Business briefcase for Jan. 29
New positions
▪ Heather Unwin has been selected as executive director of Fuse Co-Working in Richland. Her responsibilities include marketing, sales, community outreach programs and operations. She is a graduate of the University of Manchester, England. Prior to joining Fuse, she was the executive director at Red Mountain AVA Alliance and vice president of marketing for Terra Blanca Winery and Estate Vineyard. She also served as a marketing communications consultant and held positions in online media and marketing with Time Warner and CompuServe.
▪ Daniel Lipparelli has been appointed to executive director of the Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Lipparelli recently moved to the Tri-Cities from Reno, Nev., where he oversaw multiple departments for a private health club. He brings more than 13 years of management experience, including eight at the executive level. Lipparelli founded and directed a nonprofit in east Africa that provided monthly care for more than 500 at-risk teen mothers, orphans, widows and children with disabilities.
Edith Bishel is a nonprofit dedicated to serving the blind and visually impaired in Southeast Washington.
▪ Hollie Logan, formerly of the Tri-City office of MacKay Sposito, will serve as communication and marketing manager for the city of Richland. She is a volunteer with Junior Achievement and past chair of the Mid-Columbia Make a Difference Day com- mittee. She serves on the Tri-Cities Legislative Council as well.
▪ William Shibley, a longtime agriculture executive, has been named general manager for CHS Connell Grain, part of CHS Inc., a farmer-owned cooperative. Shibley spent more than two decades with Northwest Farm Credit Services, most recently as a branch executive overseeing a $1 billion loan portfolio. Prior to that, he worked in marketing for John Deere. Shibley serves on the Washington Wine Industry Board and the WSU Center for Transformational Leadership National Campaign Council. He is a Badger Mountain 4-H leader as well. An Oregon native, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Oregon State University and Nova Southeastern University.
New office
▪ A Portland-based mechanical contractor already working extensively in the Mid-Columbia recently opened a Kennewick office to expand its operations in the region. TCM Corp. held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new office not far from what was Vista Field. The office, which has four staff, will be managed by TCM Senior Project Manager Ryan Hoefer. The company has worked on construction projects in Oregon and Washington since 1953, offering engineering, pre-construction and other services. It specializes in projects related to data centers, health care, industrial, hospitality and high tech markets. The Kennewick office is at 450 N. Quay St. and can be reached at 509-820-3155.
Donations
Bechtel National and its employees at the Hanford vitrification plant donated about $590,000 to community organizations in 2015, according to Bechtel. “Bechtel has a corporate commitment to enhancing the communities in which it works through charitable contributions and personal stewardship, and we encourage our employees to do the same,” said Bechtel project director Peggy McCullough. Most recently, vit plant employees donated thousands of toys and more than $35,000 to the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots campaign. Additional recipients included the United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties, Second Harvest, Junior Achievement and March of Dimes.
Proposals needed
The Project Management Institute’s Columbia River Basin Chapter is seeking proposals for the 2016 Project of the Year competition. Projects of any size, industry type and location in the Columbia Basin are encouraged to take part. Organizations do not have to be part of the institute to take part. The deadline to submit proposals is Feb. 5 and the competition will culminate with a March 3 banquet. Washington Closure Hanford won the local competition in 2015 and went on to place second in the worldwide competition for its work in cleaning up the Hanford nuclear reservation. Call Lisa Rosenblum at 509-528-3541 or go to www.crb-pmi.org for more information.
This story was originally published January 28, 2016 at 7:29 PM with the headline "Business briefcase for Jan. 29."