Apr 04, 2024

Washington Trust Bank

Hurst

Washington Trust Bank named Brandon Hurst to its Small Business Banking team at its Smokey Point branch in Marysville to serve as vice president and relationship manager. With more than 12 years of financial industry experience and a focus in commercial banking, Hurst will serve commercial clients near Marysville and throughout the north Puget Sound region. Hurst joins Washington Trust from Umpqua Bank, where he served as business banking relationship manager. Hurst is a graduate of Biola University's Talbot School of Theology, where he earned a Master of Divinity degree, and of Wheaton College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and economics. He also holds a Certificate in Business and Commercial Lending from the American Bankers Association. Washington Trust Bank is an independently owned full-service commercial bank serving the Northwest region since 1902. The bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of W.T.B. Financial Corp., headquartered in Spokane, with branches and offices in Washington, Idaho and Oregon.

Snohomish County Superior Court

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Whitney Rivera to the Snohomish County Superior Court. She will replace Judge Anita Farris, who will retire from the bench effective April 30. In November 2020, Rivera was appointed to serve as the sole municipal court judge for Edmonds Municipal Court. She successfully ran for a four-year term in 2021 to retain her seat. As the Edmonds Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Rivera is responsible for hearing all criminal matters, traffic infractions, and administrative appeals, as well as for leading the management of the court's operations. Prior to her current position as a judicial officer, Rivera served as a public defender with the Snohomish County Public Defender Association for over 12 years. Rivera also served as an attorney for the Washington Appellate Project, representing indigent individuals on their direct appeals from convictions. Since 2021, Rivera has served on the Edmonds College Foundation Board where she has focused her volunteer efforts on student scholarships and staff grant requests. In 2022, she was appointed to the board of the Hazel Miller Foundation, which provides grants to organizations focused on a broad range of services, including education, youth services, diversity, and poverty alleviation. In 2023, she was appointed to the board of the Edmonds Food Bank. Rivera earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. She earned her law degree from Boston College Law School.

F5

F5 named Lyra Schramm as executive vice president and chief people officer and Kunal Anand as executive vice president and chief technology officer. Schramm and Anand join F5's executive leadership team reporting to President and CEO, Francois Locoh-Donou. Schramm is responsible for driving people initiatives that position the company for continued growth. She comes to F5 with experience in roles that align people strategies with business objectives in high-growth, innovative, and philanthropic sectors. Schramm was most recently vice president, strategy and innovation at Google. She previously held senior roles at AWS and the Gates Foundation. Anand is responsible for setting the technology vision for F5. He joins the company with expertise across multiple areas, including cybersecurity and data. Most recently, Anand held the dual roles of CTO and chief information security officer at Imperva. Prior to that, Anand was the co-founder of application security startup Prevoty and held senior roles at BBC Worldwide and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Seattle-based F5 is a multicloud application security and delivery company.

Apr 03, 2024

GLR Engineers

Hopkins

Drew Hopkins has joined GLR Engineers as a structural project manager. Hopkins graduated from Boise State University and is currently licensed as a professional engineer in Idaho and California.

Hopkins has ten years of experience within the structural engineering industry and has previously worked at engineering firms in the Pacific Northwest. He is currently working on the reconstruction of Setsy's Ace Hardware in Chewelah which was destroyed in a fire in 2023.

GLR Engineers is a structural engineering firm with offices in Spokane and Boise, ID.

Makers Architecture and Urban Design

Johnson

Crozier

Bonjukian

Makers Architecture and Urban Design has promoted three employees in its urban design and community planning team.

Scott Bonjukian has been promoted to senior associate. Bonjukian has been with Makers since 2015. He has led many complex projects, including the recent development of the Department of Commerce's Middle Housing Model code.

Ian Crozier has been promoted to associate 2. Crozier has been with the firm since 2017. He is a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and is skilled in technical writing, quantitative analysis, and public engagement.

