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Barbra Rodriguez
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DFI Executive Committee
Gianfranco Di Cicco
President
Vice President
James O. Johnson
Matthew Janes, MBA, P.Eng.
Secretary
Other Trustees
John A. Anderson
Allen Cadden, P.E., D.GE
Peter Faust, Dipl.-Ing.
Conrad W. Felice, Ph.D., P.E.
Franz-Werner Gerressen, Dipl.-Ing.
Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E.
Dan MacLean, P.Eng.
Lucky Nagarajan
Matthew E. Meyer, P.E., D. GE
Morgan NeSmith, P.E.
Kwabena Ofori-Awuah, P.E., D.GE, ENV SP
Howard A. Perko, Ph.D., P.E.
David Paul, P.E.
Stefano Valagussa
Lori Simpson, P.E., G.E.
Martin G. Taube, P.E., P.G.
J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E.
Past President
Michael H. Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E.
Treasurer
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UPDATE
THERESA ENGLER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Educational Trust: Making an Impact
Who knew when the trustees decided DFI should have a charitable arm that the
Educational Trust would become so impactful? The goal was to provide monetary
support to students considering a career in the deep foundations industry, and to
provide DFI members with a pipeline of highly qualified employees. A charitable
trust would allow contributions from these members to be tax deductible.
The Trust was born right when I took the reins of the institute as executive
director, and I found myself the executive of two nonprofit organizations. I'll admit
we weren't entirely sure where to begin. The first fundraiser was organized before
we received final approval from the IRS of our 501(c)(3) status. That golf outing in
California continues to this day as an annual event. We had seed money from the
Paul DeBruyn Memorial Scholarship Fund, created by a donation from the company
PACO, for which DeBruyn (a DFI trustee) was president at the time of his death. We
also had a Sustaining Members Fund, to which corporate members contributed for
providing scholarships to students accepted into related deep foundations
programs at universities and colleges. These two funds spawned the idea of this
separate organization.
But how would we administer the funds, select students and grow the funds to
truly make an impact? Our goal was to hold fundraisers and slowly grow the Trust
over a 5- to 10-year period so that it would become self-endowed.
But little did we know our luck would soon change. I'll never forget the day I
received a call from an attorney representing an individual who wanted to fund a
scholarship for undergraduate students who showed an interest in civil
engineering or construction management. His client had heard of our Trust and was
interested in considering a donation rather than setting up and administering his
own trust. I explained our mission, goals and plans and, within a few weeks, I was
holding a check for $1 million dollars! Unbelievable - our goal had been reached
instantaneously. Talk about a game changer!
Still, we were a small board with limited resources. So we agreed to fund four
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schools who would select eligible students based on our criteria. And from there,
the Trust grew and grew to the $4.5 million dollar organization it is today with 20
separate funds that have awarded over $1.4 million to over 400 students since its
inception in 2006. All thanks to that $1 million donation from Charles Berkel and
the countless other companies and individuals who have so generously
contributed. That's you - our members - who have allowed the Trust to make an
incredible impact with approximately 60 percent of the recipients employed by
deep foundation firms.
I encourage you to read the 2020 DFI Educational Trust Annual Report, which
was mailed with this magazine and is available at www.dfitrust.org, to learn about
the difference we've made in the lives of many students. Add your name to the list of
contributors by donating to the fund of your choice at www.dfitrust.org. You can
make an impact too!
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