Jul 31, 2024

Olson Kundig

Clews

Burkland

Bartunek

Mann

Anderson

Walters

Kingsley

Johnson

Griswold

Olson Kundig has announced several leadership promotions across the firm. Clay Anderson has been promoted to principal; David Mann has been named director of the Chicago office; and Laura Bartunek, Christine Burkland, Simon Clews, Meghan Griswold, Allison Johnson, Jesse Kingsley, and Brian Walters have been promoted to associate principal.

Anderson's experience spans single- and multi-family residential, hospitality, commercial, and cultural projects around the world. He has been instrumental in the development of many of the firm's public design installations, including ICECUBE and Homebase.

Mann has been a practicing architect for over 30 years and has experience across a range of project types with a focus on cultural, civic, and higher education work. He has served as the chair of Oak Park Plan Commission for nine years, as well as mentoring students in the Virginia Tech Chicago Studio.

Bartunek works on the firm's cultural and residential projects. Her process embraces a fascination with narrative landscapes as a point of departure for design investigations.

Burkland is a frequent collaborator with Olson Kundig's principal/founder Jim Olson, often developing custom furniture and lighting designs that extend the architectural vision from a building's form to its inner materiality and texture. She has worked across a range of market sectors, including hospitality, mixed-use and higher education, with a focus on residential interior design.

Clews originally came to Olson Kundig through the firm's International Internship Program and has risen through the ranks as a project architect and project manager. While his experience is broad, his focus has been custom single-family residential design, including expanding the firm's residential portfolio in Australia and New Zealand.

Griswold has a wide range of experience working on high-end, award-winning residential projects. Her work often focuses on wood construction and timeless building materials.

Johnson works across a broad range of project types including hospitality, residential, cultural, civic landscape, mixed-use development, high-rise towers, and historic preservation. Johnson is an AIA Medal of Excellence recipient.

Kingsley specializes in single-family residential projects at a variety of scales from large, complex art homes to small, scrappy remodels.

Walters works on a variety of project types and scales, including residential, hospitality, workplace, and mixed-use, and has served as design representative and co-chair of Seattle's Design Review Board.

Olson Kundig also announced the following promotions to senior associate and associate.

The new senior associates are: William Franklin, Evan Harlan, Jimmy Juricevich, Motomi Kudo-King, Gus Lynch, Claudia Maggiani, Derek Santo, Hilary Schanck, Jason Roseler and Todd Walbourn.

The new associates are: Mark Adams, Pete Alderson, David Alf, Mikel Amias, Gavin Argo, Bryan Berkas, Matt Boker, Lucas Branham, Scott Cyphers, Charlotte Essex, Molly Evans, Scott Goodner, Erik Gunderson, Brian Havener, Freya Johnson, Jaclyn Jung, Lori Kirsis, Nik Koenig, Francesca Krisli, Steve Lambie, John Majewski, Maki Matsubayashi, Kelsey McLaughlin, Jesus Pineda, Mark Pomarico, Elisa Renouard, Garrett Reynolds, Conor Rochford, Emmy Ross, Christopher Savage, Cameron Shampine, Ziad Shehab, Kristen Strobel, Margaret Undine, Andy Weber and Mark Wettstone.

Otak

Garland

Oaks

Otak announced the recent promotions of Sarah Oaks and Doug Garland to the new director and practice area leader for the company's comprehensive project management team (Otak CPM).

Oaks joined the organization in 2016 as a project manager supporting the Tigard-Tualatin School District bond. Since that time, she has risen through the organization while advancing her operational and leadership responsibilities from the program to business unit level. Over the last four years, Oaks has served Otak CPM in a leadership capacity to support business operations and individual project teams, first as operations manager and then as business unit leader. Some notable contributions include helping spearhead the team's “Development Advisor” mentorship program while championing best practices, operational procedures, and other team development investments.

Garland has been with Otak CPM for the past 13 years, where he has applied more than 22 years of his construction industry knowledge to the oversight of many critical projects in a variety of both public and private markets. These include courthouses, hospitals, first responder facilities, higher education projects and industrial manufacturing buildings.

