Current Board of Directors

Officers

President

Daniel J. Whalen 

(BS 84, MS 85)

Hanson Professional Services

Springfield, Ill.

Areas of Specialization: Geotechnical

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Vice President

Justin Lewis, P.E. 

(BS 07, MS 08)

Keller North America

Chicago

Areas of Specialization: Geotechnical

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Second Vice President & Secretary

Michael Mack, P.E.

(BS 89)

Burns & McDonnell

Chicago

Areas of Specialization: Transportation, Risk Analysis, Contracts/Procurement

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Past President

Dana B. Mehlman, P.E. 

(BS 99, MS 01)

Vedder

Chicago

Areas of Specialization: Environmental Law/Policy

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Directors

Ama O. Addai, P.E. 

(BS 04)

TRC Companies

Chicago

Areas of Specialization: Land Development, Utility Coordination

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Adrianne Ball

(BS 07)

Project SYNCERE

Chicago

Areas of Specialization: Pre-College Engineering Education

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Jackie A. Becker, P.E. 

(BS 07)

Ameren Transmission

St. Louis, Mo.

Areas of Specialization: Energy/Electric Utility

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Kimberly S. Cummins, P.E.

(BS 98)

Cummins Engineering Corp

Springfield, Ill.

Areas of Specialization: Transportation

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Thomas Frankie, P.E., S.E.

(BS 08, MS 10, PhD 13)

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

Indianapolis, Ind.

Areas of Specialization: Forensics, Litigations/Insurance, Structural, Geotechnical, Materials, Deterioration, Federal/DOD/DOS, NPS, GSA 

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Brian S. Heil, P.E. 

(BS 96, MS 97)

Oates Associates Inc.

Collinsville, Ill.

Areas of Specialization: Roadway Design

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Matthew A. Johnson, P.E., S.E.

(BS 04, MS 08)

Fehr Graham

Champaign, Ill.

Areas of Specialization: Water/Waste Water, Structural

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Kurt A. Keifer, P.E.

(BS 97, MS 99, PhD 06)

Civil Infrastructure Solutions, LLC

Austin, Texas

Areas of Specialization: Transportation,  Infrastructure Management 

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Lance Langer, P.E.

(BS 15)

CHA Consulting, Inc.

Indianapolis, Ind.

Areas of Specialization:  Water Resources, Water/Waste Water, Storm Water, Business

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Nadja Lawrence, P.E. 

(BS 07)

Metropolitan Water Reclamation, District of Greater Chicago

Chicago

Areas of Specialization: Construction

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Lauren Logan

(PhD 18)

Ohio Northern University

Ada, Ohio

Areas of Specialization: Academia/Education, PUI Education, Women in STEM, Water-Energy NEXUS, Life Cycle Assessment, Student Engagement and Belonging

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Craig Louden, P.E.

(BS 00, MS 02)

Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.

Aurora, Ill.

Areas of Specialization: Aviation,  Airports 

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Sushant Maheshwari

(MS 13)

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

Areas of Specialization: 

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Andrew J. Martin, P.E.

(BS 98)

TYLin

Chicago

Areas of Specialization:  Water

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Jason P. Petti

(BS 98, MS 00, PhD 04)

Sandia National Laboratories

Albuquerque, NM

Areas of Specialization: Finite Element Analysis, Computational Solid Mechanics, Nuclear and Criticality Safety, Experimental Operations

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Alumni Relations Contact

Amy Whitaker

Amy Whitaker
Assistant Director of Alumni & Career Services
1210 Newmark Civil Engineering Lab
205 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL  61801
(217) 300-2341
amwhit@illinois.edu