Our Culture

Our Team

Our Team

At SCJ we strive to create an environment where coworkers become friends, sharing hopes and dreams, struggles and challenges. As a 100% employee-owned company, there is trust amongst us and confidence that we are pulling for each other, no matter how different our backgrounds or interests.

We encourage social gatherings and the firm sponsors summer picnics, holiday parties and other opportunities to spend time together outside the pressures and responsibilities of the office. We take time to play together, celebrate together and cheer each other on.

 

 

 

Contacts

Bill Dunning, PE
Principal, Lacey Office

Wherever you are, be all there. - Jim Elliot
Bill Dunning, PE

Favorite Song
I’ve always liked the old hymn “It is well with my soul.”

Favorite Tree
The Giant Sequoia

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
To be outdoors biking, hiking, or playing pickleball with family and friends.

Favorite Project of All Time!
The Homes of Hope Campus, near Suva, Fiji

Bob Jewell, PE
Senior Principal

Treat people the way you would like to be treated. – Anonymous
Bob Jewell, PE

Favorite Word
Freedom

Favorite Music
70s music is timeless

Favorite Ways to Spend a Weekend
#1 being with my wife of 36 years and children (two golden doodle dogs and one cat) and #2 Golfing (I can’t put this #1)

Favorite Golf Course in the Northwest
Trophy Lake (idyllic)

Favorite Vacation Place
Anywhere tropical with a golf course nearby

Cathy McKay
Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer

Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth. – Mark Twain
Cathy McKay

Favorite Artist
Janet Jackson

Favorite Movie
Lucy

Favorite Vacation Location
My backyard

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
On the water with family and friends

Chris Overdorf, PLA, ASLA
Principal

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. – General George S. Patton
Chris Overdorf, PLA, ASLA

Favorite Band
The Cars (love 80’s new wave)

Favorite Tree
Lahaina Banyan Tree (Lahaina, Maui) – Planted in 1873 as a 8’ tall sapling, this “Ficus benghalensis” is now the largest tree in Hawaii with the largest canopy coverage of any tree in the US. It currently covers 2/3 of an acre, has 16 major trunks, and a circumference of ¼ mile.

Favorite Vacation Location
Kauai, HI

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Exploring with my daughters and getting my hands dirty in the garden.

Dan Ireland, PE
Principal; Wenatchee Office

No regrets!
Dan Ireland, PE

Favorite Movie
Armageddon. Heroes, romance, action, great soundtrack, Bruce Willis! It’s the complete package!

Favorite Tree
ALL!!  I love Trees.

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Completing the Trifecta: Mountain biking in the morning, skiing at Mission Ridge in the afternoon, and then wrapping up the day with wakeboarding on the Columbia River. Only possible in Wenatchee!

Favorite Project of All Time
Designing the expansion of SR 305 from two lanes to four with bike lanes through the town of Poulsbo, Washington, for the Washington State Department of Transportation. It included 12 structural earth walls, 5 fish passages, and a stream realignment as well as utilities, complete road rebuild, limited right of way, new driveways for all the businesses—all within 1.2 miles. It was intense, fast, and made a huge difference to daily commuters and the environment. Fish returned almost immediately to parts of the river they hadn’t been seen in for 50 years!

Dan Penrose, AICP
Principal

“There are only two things you can control in life: attitude and effort.” – Anonymous
Dan Penrose, AICP

Band
Chris Tomlin

TV Show
Seinfeld

Family Vacation
In-law’s cabin on Minnesota Lake

Weekend
Bike ride with the family in the morning, Seattle Sounders FC game in the afternoon

Emmaly Wilson
Information Services Manager

There’s no sense crying
over every mistake
You just keep on trying
till you run out of cake.
Emmaly Wilson

Favorite Wine
Argyle Pinot Noir 2009

Favorite Way to Spend a Weekend
Playing video games with my kids on the big screen

Favorite Project
Automating my house by writing code and wiring circuits, especially as most of the parts weren’t made to work together. I love a challenge!

 

Eric Johnston, PE
Executive VP/COO

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. – Henry Ford
Eric Johnston, PE

Favorite Book
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Favorite Band
Home Free

Favorite Vacation Location
Veranda Beach, Lake Osoyoos, WA

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
On the water

Jean Carr, LEED AP BD+C
President/CEO

Begin each day as if you were doing it on purpose. – Mary Anne Radmacher
Jean Carr, LEED AP BD+C

Favorite Song
The Ghost In You, Psychedelic Furs

Favorite Book
Toss Up: The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy & Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner

Favorite Movie
Hook

Favorite Vacation Location
Hanalei, Kauai

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Paddleboarding!

Jeff Glander, PLA, ASLA
Principal

Jeff Glander, PLA, ASLA

Favorite Tree
My favorite tree is the Satomi Dogwood…it has pink flowers for over six weeks starting in June

Favorite Vacation Location
We have family property in Michigan we go to every year to a place called Elk Lake.