PLS Engineering

Brancheau

Joining PLS Engineering is senior CAD drafter, David Brancheau. His previous career has provided Brancheau with excellent experience in managing multiple projects and deadlines. Projects have included stormwater treatment in a variety of civil infrastructure settings. He is a graduate of Portland Community College.

Community Health Plan of Washington

Battersby

Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), a not-for-profit insurance carrier offering Apple Health (Medicaid), Medicare Advantage, and Individual & Family Plans on the health exchange, hired Stuart Battersby as chief financial officer. As a member of CHPW's Executive Leadership Team, Battersby will collaborate on the strategic goals and initiatives for CHPW, and its parent company Community Health Network of Washington, overseeing all budgetary and fiscal responsibilities. Battersby is a CPA with more than 15 years of experience in many health care settings, including physician groups, health care startups, and a national Medicaid health plan. In the CFO role, Battersby will also oversee all forecasting and budgeting functions, accounting, population analytics and actuarial activities, among other responsibilities. Battersby succeeds Stacy Kessel, who retired after 17 years with CHPW. Battersby served as COO and CFO for Amerigroup Washington, Anthem and ended his tenure as president and CEO of their Medicaid Health Plan in 2019. Battersby most recently served as CFO for Firefly Health, a virtual advanced primary care services company, where he led all financial responsibilities as well as product strategy and development. Prior to that, he was CFO at Sidecar Health. Battersby holds a CPA Certification in Washington, and received his MBA from the University of Denver.

Kestra Medical Technologies

Cohen

Kestra Medical Technologies, a privately held wearable medical device and digital healthcare company, named Raymond Cohen to the board of directors as a new independent board director. Cohen is an accredited public company director with more than 40 years of life sciences industry experience. He currently serves as CEO and board member at Irvine, CA-based Axonics, a global medtech company Cohen cofounded in late 2013 and took public in October 2018. Earlier this year, Axonics agreed to be acquired by Boston Scientific for $3.7 billion. Cohen also serves as an independent director of SoniVie, a clinical-stage company developing a device treatment for hypertension and BiVACOR, a clinical-stage company developing a Total Artificial Heart. Cohen received the 2024 MedTech MVP Award and was also named Businessperson of the Year by the Orange County Business Journal. In 2021, Cohen received a lifetime achievement award from SoCal Bio for his four decades of work in medical technology. In 2020, Cohen was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young for the Southwest U.S.

Jul 30, 2024

Molina Healthcare of Washington

Molina Healthcare of Washington recently presented $5,000 to Unity Care Northwest to help ensure access to quality medical, dental, mental and behavioral health care for 24,000 Whatcom County residents, primarily those experiencing financial hardships. Jay Fathi is plan president of Molina Healthcare of Washington. Funds will support programs including: Hand Up for Health, for items and services including blood pressure monitors or compression socks; Mobile Dental, for dental exams and appointment scheduling for students in Whatcom County schools; Extend A Hand, to cover the cost of prescriptions; a library of online yoga and QigGong classes, plus a Dietitian Kitchen video series for healthy meal options; and The Way Station, for health and hygiene services to unhoused community members. Molina Healthcare of Washington has been providing government-funded health care for over 20 years. Unity Care NW is a local, non-profit health care provider that is part of a national network of community health centers.

Ba Sa Restaruant

Linda Nguyen, the youngest member of the Nguyen family, is now chef and general manager at Ba Sa Restaurant. She joins sibling chefs Trinh and Thai, who are now spending the majority of their time at Ramie, their new restaurant in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Nguyen started working at Ba Sa in 2021. She begin in the dish pit, and eventually worked every station in the kitchen. She also trained in front of house operation procedures in preparation for taking on the general manager duties. Opened in September of 2019, Ba Sa is located on Bainbridge Island, serving modern Vietnamese food that showcases local products found in the Pacific Northwest.

Redmond Police Department

The Redmond Police Department recently renewed its Certified Autism Center designation certification, continuing efforts to provide officers with knowledge and training to assist and communicate with autistic and sensory-sensitive community members. In 2022, the department became the first in Washington to earn the certification, which was awarded by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards. Additionally, the Redmond Police Department launched a Take Me Home program in June for families with loved ones who have cognitive or developmental disabilities in case they go missing or experience an emergency. The program is a registry of vulnerable individuals to assist first responders in reuniting people with disabilities with their caregivers.