Mar 31, 2021

Sazan Group

Griffith

Marseille

Seattle-based Sazan Group hired Tom Marseille as a principal consultant and Brian Griffith as a senior mechanical designer. Both have more than 30 years of industry experience and have contributed to LEED certified Northwest projects that include the University of Washington Health Sciences and Education Building and the Allen Institute for Brain Science Block 42 Research Lab, both in Seattle, and the Edith Green Federal Building in Portland. Marseille has a background in ultra-low and net zero energy buildings and delivers integrated high-performance building solutions for clients. He will aim to accelerate the growth of Sazan's MEPT and sustainable service offerings. Griffith is one of the first certified LEED APs in the world. He will teach teams how to apply sustainable solutions in various areas, including radiant systems, chilled beam systems, natural ventilation, Net Zero Laboratories and innovative facades. He will also focus on field and sustainability services for Seattle Children's Hospital and work in other market sectors. Sazan provides MEP services and lighting, fire protection and information and communications technology system design.

DCI Engineers

Cazares

Frisby

In Seattle, DCI Engineers promoted Matthew Frisby to associate principal and Ivan Cazares to associate. Frisby now leads the Seattle civil engineering team. He has been a senior civil project manager working on commercial, multifamily, hospitality, mixed-use and high-rise projects, specifically with site preparation, compliance and development feasibility in Seattle and Bellevue and their greater metropolitan areas. Cazares helped implement the enterprise resource planning software upgrade from Vision to VantagePoint along with shortening the month-end financial close. He is responsible for overseeing DCI's accounting team and supports the firm's executive management team. DCI is a civil and structural engineering firm.

BCRA

Bonifant

In Tacoma, BCRA hired Lisa Bonifant as a senior associate. Bonifant will support the firm's healthcare practice. She is NCIDQ certified and is part of the interior design team. She has over 32 years of design and project management experience, including on healthcare and retail projects, for CBRE, Chase Bank and Nordstrom. BCRA provides architecture, interior design, civil engineering, structural engineering, land use planning and landscape architecture.

The Miller Hull Partnership

Dalton

The Miller Hull Partnership promoted Ben Dalton to partner. He is the seventh partner at the 44-year-old architecture, planning, urban and interior design firm. Dalton has been with Miller Hull for 16 years, starting in the Seattle studio before moving to San Diego in 2011 to help launch a studio there. Dalton has been design principal on public projects with clients that include the University of California San Diego, the University of Arizona and the County of San Diego. He also has worked on private projects including the IDEA 1 mixed-use building in downtown San Diego's I.D.E.A. District and was design principal on the renovation of Miller Hull's San Diego studio, the first project to be Living Building Petal Certified V. 4.0 in the world. He will continue to work in the San Diego studio.

Dark Light Design

Kurtz

Ron Kurtz joined Seattle-based Dark Light Design as principal in charge of its new St. Louis, Missouri office. Kurtz has over 30 years of lighting design experience, including infrastructure/bridges, monuments, museums, retail and hospitality projects in the U.S. and abroad. His work includes the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial-Gateway Arch, Haworth Showroom-Chicago Merchandise Mart, Four Seasons Hotel and the Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Bass Pro Shops prototype stores and the Utah State Capitol. Prior to joining Dark Light, a lighting design firm, Kurtz was a senior associate at Randy Burkett Lighting Design.

HNTB Corp.

Mendes

HNTB Corp. named Diana Mendes as corporate president of infrastructure and mobility equity, a new position responsible for shaping transportation and mobility equity policy through collaboration with federal, state and local agency leaders. Mendes has over 35 years in the industry, including five with HNTB, and has held leadership positions. She most recently was the firm's Mid-Atlantic Division president overseeing the growth, operations and client service in six states and the District of Columbia. Prior to that, she was the firm's transit and rail market sector leader. For several years, Mendes has been an adjunct professor at Rutgers University, teaching the National Transit Institute's Advanced Environmental Justice seminar. HNTB is an infrastructure firm.

TrueBlue

Tacoma-based TrueBlue, a provider of specialized workforce solutions, announced that its chief people officer, Andrea Brogger, has been named one of the 10 most influential HR leaders in the United States by Insights Success magazine. Brogger was cited for her innovation in HR, her employee engagement efforts, and her focus on connectivity between people strategy and business results. Brogger has been with TrueBlue since 2011. She was named the company's chief people officer in 2020. Prior to her current role, she served as the vice president of global talent and culture at TrueBlue.

Oversea Casing

Oversea Casing, a producer of natural sausage casings, has changed the name of its sales and distribution unit in Mexico to Oversea Casing S. de RL. de CV. Oversea Casing purchased the parent company, DeWied International, in 2018 for an undisclosed amount, combining two industry leaders and more than doubling production and distribution for Oversea Casing. Formerly known as DeWied Internacional de México S de RL. de CV, the change comes as the company completes the integration of the two organizations and consolidates operations globally. DeWied Internacional has been operating in Mexico for more than 30 years. Although the unit now operates under a new name, all other aspects of operations remain the same. Oversea Casing has been family owned and operated for more than three generations, and is headquartered in Seattle.

Idaho Central Credit Union

Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU) selected Ameriprise Financial Institutions Group (AFIG) as its broker-dealer. By leveraging the Ameriprise platform, ICCU established a wealth management program, Idaho Central Wealth Management. AFIG partners with community banks and credit unions to help their clients reach their goals through financial planning and investment. Through the new relationship, ICCU members have access to a full range of services and solutions from Ameriprise. Ameriprise formed its Financial Institutions Group after acquiring Investment Professionals 2017 and specializes in the on-site delivery of investment programs to banks and credit unions. ICCU was organized as a state-chartered credit union in 1940. The credit union's administrative office is located in Chubbuck, Idaho, and has 41 locations throughout the state of Idaho.

GlossWire

GlossWire awarded female-founded skincare brand Base Butter $10,000 in its inaugural beauty pitch competition. The competition took place in two phases. The first took place in February, where GlossWire's beauty brands applied and submitted videos pitching their brands. The field was narrowed to 10 top finalists and the brands were then given the chance to compete live at the virtual global GlossPitch event, moderated by Fashwire CEO and founder Kimberly Carney. The 1st place prize was awarded to She'Neil Johnson-Spence and Nicolette Graves, co-founders of Base Butter. The 2nd place $2,500 prize was awarded to Melissa Lis, founder of skincare brand Jumby. The 3rd place $1,500 prize was awarded as a tie to Ginger King, founder of clean vegan beauty brand FanLoveBeauty, and Scarlett Rocourt, founder of haircare brand Wonder Curl. Seattle-based Fashwire's app and web-based shopping platform provides its portfolio of 350+ designers real-time data and insights into consumer shopping behavior patterns. Fashwire recently expanded into the beauty industry with its launch of GlossWire Beauty.