Sparling/Yantis/WATG/LRS/MulvannyG2/Lease

Michael Yantis was recently elected to serve as a director at large on the NCAC.

Tim White recently joined Sparling's Portland office as a CAD Specialist.

The firm also added Tera Cyphert as an administrative assistant and Anthony Evans and Josee Gaulin as CAD drafters/designers.

Michael Yantis, principal of Yantis Acoustical Design, was recently elected a director-at-large of the National Council of Acoustical Consultants (NCAC). With over 100 member firms in the U.S., NCAC is an international organization which is committed to supporting the acoustical profession. Yantis was an active member of NCAC for 20 years before being elected to one of the five director-at-large positions. In this role, he will vote on decisions relating to policies, by-laws and membership of the organization.

The Seattle office of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) has hired Steven Samuleson as senior interior designer and Robin Goddard as corporate public relations manager. Project designer Shannon Suess and project architect Susan Frieson have recently joined the Seattle firm from WATG's Newport Beach office.

LRS Architects, Inc. announced that senior interior designer, Alexandra Zimmer and interior designer, Anne Stende have been added to the growing Interior Design Studio, and LRS designer, Eeshoo Rehani has received his LEED accreditation from the US Green Building Council.

MulvannyG2 Architecture, added Bryan Higgins, AIA, LEED, as a new associate.

Lease Crutcher Lewis, a regional general contractor, has hired six. All are located in Seattle or at Washington jobsites. Michael Donovan and Jason Sturgeon have been hired as project engineers. Autumn Thomas has joined the Special Projects Division as operations assistant. Mindy Eubanks has joined Lewis as executive assistant to the chief financial officer.

Portland architecture firm Yost Grube Hall (YGH) has added Ken Grimm, Jonathan Bolch, John Heinen, Han-Ying Lee, Jennifer Freundenberger and Phillip Lopez to the firm's professional staff.

BHC Consultants recently hired Ron Dorn as a principal engineer and Dave Kreider and Noah Allen as staff engineers.

SERA recently hired the following three employees:

Matthew Arnold brings to SERA over seven of years experience in urban design, and alternative mode transportation planning. Brian Cobb's experience spans a wide variety of projects including commercial office, hospitality, government and higher education facilities.

Logan Cravens has over 19 years of experience in architecture and education with a special emphasis in environmental design issues.