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HEARD 'ROUND THE ORGANIZATION
"Since Dave took over in 1999, ACEC has gone from a more
internally focused business league to a legislative
powerhouse. This was a game-changing adjustment."
- Jay J. Simson, president, ACEC/New York

"Over the last 20 years, ACEC has become a lean,
mean fighting machine."
- Eric L. Flicker, 2003-2004 ACEC chairman

"Membership value of our Council has become
strengthened to the point where it is viewed as
the standard to which other engineering associations
throughout the world aspire."
- Gregs Thomopulos, 2013-2014 ACEC chairman
2009-2011 FIDIC chairman

giving people leadership opportunities
and empowering them to make decisions
and solve problems. Emely recalls, "On
the day he hired me, he told me he never
wanted me to agree with him just because
he's the boss."
Jerry Stump, CEO of Volkert, Inc.,
and 2010-2011 ACEC chairman, calls
the ACEC staff and leadership one of
the greatest strengths of the organization
and one of the greatest transformations
over the past two decades. "The professionalism of the staff is impressive and
lends even greater strength and credibility
to the organization," Stump says. "They
do an outstanding job of running the
organization while being accessible to and
responsive to our Member Organizations
and Member Firms."
Stakeholders within ACEC also credit
Raymond with strengthening ties between
the national organization and the now 52
state and regional chapters or "Member
Organizations." In 2000, the national
organization changed its name from
"American Consulting Engineers Council"
to "American Council of Engineering
Companies" in recognition of its firm-based
membership and a "desire to appeal to a
wider audience both within and outside
the industry," according to Raymond. Over

"Everything is being done at a much higher level than it was
15 or 20 years ago, and our members recognize that. Dave was
the driving force on this mission. He has wanted to build a toptier organization, and we've accomplished that."
- Mary Ann Emely, ACEC vice president and COO

"Dave has made ACEC a leader in the design
community and a powerful force on Capitol Hill. My
members see the value of ACEC now more than ever
before."
- Alison Davis, executive director, ACEC/Oregon

"You go to Washington, D.C., and talk to any of the
folks in power, and they know who ACEC is. That, to
me, has been Dave's biggest legacy."
- Terry Neimeyer, 2011-2012 ACEC chairman

"Our stature and relevance have been enhanced on
both the national and international stage. He has brought
a high level of professionalism, intellect and energy."
- Orrin B. "Mac" MacMurray, 2007-2008 ACEC chairman

"In the more than 25 years that I have been active
in ACEC, I have seen Dave take ACEC from a VW bug to a
finely tuned Mercedes Benz, becoming the high performance
organization we see today."
- Robin Greenleaf, 2009-2011 ACEC vice chair

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