Markus Johnson has been promoted to associate 1. Johnson joined Makers in 2022 and has become an integral team member. He creates environments and spaces that allow people to thrive.

PACE Engineers

Cheesman

Nilsen

PACE Engineers' CEO Marty Penhallegon retired in March, 32 years after founding the firm in 1992. Ken Nilsen, president, and Phil Cheesman, executive vice president, have succeeded Penhallegon and now lead the business.

Nilsen joined PACE 26 years ago and currently leads the business's strategic operations. He has over 40 years of industry experience and has held several key leadership roles at PACE prior to becoming president last year. Nilsen's comprehensive background spans various sectors, including infrastructure, transportation, and environmental engineering. His specialty is solving complex stormwater and surface water challenges. Before PACE, he was a pioneer in developing King County's Surface Water program.

Joining PACE just weeks after its inception, Cheesman has built a regionally recognized land development department specializing in the civil design of commercial business parks, mixed-use developments, K-12 schools, parks, and trails. In 2017, he transitioned to directing all civil engineering activities at the firm, and more recently, in 2020, he oversaw all of engineering. He now leads all operations for structural and civil engineering, environmental, and surveying services.

Nilsen and Cheesman are backed by a talented team of department leaders, including Chris Anderson, structural; Darrell Smith, civil/environmental; Aaron Blaisdell, survey; Karmell Dawson, human resources; Myra Sachs, controller; Eugene Burgy, technology; and Paula Welly, business development and marketing.

Parametrix

Buitrago

Craig Buitrago has returned to Parametrix as a senior consultant. He has over 18 years of experience as a surface water engineer and project manager focused on stormwater and streams.

He comes to Parametrix from PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc., where he served as the water resources practice lead and senior engineer. Prior to that, he was with Parametrix from 2006 to 2021.

Buitrago's expertise includes hydrology and hydraulics for stormwater management and stream design projects, stormwater planning and capital improvement plan development, stormwater conveyance and treatment facility design, retrofit and green infrastructure design, and fish passage and stream restoration design.

His recent project experience includes stream design work on Washington State Department of Transportation fish passage projects at I-405/132nd Street and I-90/SR18 as well as similar projects for the cities of Tumwater, Maple Valley, and Sammamish.

At Parametrix, he joins the firm's Greater Washington Environmental Planning and Compliance team serving public agencies and private clients throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, and Common Energy, a community solar provider, announced a partnership to support a portfolio of four new community solar projects across the greater Portland area. In aggregate, the projects have a capacity of 12 megawatts and will generate 17 million kilowatt hours of clean energy each year. Clean electricity from the projects will flow directly to the electric grid and replace fossil fuel generation, thereby lowering carbon emissions. The projects will be owned and operated by Luminace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Renewables. According to the provisions of Oregon's Community Solar Program, the projects will have a mix of commercial, residential and low-income subscribers. Each subscriber will receive credits on their electricity bills, proportional to their share of the projects, lowering their energy cost. In addition, all subscribers will receive Renewable Energy Certificates. Collins' facility in Wilsonville, Oregon, will make up the commercial allocation, thereby “anchoring” the portfolio. Approximately 10% of the projects' credits will be allocated to low-income households, which will receive a guaranteed 20% savings on their electricity bills for 20 years.

The Standard

Portland-based StanCorp Financial Group (The Standard) announced the closing of the acquisition of the Life & Disability business from Elevance Health in accordance with the terms of the agreement reported on March 28, 2023. The agreement includes a 10-year distribution partnership whereby The Standard's products and services will be made available to Elevance Health customers. The combined life and disability benefits businesses will operate under The Standard brand and include the Elevance Health Life & Disability employees and operations. The distribution agreement partners The Standard's sales team with Elevance Health's medical sales team for customers for group life, short term and long term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and paid family leave and absence management services. Elevance Health's companies serve more than 115 million customers through a portfolio of medical, digital, pharmacy, behavioral, clinical, and complex care solutions.