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Members in the News On The Move Steve Edwards will succeed Len Rodman as the new chairman, president and CEO of Overland Park, Kan.-based Black & Veatch when Rodman retires at the end of 2013, after 42 years of service to the firm. Merrick & Company, based in Green- wood Village, Colo., elected President David G. Huelskamp to serve as CEO, succeeding Ralph W. Christie Jr., who will continue as chairman. Christie, who has served as chairman and CEO for 16 years, is a vice chairman on ACEC’s Executive Committee. Former ACEC Chairman Daniel J. DeYoung has retired from DJG, Inc., the Williamsburg, Va., firm he founded 35 years ago. As part of the transition, Donald Booth was appointed president and Adam Mickiewicz vice president. Middletown, N.J.-based T&M Associates named President Gary C. Dahms chairman and CEO. Dahms succeeds Kevin F. Toolan, a 40-year veteran of T&M who led the firm from 1997 until his retirement in January. Dahms previously served as the firm’s COO and executive vice president. Those positions are now held by Michael Roeder, an environmental engineering, planning and program management expert who previously led T&M’s Environmental Business Unit. The firm also appointed Senior Vice President Ihsan Al-Fayyomi to its board of directors. He is based in Columbus, Ohio. Woburn, Mass.-based GEI Consultants, Inc., elected Raymond D. Hart as president. He replaces Francis D. Leathers, who will return to full-time client practice after serving 14 years as president. It was previously announced that Ronald Palmieri, formerly senior vice president and central region manager, would assume the role of COO, replacing Hart. Hart is based in the firm’s west region headquarters Steve Edwards in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Palmieri is based in the firm’s central region headquarters in Libertyville, Ill. Houston-based civil engineering firm Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc., appointed Dale Conger president. Conger, who previously served as vice president, replaces Allen Watson, who retired in June. Conger will be based in the firm’s headquarters. Michael Baker Jr., Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corporation, appointed Beth Drylie senior vice president and MidAtlantic transportation manager. Drylie will oversee Baker’s transportation activities in the Mid-Atlantic region and will continue to operate out of Baker’s Virginia Beach office. URS Corporation named William Harnagel vice president and corporate controller. Harnagel will be based at the firm’s San Francisco headquarters. Pasadena, Calif.-based Parsons appointed Randy Morgan executive vice president of operations of Parsons Government Services (PGS), where he will maintain operations Len Rodman David G. Huelskamp/Ralph W. Christie Jr. Daniel J. DeYoung Donald Booth Adam Mickiewicz Gary C. Dahms Dale Conger William Harnagel Randy Morgan Romolo Raciti José Abreu 42 ENGINEERING INC. Beth Drylie JULY / AUGUST 2013

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc. - July/August 2013

Engineering Inc. - July/August 2013
Contents
From ACEC to You
Legislative Action
Market Watch
An Unfair Duty
Keys to Growth
2013 Professional Liability Insurance Survey of Member Firms
Healthy Solutions
Insights of Outsourcing
Risk Management
Fall Conference Preview
Business Insights
Guest Column
Members in the News
Mergers and Acquisitions

Engineering Inc. - July/August 2013