Favorite Vacation
Anywhere new and exciting!

Jon McNamara, PLA, ASLA
Principal: Fremont Office

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. – Henry David Thoreau
Jon McNamara, PLA, ASLA

Favorite Band
Lord Huron

Favorite Wine
Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo (Barolo)

Favorite Vacation
Europe but more specifically, the Italian Riviera

Favorite Project of All Time
Fresno Chaffee Zoo African Adventure Exhibit

Kelly Clark
Construction Management Manager

"If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney
Kelly Clark

Favorite Music
Country

Favorite Book
Any book by Jane Austen

Favorite Way to Spend a Weekend
Spending time with my family

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Playing with my four miniature horses and miniature donkey

Lisa Reid, PE, PMP
Principal; Seattle Office

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. – Mark Twain
Lisa Reid, PE, PMP

Favorite Musician
Pink

Favorite Movie
Christmas Story

Favorite Vacation Location
Hawaii

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Kayaking on Lake Washington

Lisa Schlender
Human Resources Manager

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears. - Nelson Mandela
Lisa Schlender

Favorite Book
The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

Favorite Movie
Jaws

Favorite Family Vacation
In 2012, we surprised our boys (then 12 & 8) with a trip to Atlanta to meet up with their dad who was travelling for work. The Georgia Aquarium, with their whale sharks and manta rays, was the highlight!

Favorite Way to Spend a Weekend
At our youngest son’s baseball tournament with family & friends, complete with moments of suspense and a whole lot of laughs.

Mark Garff, PLA, ASLA
Principal; Butte Office

I don’t divide architecture, landscape and garden. To me they are one. – Luis Barragan
Mark Garff, PLA, ASLA

Favorite Tree
Chilean Fire Tree, Embothrium coccinium

Favorite Wine / Favorite Beer
Sangiovese; Stella

Favorite Vacation Location
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Kayaking

Pam Folsom
Communications Manager

Action expresses priorities. – Mahatma Gandhi
Pam Folsom

Favorite Book
Rhapsody Trilogy, Elizabeth Haydon

Favorite Tree
The ones I’m surrounded by

Favorite Family Vacation
Steamboat Springs, CO in the summer

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day Outdoors
Hiking, gardening or on/near the water

Perry Shea, PE
Senior Principal

A leader is someone who you wish to follow without being asked. – Anonymous
Perry Shea, PE

Favorite Music/band
The Eagles, they are timeless

Favorite Movie
Back to the Future

Favorite Family Vacation
Thanksgiving in Hawaii

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
At the park with my grandkids

Randy Sackett, PE
Principal: Gunnison/Crested Butte

The grand essentials of happiness in this life are: Something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. – George Washington Burnap
Randy Sackett, PE

Favorite Book
The Fountainhead by Any Rand

Favorite Tree
Tamarack

Favorite Vacation Location
Baja

Favorite Vacation
Bicycling in the Southern Dalmatian Islands

Scott Sawyer, PE
Principal

"There is no fear in perfect love." – 1 John 4:18
Scott Sawyer, PE

Favorite Music/Favorite Band
Bruce Springsteen

Favorite Song
ABBA – Voulez Vous

Favorite Tree
Oak

Favorite Wine/Favorite Beer
J Lohr Cabernet – Paso Roble, CA
Organic Amber – Fish Tail Ale

Shelly Badger
Corporate Services Manager

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shelly Badger

Favorite Music
Country

Favorite Movie
Apollo 13

Favorite Vacation Location
Cook Islands

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
At the beach

Steven Dale, B.Urb
Principal

Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick Two.
Steven Dale, B.Urb

Favorite Wine
Barbera D’Alba (Red) and Arneis (White)

Favorite Book
“Klondike” by Pierre Berton

Favorite Way to Spend a Sunny Day
Outside with family and friends cooking, eating and sharing drinks and good conversation.

Favorite Project of All Time
All of them

Steve Dorau, PE
Sr. Project Manager; Cable-Propelled Transit Manager - Boulder

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.” - Nikola Tesla
Steve Dorau, PE

Favorite Band
Elephant Revival

Favorite Book
Robinson Crusoe

Favorite Way to Spend a Weekend
Taking a hike

Favorite Way to Spend a Weekend
Brewing Beer

Tammy McDonald
Chief Financial Officer

Love the life you live. Live the life you love. – Bob Marley
Tammy McDonald

Favorite Movie
Gifted

Favorite Music
Country

Favorite Vacation
Trip to Jamaica

Favorite Vacation Location
Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast

William “Bill” Grimes, AICP
Principal; Spokane Office

It's less about existence, and more about meaning. – James Karel
William “Bill” Grimes, AICP

Favorite Movie
Chicken Run

Favorite Beer
Iron Goat Impaler IPA

Favorite Way to Spend a Weekend
Early morning kayak on a quiet lake with an iced tea and a New Yorker magazine

Favorite Project of All Time
Port Angeles Waterfront Improvement Project

 

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