Jeff Estuesta
Port of Vancouver hires Jeff Estuesta as director of finance and accounting
The Port of Vancouver recently welcomed Jeff Estuesta as director of finance and accounting. His responsibilities include developing and implementing financial policies, short- and long-range planning and assessing impacts on the port’s overall financial position. Estuesta also analyzes business operations and supervises the accounting staff.
Prior to joining the port, Estuesta was a financial consultant for various local and international companies. He also spent six years as CEO/CFO for Kentrox, Inc., a worldwide provider of intelligent site-management solutions for computer networks.
Estuesta has more than 22 years of experience as a financial manager and has been employed with companies such as Gage Industries, Cray Research/Sun Microsystems and Tektronix, among others.
“Jeff brings a wealth of talent and experience to what is already a strong port leadership team,” said Todd Coleman, the port’s executive director.
Ted Herzog
Tonkon Torp attorney Theodore (Ted) Herzog has been appointed to the Washington State University Foundation board of trustees.
Herzog chairs the firm’s Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group. He represents local, regional and national property owners, tenants and developers in a wide range of commercial transactions including acquisitions, sales, leasing, financing and project development. He also provides counsel and transaction services to owners and developers of retirement residence properties throughout the United States.
The Washington State University Foundation was established in 1979 to promote, accept and maximize private support for programs, initiatives and properties of Washington State University and its regional campuses.
Tonkon Torp LLP is a leading business and litigation law firm serving public companies, substantial private enterprises, entrepreneurial businesses and individuals throughout the Northwest. For more information, visit www.tonkon.com.
Tim Bretz
Timothy G. Bretz, P.E., recently joined HDJ Design Group as the firm’s third principal. Bretz will serve as an operations principal at HDJ in the firm’s Pasco office.
Bretz brings over 30 years of civil-engineering and construction experience to HDJ with a strong background in residential and commercial development, public works, construction management and surveying. He previously served as a senior professional on both land-development and public-works projects from initial conceptual planning through design, permitting and construction with clients in city, county, state and federal governments.
Bretz has extensive expertise in both project-development finance and construction law. He is a licensed contractor in western states, holds a master’s in business administration from Pepperdine University and is a Fellow in the American Society of Civil Engineers.
