Sep 17, 2025

Art Anderson

Patterson

Cardenas

Kahwati

Kahwati joins the firm's marine team as junior naval architect. Kahwati will support projects focusing on vessel stability, structural analysis and vessel constructability. Kahwati has a BSE in naval architecture and marine engineering, and a minor in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. She gained experience in engineering at General Dynamics NASSCO and as an intern at Newport News Shipbuilding.

Cardenas will work with the firm's marine team as a marine CAD designer. He will create and modify CAD models and architectural drawings in Revit, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks for a variety of project types. Cardenas brings nine years of experience in CAD Design. Most recently he worked for Kratos Defense in Arlington, Texas.

Patterson is stepping into the role of electrical engineer for the architectural and design team. He has degrees in engineering physics and electrical engineering from CA State Polytechnic and Biola Universities. Patterson brings experience in aerospace, electronics and hardware design engineering.

Parametrix

Nakamura

Patricia Nakamura, PE, has joined Parametrix as a program manager. She brings over 30 years of experience in the design and construction industry, delivering large-scale capital projects. Nakamura comes to Parametrix from Andersen Construction, where she served as a senior project manager. Her expertise includes project, risk, and cost management; construction quality and safety; and leading multidisciplinary teams. Her project experience includes the Stadium High School seismic renovation and upgrade, the King County Courthouse seismic renovation and upgrade, and the Graystone Condominiums.

AHBL

The AHBL Spokane office announced two new additions to the landscape architecture team: James Davis and Blake Remington.

Davis, PLA, is a senior landscape architect and project manager. Davis has worked on both public and private projects, from higher education campuses to public parks and multi-family communities. Davis comes most recently from working at Bernardo Wills Architects.

Remington joins the team as a landscape designer. Remington interned with AHBL last year and recently earned a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture and environmental planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

Sep 10, 2025

Farallon

Snyder

Farallon Consulting appointed Sarah Snyder as interim executive director of delivery operations. Snyder oversees Farallon's project delivery processes across all offices, focusing on client service, technical quality, and operational efficiency. As a senior geologist at Farallon, Snyder managed complex site investigations and cleanup efforts involving petroleum, chlorinated solvents, metals, and PFAS-impacted sites. Snyder is a licensed geologist with an MBA and has been instrumental in shaping Farallon's delivery systems and mentoring staff to advance their technical and project management capabilities.

Makers

Letson

Steve Letson joined Makers' Seattle office as a senior planner, and brings over 17 years of experience in military installation planning and direct in-depth knowledge of U.S. Navy planning and operations. Letson supported planning for the Navy in a multitude of capacities throughout the Pacific Northwest. Most recently he spent five years as the infrastructure planning manager for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Field Office of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program.

Mithun

Kelly

Jones

Runge

Mithun has promoted Christian Runge, Dustann Jones and Séamus Kelly to principal.

Runge is a landscape architect with a focus on designing at the intersection of nature, culture and human health in the public realm. He has contributed to parks, education and ecological design projects across the country, from the national ASLA and AIA award-winning Louisiana Children's Museum, to the University of Washington Haring Center for Inclusive Education and the first universal design playground and sensory garden for Shoreline.

Jones is an architect and designer with extensive experience creating cultural, civic and educational facilities. Projects like Wanapum Heritage Center, National Nordic Museum and Sustainability Treehouse demonstrate Jones' commitment to craft and interdisciplinary collaboration by weaving natural and built environments with interpretive elements to reveal stories of culture and ecology, connected intimately to place.

Kelly is an architect who crafts inclusive and high-performing educational environments from early childhood learning through higher education. He specializes in integrated project delivery, including progressive design-build and GC/CM models. Projects like Washington School for the Deaf and UW Bothell / Cascadia College Innovation Hall demonstrate how Kelly unites design, construction and owner teams.