Jeanne Staton has become the first woman to serve as president of the 1,200 member Oregon-Columbia Associated General Contractors chapter in its 82 year history. Staton is president of Staton Companies, a demolition contractor based in Eugene.

Also named as officers for 2003 were Terry Edgar, Perlo McCormcak Pacific, first vice president, John Bollier, Stacy and Witbeck, second vice president, Bob Schommer, A C Schommer & Sons, secretary; and Fred Williams of Perkins and Co., treasurer.

Richard Stevenson has-been named president and chief operating officer of Seattle's Clise Properties. A. M. Clise will continue to lead the company as its chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors.

Developing and managing commercial real estate properties in Seattle since 1980, Stevenson has more than 20 years experience in real estate and property management. Stevenson attended Gonzaga University in Spokane and is a graduate of the Evergreen State College in Olympia.

Currently, Stevenson serves on the board of directors of the Seattle Monorail Project, Downtown Seattle Association, Downtown Emergency Services Center, Housing Resources Group, and Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA). He is a BOMA past-president.

Sparling electrical engineering has promoted Kristy Alley to associate and Joe Leger to principal of technology consulting.

Alley directs market research and lead development for the firm. Under her direction, Sparling's corporate identity program received "Best of Show" in the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) 2001 Marketing Communications Awards.

Leger joined the firm in 1998 and will now lead marketing and business development for the
technology studio. Leger is currently managing technology consulting for Seattle Central Library, Denver Children's Hospital, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Vancouver General Hospital, and U.S. Army Fort Lewis Battle Simulation Center.

Judith Lorenzo and Sandra Salisbury both of the Washington State Department of Transportation, were recognized for their work on the Roadside Classification Plan and Roadside Manual. The project received the WSDOT Excellence in Roadside Resource Management and Maintenance Award.

Ruji Ding, PE, has joined Brerger/Abam Engineers Inc. as a Grade VI project engineer in the firm's Seattle office. Ding brings more over nine years of professional experience in civil engineering and permit applications. Ding has. She received her bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China; and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Memphis, Texas.

Amie Walton, PE, has been promoted to Grade IV engineer with Berger/Abam. Walton is based in the firm's Seattle office, and has been with the firm for more than four years.

Eric A. Zimmerman, Vice President, Bratrud Middleton Insurance, received the Puget Sound Area Safety Summit Executive Award For Safety from among twenty-four nominees. The award honors project managers, superintendents, engineers, CEOs and other executives who have made it easy for line supervisors to prevent accidents by showing their leadership and support, setting good examples, or demanding safety accountability.

Jim Hirte, founder and president of Sherwood-based Colamette Construction, Inc., has been named the Associated General Contractor's Chapter President of the Year. Hirte is a graduate of Oregon State University, and has spent his 30-year construction career in the Portland-Metro area. He founded Colamette Construction in l979 and the company has grown to annual billings of $25 million. This past January, Colamette was awarded 3rd place in the construction category in the Portland Daily Journal of Commerce's Profiles of Excellence competition.

Robert A Carnevale has joined DBM Contractors inc. as new business development manager. Carnevale will be responsible for new business development and will divide his time between headquarters office in Federal Way, Wash and the California office in Gold River.

Carnevale brings eight years of experience in engineering, estimating and marketing in Washington, Oregon and California to his position. He most recently worked with Malcolm Drilling Co., Inc. Carnevale earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York where he also worked as a research and teaching assistant.

Merritt+Pardini Architects recently hired Stan Zintel as a principal of the firm. Stan is a licensed architect, and has over 25 years' experience in programming, master planning, and implementation of health care, institutional and commercial projects. These projects include the 1 million sq. ft. Veterans Administration Medical Center in Portland, the Olympia Medical Center building in Olympia, the Providence Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, and the Bellevue Regional Library.

Zintel's responsibilities in his new position in M+P's Seattle office include management duties, and expanding M+P's presence in a number of project areas.

Alex Protasevich has joined Helix Architecture. Protasevich is a native of Minsk, Belarus. His work has received international acclaim, including the International Academy of Architecture Silver Medal awarded at "InterArch 2000"World Triennial design competition for his design of the Episcopal Church in Centerville, UT. Since joining Helix, he has developed the design for all buildings at the Port of Tacoma's new Pierce County Terminal and Portland National Guard Fire Station.

Sparling COO Eric Overton has been appointed to the Executive Board of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health, Washington-Oregon chapter, which strives to improve the quality of the health care environment through excellence in architecture.

Committed to improving the delivery of health care through technology, Overton served on the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE's) Planning, Design, and Construction Committee for 4 years and currently sits on the AIA National Health Care Guidelines Revisions Committee.

Candela Architectural Lighting Consultants recently added Lauren MacLeod as a senior lighting designer.

MacLeod brings 15 years experience in professional lighting design and specialties
in the hospitality, airport, educational, corporate, and residential markets.

She has taught architectural lighting design at University of California, Los Angeles) and University of California, Santa Barbara and has a degree in interior design from Arizona State University.