Staff

Join our Team – If you’re interested in working at Second Use, please send a resume and cover letter to seattle@seconduse.com

The staff at Second Use brings a sense of professionalism and creativity to every retail transaction and jobsite interaction. Our diverse backgrounds have helped build Second Use into one of the most successful and innovative salvage companies in the country.

Dirk Wassink

Co-owner/General Manager
Once had a career in tribology
 

Michael Armstrong

Co-Owner/Receiving Czar/Chief Bottle Washer
Has been a member of the salvage lifestyle since 1975 and he actually enjoys composting

Patrick Burningham

Co-Owner/Field Lead

Used to work for The Albery Theater in London, England

    Anne Kohl

     Customer Service & Front-End
     Made sock monkeys for a
                                     living and didn't go to
                                     kindergarten on Fridays
                                     because she'd go to estate sales
                                     with her mom

 

 

Brad Clagg

Salvage Services
In 2006, quit everything to travel with his family in a VW camper for a year. He highly recommends it

 

Calyn Hostetler

Weekday Store Manager
Has climbed to the top of all the tall buildings in Portland

 

Cane Miranda

Salvage Services
Likes to be fed like a king
 

 

 

 

Dave Lacey

Weekend Store Manager
Happy when he has a coffee, his cat, a good book and his hatchet all within reach

 

Elena Velkov

Outreach Specialist
Sometimes eats chocolate for breakfast

 

Flynn Bickley

Salvage Project Manager
Washington native who grew up training as a distance athlete before studying art at CWU

 

Keri Carter

Receiving Crew
Loves Seattle history and taking things apart
 

 

Kurt Soucek

Store Crew/Know it All
Voted “Best Male Dancer,” twice 

 

Luke Gentry

Customer Service Specialist
Upcycler, philosopher, monkey

 

Manuel Mendoza

Store Crew
Lives by the motto, "If you ain't laughing, you're not livin'."

 

Misha Yatsevitch

Customer Service Specialist
Enjoys long walks on the beach and cuddling on the couch

 

Pat Mitchell

Store Crew
A leprechaun-like lad who appears like a cheshire cat

 

Ricky Munoz

Receiving Crew
Learned from his dog Buddy that people, as much as trees, come here to flourish in their second lives

 

 

Seth D'Ambrosia

Salvage Services Manager
Can't stop making stuff and is kind of serious

 

 

 

Sheena McNeice

Receiving Crew
Graduated from WSU School of Engineering and Architecture and tends to collect things that hold other things

 

Taj Schade

Weekend Cashier and Directions Giver
Oddest jobs: pig trainer, olive taster, & maker of giant fiberglass food (but not all at the same time...)

 

Ted Siebert

Resident database and Mac geek
Controls all of our technical systems but refuses to get a cell phone (even an iPhone!)

 

Tim Anderson

Receiving/Buckstopper & Answer Guy
Used to be a teacher