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Members in the News On The Move George J. Pierson has been named president and CEO of San Diego-based Kleinfelder Group, effective Sept. 6. Pierson, former CEO of Parsons Brinckerhoff, will succeed Kleinfelder's interim President and CEO Kevin Pottmeyer. Springfield, Illinois-based Hanson Professional Services, Inc., has named CEO Sergio "Satch" Pecori as chairman, and Markets Leader Jeff Ball as president. Eugene Wilkinson becomes chairman emeritus. Scott Cattran was appointed president and CEO of Dayton, Ohio-based Woolpert. Cattran, who joined the firm in 1999, previously served as COO. Arcadis announced two leadership successions: Matt Bennion, COO for Arcadis Asia, will succeed Kenneth Poon, CEO of Arcadis Asia, as of Sept. 1. Poon will retire at year-end after more than 40 years' service with Langdon & Seah, an Arcadis company. He will continue as a nonexecutive member of the advisory board for the firm in Asia. Arcadis North America COO Joachim Ebert has succeeded John Jas- trem as CEO of Arcadis North America. Jastrem joined Arcadis in 2014 upon the acquisition of his former company, Callison, and leaves having successfully implemented the structure for the transformation of the North America business. Jastrem will continue with Arcadis in an advisory capacity. Kim Brown Wilmsen was promoted to CIO at Arcadis, where she will be responsible for all IT in North America. She replaces CIO Mark Endry, who has left the firm. She is based at Arcadis' U.S. headquarters in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. New York City-based WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff announced the following appointments: Hugo Blasutta was appointed president and CEO of WSP in in the Middle East, Asia, the U.S. and Latin America, has held financial and commercial positions at companies including Halliburton. Nasri Munfah has been appointed a senior vice president and director of global tunneling. He rejoins WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff from Kansas City, Missouri-based HNTB Corp., where he served as chairman of the global tunnel business practice. He is based in the New York City office. Michael Matthews was named president of Lexington, Kentucky-based Mason & Hanger following the firm's acquisition of Hankins & Anderson, where Matthews was president. Matthews will be based in the firm's Richmond, Virginia, office. Canada. He previously served as CEO of the MMM Group, which WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff acquired in 2015. Jorge A. Chaves was named as president and Asdrubal Montenegro as CFO of its Latin America region. Chaves will oversee offices in Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago, and formerly served as the general manager of Schrader Camargo, an engineering firm based in Colombia. Montenegro, who has worked Edward C. Fronczkiewicz Jr., has been promoted to general counsel at Philadelphia-based Urban Engineers. He succeeds Bruce M. Mundorf, who will remain with Travis Engelke has joined Surveying And Mapping, LLC, (SAM) as CFO. Most recently he served as CFO for Stanley Consultants in Iowa. He is based in Austin, Texas. George J. Pierson Sergio Pecori Jeff Ball Scott Cattran Matt Bennion Joachim Ebert Kim Brown Wilmsen Jorge A. Chaves Asdrubal Montenegro Nasri Munfah Michael Matthews Travis Engelke SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2016 ENGINEERING INC. 49

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