PAE promotes seven team members
ENGINEERING PAE, an engineering firm that specializes in sustainable design, recently promoted seven team members who serve its Portland headquarters. Chris Morgan was promoted from mechanical lead to D-5 technical […]
Metropolitan Family Service adds Kripalani, Wilker to board
NONPROFIT Metropolitan Family Service, a social service agency, recently appointed Eva Kripalani as chairwoman of the board of directors, and Steven Wilker as the new vice chairman. Kripalani is the […]
Stahancyk, Kent & Hook adds two attorneys
LAW Stahancyk, Kent & Hook PC recently added Laura Franzen and Samantha Hazel as associate attorneys. Franzen previously worked at Bocci & Associates in Salem. She received her Juris Doctor […]
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt adds Mark Hageman
LAW Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt recently added Mark Hageman as an associate in the intellectual property group in the firm’s Portland office. He focuses his practice in the area of […]
HDJ Design Group hires Porchowsky, Martonick
ENGINEERING HDJ Design Group, an engineering, planning, land survey and landscape architecture firm headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., recently hired John Porchowsky and Andrew N. Martonick. Porchowsky is an inspector II. […]
Dunn Carney’s Hoffman appointed to arts council’s board
LAW Dunn Carney attorney Jack D. Hoffman recently was appointed to the 2013 board of directors of the Arts Council of Lake Oswego. The nonprofit was created in 1999 by […]
RDH Building Sciences adds McDonald, Jackson
ENGINEERING RDH Building Sciences’ Portland office recently added Casey McDonald as an engineer in training and Robert Jackson as a project manager. McDonald has 10 years of experience in the […]
MacKay Sposito adds Joe Weststeyn
ENGINEERING MacKay Sposito recently added Joe Weststeyn as a civil designer based in its office in Vancouver, Wash. He has almost five years of experience as a construction/project inspector. He […]
Project Access NOW adds three to board
NONPROFIT Project Access NOW recently added Dianne Danowski Smith, Brenda Durbin and Amalia Alarcón Morris to its board of directors. Smith has spent more than 24 years in health care […]
Jamie Painter named director of Pac/West’s Green Growth Group
SUSTAINABILITY Jamie Painter recently was named the director of Pac/West’s Green Growth Group (G3), a subsidiary of Pac/West. The group works to promote renewable energy, clean technologies, transportation options, and […]
CBRE’s Portland office hires five
REAL ESTATE CBRE’s Portland office recently hired Sarah Drew as an associate project manager on its project management team, Ajay Malhotra as a broker on its office brokerage services team, […]
Rider Levett Bucknall hires Marc Biddle, Sharon Everett
CONSTRUCTION Rider Levett Bucknall has hired Marc Biddle as a senior cost estimator and Sharon Everett as a marketing coordinator to serve its office in the Pearl District. Biddle has […]
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