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arker, Smith & Feek, or PS&F, announced in January it has rebranded to align with IMA Financial Group, the insurance company that purchased PS&F in 2021.
With more than fifty associates in Alaska, PS&F has served the Anchorage and broader Alaska region since entering the market in 1986. Its history begins in 1937 when Charles Parker founded the firm in Seattle, Washington. Graham Smith joined in 1938, Edward Feek joined in 1955, and the company bore the names of all three men for the past seventy years. PS&F joined Business Insurance’s “100 Largest Brokers” rankings in 1994 and hit $300 million in premiums by 2009. The firm’s expertise in construction, real estate, and healthcare specialties dates back decades. Some of its most prominent projects include the original construction of the Seattle Space Needle and three of Seattle’s tallest skyscrapers.
“While a rebrand may seem like a huge change, what has always made PS&F such a reliable firm for our clients is reflected in our shared vision with IMA: our primary focus is to protect our clients’ assets, drive our success through an entrepreneurial and dynamic culture of employee ownership, and dedicate ourselves to giving back to the communities we serve,” says John Feltz, President, Pacific Northwest with IMA Financial Group.
Today, the Pacific Northwest offices of IMA include locations in Anchorage; Bellevue, Tacoma, and Spokane, Washington; and Portland, Oregon.
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Through her tenure at KPB, Swalling has been instrumental in numerous high-profile projects, including the award-winning Linny Pacillo Parking Garage, the Loussac Place Redevelopment project with Cook Inlet Housing Authority, the award-winning Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Patient Housing facility, and serving as project architect on seven of twenty-five projects for the F-35 Beddown at Eielson Air Force Base.
ND Engineers, Inc. Senior Vice President and Principal Engineer Dempsey Thieman on January 1 became the fifth president in PND’s 45-year history. Thieman replaces former President and Principal Engineer Jim Campbell, who joined PND in 1995 and served as its president from 2016 to 2025, making him the second-longest tenured president in PND history. Thieman was hired five months after Campbell and will this year celebrate 30 years at PND. A licensed civil and structural engineer, Thieman has managed hundreds of projects at PND from the Aleutian Islands to the North Slope, including several large waterfront and expansive civil infrastructure developments.
PND’s board of directors also elected PND Principal Engineer Bryan Hudson to serve as the company’s next senior vice president. Hudson has two decades of professional experience at PND, specializing in bridge engineering and waterfront infrastructure design. Both Thieman and Hudson work at PND’s Anchorage headquarters.
PND also announces the promotion of PND senior engineers Obadiah Dawson and Owen Rohler, both of whom recently earned their professional engineering licenses in Alaska. Dawson, a 2020 UAA civil engineering graduate, has worked for PND for nearly five years, focusing on bridge, marine, and building structural design. Rohler is also a 2020 UAA civil engineering graduate and worked at PND temporarily between June and December 2020 before starting full-time with the company in 2021. He works in PND’s Palmer office, focusing on transportation engineering and projects that involve site design, utilities, roadways, and culvert replacements.
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PND’s board of directors also elected PND Principal Engineer Bryan Hudson to serve as the company’s next senior vice president. Hudson has two decades of professional experience at PND, specializing in bridge engineering and waterfront infrastructure design. Both Thieman and Hudson work at PND’s Anchorage headquarters.
PND also announces the promotion of PND senior engineers Obadiah Dawson and Owen Rohler, both of whom recently earned their professional engineering licenses in Alaska. Dawson, a 2020 UAA civil engineering graduate, has worked for PND for nearly five years, focusing on bridge, marine, and building structural design. Rohler is also a 2020 UAA civil engineering graduate and worked at PND temporarily between June and December 2020 before starting full-time with the company in 2021. He works in PND’s Palmer office, focusing on transportation engineering and projects that involve site design, utilities, roadways, and culvert replacements.