Profile Products Hires Northeast Market Development Manager
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (February 28, 2018) — Profile Products is pleased to announce the hiring of Clint McAfoos as Northeast market development manager. “Clint’s strong sales background and knowledge of erosion control and vegetation will fit right in with Profile’s team of industry-leading experts,” said Michael Schupp, national sales manager at Profile. McAfoos will add more than 15 years of sales experience to the Profile team. His career has focused in erosion control, storm water, geosy...
President Names Pirkle to Chair Committee on Traffic Engineering
Association President John Schroer has appointed the Meg Pirkle from the Georgia Department of Transportation to chair AASHTO's Committee on Traffic Engineering. Pirkle has been GDOT's chief engineer since Jan. 1, 2015. Her appointment is for a two-year term that would run until the end of the 2020 AASHTO Annual Meeting. The committee assesses the effectiveness of traffic control strategies and devices for the efficient and safe operation of the nation's highway system.
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration Named Employer of the Year
The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), a national organization dedicated to advancing women’s careers in the transportation industry, has named the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Employer of the Year. The recognition came at the January 16 annual meeting and awards ceremony for the WTS Baltimore Chapter. In the male-dominated field of transportation, women make up 25 percent of the MDOT SHA senior management team. Over the years, two MDOT SHA sen...
Jonathan Humble Named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jonathan Humble, FAIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Regional Director of Construction Codes and Standards for the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Recipients of this designation are selected by the AIA’s Jury of Fellows for their notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture. Humble will be recognized in June during the investiture ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathed...
MDOT Engineer Named Woman Of Year
LUTHERVILLE-TIMONIUM, MD - From Maryland Department of Transportation: An organization dedicated to advancing women's careers in transportation has named Sutapa Samanta, Assistant District Engineer for the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA), as Woman of the Year. At its January 16 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, WTS (Women's Transportation Seminar) recognized Samanta as "a mentor and a beacon of inspiration to many young aspiring women in her field....
Jim Dray Joins Thornton Tomasetti as Chief Information Officer
(New York, New York ) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Jim Dray has joined the firm as Chief Information Officer. He has more than 30 years of information technology experience in in the architecture, engineering and construction, environmental and energy development industries in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Thornton Tomasetti, Dray was a corporate vice president of information technology at AECOM, where he oversaw the strategic use of technol...
Commissioner Burman of New York to Lead NARUC Committee on Gas
WASHINGTON—Commissioner Diane X. Burman, of the New York State Public Service Commission, has been appointed as chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Gas. Burman served previously as co-vice chair. In addition to the Committee on Gas, Burman is a member of the NARUC Board of Directors, the Committee on Critical Infrastructure and NARUC’s Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety. She also serves on the Gas Technology Institute Public Interest Advisory Com...
KAI Design & Build Expands Marketing Department with New Director of Marketing, Senior Marketing Coordinator and Promotions
St. Louis, MO: KAI Design & Build has expanded its Marketing Department with the addition of new hire Daniel Poole as Director of Marketing and Michelle Gray as Senior Marketing Coordinator. Ashley Mensinger and Kristina Glassl were also promoted within the department. New Hires Daniel Poole, Director of Marketing - Poole has seven years of marketing and public relations experience, having previously led content marketing strategy for a Webster Groves, MO-based engineering firm. In his ne...
Carmen Turner: A Pioneer for Public Transit
In 1983, Carmen E. Turner made history as the first African-American woman to lead a major transit agency when she became general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Her appointment to this position also reflected the overall strides being made by women at the time when it came to assuming key leadership roles in U.S. transportation. Turner was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, but grew up in the nation’s capital. She began her government career in administrat...
Governor Appoints New Caltrans Director
SACRAMENTO — Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced today the appointment of Laurie Berman to serve as the new Director for the Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The announcement comes as Director Malcolm Dougherty announced his departure from public service to pursue other opportunities in the private sector. "I am honored to have the opportunity to lead an agency that has a major impact to those who live, visit and do business in the state of California. Transportation plays a vital r...
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