Meet Our Team

Mr. Lee has more than 35 years of local development and construction experience, providing advisory services to the commercial and multi-family residential markets. His group provides development, design and construction management services for Owners, Developers, Architects, Engineers and Contractors throughout the region.

Scott has been on the Habitat board since 2014, and together with his wife Carrie, have been active in local giving for a number of years. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from Oregon State University. The Lee’s reside in Seattle and have two grown children.

Gary has worked with a number of lender clients to develop efficient and cost-effective documentation for a wide range of lending activities, from individual residential transactions to large commercial projects. He has worked through the most complicated of real estate and C & I financings and has assisted clients with complex troubled loans, ranging from large multi-state residential construction workouts to the restructuring of downtown commercial and multi-family project financings. He takes pride in his ability to “get the deal done” by working efficiently and in a cooperative manner with all of the parties to a transaction.

Gary has been an attorney at HCMP since 1982, having arrived in Seattle from my native Buffalo, N.Y., following law school and college on the east coast. As dictated by the then-prevailing economic environment, he spent his first seven years dealing primarily with workout and bankruptcy matters. As the economy improved, he shifted to transactional work, mostly financing transactions and loan syndications. 

He has found that working through some troubled times has provided a great perspective on what’s really important when “push comes to shove” in a transaction. His early

experience has also proved to be a true resource in handling the restructuring and workout of troubled loans and, advising clients in creating effective strategies for realizing their security should a loan turn sour.

Jen was born, raised, and educated in Seattle and has deep experience in development and construction in the Puget Sound Region. 

Jen is a graduate of the University of Washington Construction Management program and Seattle University’s Executive Leadership Program and Executive MBA programs. 

Jen started her career working for Turner Construction on large healthcare/research facilities.  At Turner she honed her skills working on healthcare, biotech, and research facilities.  Jen also gained experience working on complex historic renovation projects, energy efficiency and sustainability projects, and complex Civic projects. 

Jen has served as the Chief Operating Officer for a small multifamily real estate development company and helped them grow to achieve a national Footprint.   

Most recently, Jen has been a Principal at Venture General Contracting, in Seattle, WA and helped it to receive the Fastest Growing Company award by the Puget Sound Business Journal in 2014.  In her role she was instrumental in the growth of Venture General Contracting, guiding and managing teams. 

With over 20 years of experience working on development and construction projects in the greater Seattle area, Jen has a vast network of partners in the design, development, and construction industry, and is adept at guiding you through the development and construction process.

Mercedes began her career on the residential side of the construction industry, working for an association before moving into roles in Membership, Sales and Marketing, and Accounting with general contractors. In 2019, she made the switch to commercial, becoming Prime Electric’s first Director oof Culture & Recruiting. During her time at PRIME, she organized their participation in Women Build for both Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County and East Bay/Silicon Valley.

Mercedes now serves as the Talent & Culture Manager at Cochran, where she is focused on developing programs centered on social impact and belonging – including growing partnerships with organizations like Habitat SKKC. Her work is rooted in the belief that building inclusive spaces creates stronger teams and more connected communities.

Mercedes has been involved with Habitat for Humanity since she was a young girl, helping her father install plumbing fixtures, doorknobs, and lights in her childhood home all from the Kitsap County ReStore. She’s also volunteered with the Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity and Habitat Seattle King County throughout the years. She currently is on the Habitat SKKC Young Professionals Board.

Kristin is an accomplished retail executive, with a history of leading complex, customer-focused businesses over the past twenty years at Nordstrom.  She is passionate about solving problems for consumers, building and leading high-performance teams, and driving innovation and growth.

Kristin also serves as Co-Chair of the Seattle Walk to End Alzheimer’s and is a Club Advisory Board member for the Boys’ and Girls’ Club.

Bob has extensive experience in business development and management. He served as a Weyerhaeuser Co. Wood Products Vice President in business and sales and marketing management positions. After retiring he served as President of Oparts Housing Soft, Inc., establishing a Japanese- owned business for the export of building materials to Japan. He served as Vice President of Business Development for World Wide Wood Network, Ltd., a software company linking wood products companies with their customers.

Mr. Moore has a long history with Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County, serving as Board of Directors President and on many committees. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the Bing Overseas Studies Program at Stanford Unihversity. Mr. Moore holds an AB in Political Science from Stanford University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Bob and his wife, Margaret, reside in Bellevue.

