BRPELS announces a new Board member, Jon P. Warren, Professional Land Surveyor (PLS), has been appointed by Governor Bob Ferguson to a 5-year term. He has 35 years of public and private sector projects, department management and personnel experience. The governor has also reappointed Board member Dave Peden, PE, SE of Spokane, to a second 5-year term.
Jon was most recently the Land Survey Division Manager for the City of Bellevue. Before that, he was the Puget Sound Region Survey Manager for David Evans and Associates of Bellevue. Jon also was a Survey Manager for WHPacific in Bothell and the surveyor for Snohomish County Public Works in Everett.
He served as President for the National Society for Professional Surveyors (NSPS) and held all officer positions of the Land Surveyors Association of Washington (LSAW). Jon also is a BRPELS Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the PLS exam knowledge base.
Jon replaces Aaron Blaisdell, PLS, who retires from the Board, after serving two 5-year terms.
The Board has seven members and two pro-tem, who are a variety of experienced Professional Engineers (PE) and PLS’s. The Board’s Mission is to safeguard life, health, property, and promote the public welfare, regarding engineering, land surveying and on-site wastewater system designs.