Oct 16, 2019

Washington State Parks

Danenberg

Sophia Danenberg is the newest member of the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Danenberg is a senior program manager and leads international environmental policy analysis at Boeing. Before that, she managed global environment, health and safety legislative and regulatory affairs at United Technologies. She is an avid climber, hiker and mountaineer.

Alaska Communications

Bishop

The Alaska Communications board named William H. Bishop president, CEO and board member. Bishop had been interim CEO since June. He joined the company in 2004 and served in several leadership roles, including senior vice president of customer and revenue management and chief operations officer. Anchorage-based Alaska Communications provides broadband and managed IT services for businesses and consumers in Alaska.

City of Albany

Murzynski

The National Institute for Government Procurement named Diane Murzynski its 2019 Buyer of the Year. Murzynski is purchasing coordinator at the city of Albany, Oregon, and immediate past president of the Oregon Public Purchasing Association. At the city, she helped select and implement a new financial system, as well as new policies, procedures and training for city employees using the system.

Green Trails Maps

In Seattle, Mountaineers Books has become the fulfillment center for Green Trails Maps. Both companies provide products and support to hikers, climbers and bikers. Green Trails publishes over 150 backcountry maps, which are now available on Mountaineers Books' marketing and sales channels, as well as at over 550 outdoor retailers in the West and online. Green Trails owners Alan and Gail Coburn are retiring.

IndieDwell

Boise, Idaho-based IndieDwell raised $5.5 million for expansion and forged partnerships with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Northern Trust, the Colorado Health Foundation and Gary Community Investments. The company makes sustainable modular houses and its mission is to help solve the affordable housing crisis while improving the health of the environment and empowering communities.

ZGF Architects

Kerr

Howell

Grace

Freels

Cheng

Woestenborg

Steinberg

Saito

Kung

ZGF Architects promoted nine people to principal in its Seattle office. They are Ryan Cheng, Kate Freels, Elizabeth Grace, Sara Howell, Corinne Kerr, Eddie Kung, Haruka Saito, Michael Steinberg and Hans Woestenborg. ZGF provides architecture, graphic design and digital fabrication, interior design and space planning, and urban planning and design. It has six offices in the U.S. and Canada.

Sazan Group

Kimbrell

Absuelo

Kopetzky

In Seattle, Sazan Group hired Deneise Kopetzky as marketing director and Kathreen Absuelo as marketing coordinator. In Portland, it promoted Nicole Kimbrell to marketing manager. Kopetzky has more than 13 years of experience in the architecture/engineering/construction industry with a bachelor's in business administration from Saint Martin's University. Absuelo has three years of experience as a creative director in the retail industry. She has a background in design, marketing and visual arts. Kimbrell has two years as a marketing coordinator, with demonstrated ability to connect with clients in the Pacific Northwest. She has degrees in international business and English literature. Sazan Group provides mechanical, electrical and fire protection engineering, information technology systems consulting, lighting design and owner representation services.

Terracon

Valder

Terracon hired Ken Valder as Washington regional manager. He has nearly 30 years of leadership and experience with environmental compliance and remediation, civil and environmental engineering and construction management. His background includes operations and administration, business development and contract negotiation and administration. Clients have included governments, transit authorities, utilities and commercial entities. Valder is based in Lynnwood.

Art Anderson

Art Anderson, a Bremerton-based multidisciplinary engineering services firm, hired Brad Ginn as a senior civil engineer in the facility division. Ginn will execute engineering design solutions in collaboration with other engineering disciplines, including assignments related to floating, waterfront and land-based facilities and site-development projects. He will work on projects from planning through closeout and have a lead role on more complex assignments as project engineer/manager.