Alex is a principal at the firm and an experienced trial lawyer, focusing his practice on business, securities, and real estate litigation. In the business context, Alex has represented corporate clients—large and small—in domestic and international commercial disputes and corporate M&A disputes. He also works with corporate and university clients on various employment issues, including investigation and termination of employees for misconduct. In real estate and land use matters, Alex works with clients to resolve issues as they arise and document their property rights. When necessary, he represents clients in court to protect those rights. He is also well-versed in securities law, having represented both buyers and sellers in cases involving federal and state securities laws and regulations.

Additional areas of focus include:

• Professional fiduciary and liability litigation
• Intellectual property litigation
• Bankruptcy and insolvency litigation

Before attending law school and joining HCMP, Alex worked in the biotechnology industry as an entrepreneur and research scientist working on computational biology, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical target discovery, and development of biological threat detection devices for defense and national security applications.

Jolene is the Director of Credit Risk Governance at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines.  She has a background in financial institution risk management, serving as a bank examiner for the State of Washington prior to joining the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle in 2011 (now Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines), where she has held positions in customer, counterparty, and mortgage credit risk management.  Jolene graduated from the University of Washington with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science, and earned her MBA from Seattle University.

Kirstin grew up in the Pacific Northwest, which drove a love of the beauty in our region. For 16 years Kirstin served in a variety of finance and accounting functions at Saltchuk Resources and its operating subsidiaries.  She spent13 of those years as CFO for Foss Maritime, a global marine services business that was founded in Tacoma in 1889. Prior to joining the Saltchuk organization, Kirstin worked at Optiva Corporation, makers of the Sonicare toothbrush, and previous to that with various public accounting firms.

Kirstin holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in accounting from the University of Washington.  Kirstin retired from the Seattle Foundation in May, 2021, where she held the role of Chief Financial Operating Officer. 

Kirstin loves to travel, is an avid cyclist and enjoys hiking and golfing. Kirstin also serves on the board of the Perigee Fund and the Northwest Maritime Center.

Delano Palmer is the Director of Capital Planning & Projects at Central Washington University.  As a division of the Office of Operations, he is responsible for directing the planning, coordination, and execution of major capital projects funded by the State.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Texas Tech University and a Master’s of Building Construction Management from Purdue University.

I grew up a Navy brat (father) between northern California in my early age and moving to Bremerton at a young age. Always had a passion for sports, family, friends and music.

I left home at 17 and moved to Seattle with my brother, where I attended North Seattle Community College, working nights at Red Robin to pay for rent and school.

I was accepted to University of Washington in 2000 with a major in Sociology, where I also found passion for GIS and Urban Planning, which I was interested in immediately.  The social engineering of cities and the use/history of zoning fascinated me and still does today.

After graduating UW with honors in 2003 with a double major in Sociology and Community and Environmental Planning.  I interned with the City of Seattle starting in 2001 until I was eventually offered a full time job in 2003. I worked at DCLU/DPD for the next 12 years reviewing everything I could get my hands on from Single Family housing to downtown high-rises. I also changed disciplines in 2005 to learn the skill of discretionary Land Use decision making, including Short Plats, Design Review, Conditional uses, Full Subdivisions and SEPA. I also served as SPU’s designated planner, designated specifically to review their capital projects for a number of years. I moved back to zoning review around 2010 to become a Senior Planner. In 2015, I left the City for a change and to follow my desire to learn the private side of development, moving to Blueprint. At Blueprint, I focus on project feasibility, future code/policy’s effect on future projects and managing our architects along with the permit process to obtain permits to residential construction to serve our builders. My boss, Dan Duffus, was connected to Habitat for Humanity and wanted to help meet their goal of developing more in Seattle.  At the time Habitat was only in contract to develop the upcoming 16 townhouse units in Lake City. I believe I started getting involved with Habitat in 2017 and it started with the Lake City project and now I have been a member of the Real Estate Recommendation Committee since 2019, working with the team to offer professional assistance or references to build more units to help more people in need.  I have always wanted to give back and with Habitat, I can use my skills and connections to further Habitat’s mission. It really boils down to that feeling of home and giving hope to people/families that need and deserve it. I am honored to be a part of such a great and honorable organization that literally makes dreams come true. I currently live in Green Lake, with my wife Kim and our two boys Diego and Cruz.