Burk frequently volunteers with the AIA and Seattle Design Festival. Burk holds a certification in Safety Assessment Program which addresses safety and resilience of the built environment.

The full slate of directors can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/AIASeaBOD2025