Jul 17, 2024

Art Anderson

Markillie

Fairley

Fairley Art Anderson, a Bremerton-based multidisciplinary engineering services firm, has welcomed two interns for the summer: Isabella Fairley, mechanical engineer intern, and John Markillie, systems engineer/naval architect intern.

Fairley is a Central Kitsap High School alum and is currently enrolled at Montana State University for Mechanical Engineering.

Markillie is from the Tri-cities area in Washington State and is currently enrolled at Maine Maritime Academy for Systems Engineering/Naval Architecture.

Ethos Civil

Mellott

Moretta

Bushnell

Ethos Civil recently added three new employees: Almirah Bushnell, Ali Moretta and Ben Mellott.

Bushnell joins Ethos Civil as a civil designer. She studied civil engineering at Chosun University in Gwangju, South Korea. Bushnell previously worked at JEB Surveys and Engineering in Cambodia, prior to moving to the US. Bushnell is working on several Ethos Civil K12 projects.

Moretta joins Ethos Civil as a project administrator, managing the firm's invoicing, payroll, and other similar tasks. She has a Business Administration – Finance degree from the University of West Florida. Moretta has a background in mortgage finance, having previously worked at Navy Federal Credit Union. Moretta will support Ethos Civil from Orlando, FL.

Mellott is a recent graduate from the Georgia Tech College of Engineering and Covenant College and joins Ethos Civil as a civil designer. He previously worked at Ethos Civil as a summer intern. Mellott is currently working on the Grass Valley Gardens project, a 230-acre development in Missoula, MT with 2,000 units of housing.

Holmberg Mechanical

Dini

Holmberg Mechanical has promoted Michon Dini to the position of account executive. Dini has been with the mechanical contracting firm for 12 years.

He began his journey with Holmberg Mechanical as an intern while pursuing a bachelor's degree in Construction Management at Washington State University, and has progressed from chief estimator to his new role.

Throughout his tenure, he has served in various roles, including project management, estimating, and design-build. He has become an expert in estimating for medical, K-12, higher education, hospitality, transportation and new construction projects.

In his new role as account executive, Dini will manage key client accounts, develop strategic partnerships and drive business growth.

Parametrix

Nielssen

Eric Nielssen has joined Parametrix as a senior construction manager with over three decades of experience in programming, designing and managing K-12 educational, governmental, multi-family, senior housing, and residential construction projects, with a strong emphasis on construction administration.

Nielssen comes to Parametrix from LSW Architects + Path Architecture where he served as a senior project manager. His most recent project experience includes the City of Bend Airport Traffic Control Tower, Vancouver Public Schools Ruth Bader Ginsburg Elementary School and Evergreen Public Schools Mill Plain Elementary School. He is an Associate Design-Build Professional.

At Parametrix, he joins the firm's community building division, providing project and construction management services to public and private clients throughout the Puget Sound and Southwest Washington regions.

PLS Engineering

Ayers

McGraw

PLS Engineering of Vancouver has welcomed civil engineering designer Isaac McGraw to the team.

McGraw will be supporting the firm's growing team of engineers as an engineer-in-training. Graduating from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA, he holds a Masters of Engineering Sciences and Bachelors of Civil Engineering.

Moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2017, McGraw brings 7.5 years of design and drafting expertise to the PLS group. He has survey experience in addition to his engineering skills.

Starting this summer, Madeline Ayers has also joined PLS Engineering as a civil intern. She is in her second year at Oregon State University where she will attend in the fall.

Terracon

Terracon has named Dennis Antenucci construction quality director.

With more than 30 years of experience, Antenucci will serve clients with transportation and infrastructure projects in the Pacific Northwest to ensure a high level of quality standards is met.

His expertise includes managing quality assurance and quality control programs for transit, airports, bridges, schools, overpasses and defense facilities across North America and overseas.

Whatcom County Superior Court

Slattery

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Jennifer Slattery to the Whatcom County Superior Court. She will fill a new, fifth seat created by the Legislature in 2024. Slattery has focused her 15-year career on family law and general civil litigation. For the last seven years, she operated her own small firm, consistently employing students part-time to build practical experience. Her family law practice includes litigation, collaborative law, and mediation. Since 2023, Slattery has also served as a pro tem commissioner for the Whatcom County Superior Court. In that capacity, she presides over minor guardianship, protection orders, dependency, juvenile detention, unlawful detainers, and criminal arraignments. Since 2018, she has been a member of the Bellingham Sunrise Rotary Club. Slattery has also served for several years as a board director with the Whatcom Community College Foundation and as a volunteer attorney with LAW Advocates and Street Law clinics. As a volunteer attorney, she has provided extensive pro bono legal assistance. Slattery earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, and her law degree from Seattle University Law School.

Amplify Consulting Partners

Sparq, a provider of outsourced digital engineering for technology driven and Fortune 1000 companies, has acquired Seattle-based Amplify Consulting Partners. Amplify, founded in 2017, is a data-first consulting firm providing professional services across the technology ecosystem, including data engineering, visual analytics, program management and data-driven marketing. As part of Sparq, Amplify will increase the scope of services available to its clients. Sparq was founded in 2004, and is based in Atlanta. In 2023, funds managed by Harvest Partners Ascend Management, acquired a majority stake in Sparq, intended to allow the company to further scale its operations and digital service offerings. Bain Capital Double Impact has also been one of Sparq's investment partners since 2019.

Seattle Kraken

The Seattle Kraken and TEGNA are partnering with Gray Media to broadcast all locally available Seattle Kraken games on Gray's KAUU in Anchorage and KYEX in Juneau free over-the-air beginning with the 2024-2025 season. This follows the recent announcement that TEGNA will broadcast all locally available Kraken games, approximately 70 regular season games each year, on KING 5 and KONG in Seattle, KGW in Portland and KREM and KSKN in Spokane. Additional broadcast partners in Washington and Oregon are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The 2024-25 Kraken season will kick off with Seattle's home opener on Tuesday, October 8 against the St. Louis Blues at Climate Pledge Arena. TEGNA operates 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets. Gray Media is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, serving 113 television markets.