University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Current Board of Directors

Officers

President

David L. Byrd
(BS 01, MS 06)
Envista Forensics
Deerfield, Ill.

Vice President

Dana B. Mehlman, P.E. 
(BS 99, MS 01)
Vedder Price P.C.
Chicago

Second Vice Pres. & Secretary

Daniel J. Whalen
(BS 84, MS 85)
Hanson Professional Services Inc
Springfield, Ill.

Past President

Paula C. Pienton, 
P.E., S.E. 
(BS 85)
CN Railroad
Homewood, Ill.

Directors

Ama O. Addai, P.E. (BS 04)
Ardmore Roderick
Chicago
 
Jackie A. Becker, P.E. (BS 07)
Ameren Transmission
St. Louis, Mo.
 
Kimberly S. Cummins, P.E. (BS 98)
Cummins Engineering Corp.
Springfield, Ill.
 
Kevin C. Fuhr, P.E. (BS 96)
Hanson Professional Services
Chicago
 
Brian S. Heil, P.E. (BS 96, MS 97)
Oates Associates Inc.
Collinsville, Ill.
 
Matthew A. Johnson, P.E., S.E. (BS 04, MS 08)
Fehr Graham
Champaign, Ill.
 
Kurt A. Keifer, P.E. (BS 97, MS 99, PhD 06)
IMS Infrastructure Management Services
Tempe, Ariz.
 
Justin R. Lewis, P.E. (BS 07, MS 08)
Keller North America
Chicago
 
 
Michael J. Mack, P.E. (BS 89)
Burns & McDonnell
Downer's Grove, Ill.

Andrew J. Martin, P.E. (BS 98)
Greeley and Hansen LLC
Chicago
 
Douglas S. Pelletier (BS 95)
Burns & McDonnell
Chicago
 
Katherine Pripusich-Sienkiewicz (BS 03, MS 13)
Amazon Web Services
Chicago
 
Robert Risser (BS 87, MS 89)
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Chicago
 
Richard Sieracki (BS 74)
The Kenrich Group
Chicago
 
Michael Vitale, P.E. (BS 82, MS 84)
Mott MacDonald
Cleveland, Ohio

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205 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL  61801
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