Business Briefs: NBBJ

Words: Bronzella Cleveland

MayJune 2008
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Business Briefs: NBBJ

The Seattle-based architectural firm NBBJ has named David Yuan as a partner, and promoted six architects to principal. They are as follows: Jane Ayers in New York; Scott Hunter, AIA, LEED-AP, in Los Angeles; Kathleen Kelly, AIA, LEED-AP, in Columbus, Ohio; Larry Goetz, AIA, in Shanghai; and Dick Lee and Allen Whitaker, AIA, in Seattle.  MD

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