G. Scott Boyles, PE

Vice President and Highway Manager

Scott has played a key role in providing marketing and business development, project management, design, technical review, and quality oversight for North Carolina transportation projects for more than 30 years. A North Carolina State University graduate, Scott began his career with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) before transitioning to private firms where he provided services for marketing and business development, project management, design, technical review, quality oversight and design-build management for numerous NCDOT projects, overseeing multidiscipline designs involving roadway, hydraulics, structures, traffic engineering, surveys, subsurface utility engineering, geotechnical, and environmental management in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

He now serves as a regional manager for Gannett Fleming’s National Alternative Delivery Group. In this role, he provides services associated with management and execution of transportation projects using design-build project delivery involving contractors, departments of transportation, and other transportation clients.

Scott is a professional engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia. He dedicates his free time to the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina committees and the Regional Transportation Alliance. He is also a member and past president of the American Society of Highway Engineers.

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919.420.7660 x8466
984.789.2255
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Eddie Bunn, PE

Vice President and North Carolina Area Construction Management Leader

A veteran of the transportation engineering industry with more than 30 years of experience, Eddie has been recognized for his effective collaboration with the contracting industry and his consistency in delivering infrastructure projects on time and within budget. Eddie began his career with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and continues to provide his technical expertise to serve the department, delivering consulting engineering and construction inspection services for NCDOT on numerous projects.

As a senior project manager at Gannett Fleming, Eddie oversees the inspection and documentation of highway and bridge construction activities and specializes in contract administration, team management, and dispute resolutions. His responsibilities encompass constructability reviews, cost estimating, and risk assessments during preconstruction; project record maintenance, material logs, schedules, payments, and change orders during construction; and punch list inspections and closeout documents during post-construction.

Eddie is a professional engineer in North Carolina.

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919.420.7660 x8481
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Angela Cobb

Business Development & Proposal Manager

Angela brings nearly 20 years of professional experience in the engineering and professional services industry. She is skilled in preparing client-facing prepositioning materials, statements of qualifications, proposals, and presentations for multi-million dollar civil engineering projects with an emphasis on transportation.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina Greensboro, she is passionate about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, volunteering her time to introduce girls and young women to the transportation industry and encouraging the achievement of STEM degrees and professions. Angela is a board member of the North Carolina Triangle Chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar and is leading an initiative supported by the North Carolina Secretary of Transportation to assist female veterans in transitioning to the civilian workforce.

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919.420.7660 x8911
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Ahmed El-Aassar, PhD, PE, ENV SP

Vice President, Noise and Air Quality Manager

With nearly 20 years of experience, Ahmed serves as a vice president and noise, vibration, and air quality manager. He is responsible for all phases of acoustical analyses, including noise and vibration monitoring, impact and mitigation analyses, and noise barrier design. In addition, he designs and adapts the innovative audiovisual tool Sounds of Transit for use during public involvement meetings. Ahmed is experienced in the use of noise and vibration analysis models, including the Federal Highway Administration Traffic Noise Model and the Federal Transit Administration Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment procedure. He also conducts community, industrial, and traffic noise studies.

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Tom Ford, EIT

Bridge Designer

As a bridge engineer intern and designer, Tom designs and analyzes bridges and transportation structures. He also inspects in-service bridges and works closely with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Prior to joining Gannett Fleming, he performed bridge and sign structure inspections as well as load ratings for highway bridges for a private engineering firm.

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919.420.7660 x 8471
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Deborah Fretz, ENV SP

Environmental Scientist

Deborah is an environmental scientist, ensuring compliance with National Environmental Policy Act requirements and documentation; conducting threatened and endangered species evaluations as well as wetland delineation field surveys and technical report preparation; and providing testimony at agency and public meetings. With seven years of experience, she also develops Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetland permit requirements.

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Thomas (Tom) Goodwin, PE

Roadway Planning and Design Manager

Tom combines more than 30 years of industry experience with innovative ideas to meet his clients’ evolving needs. A North Carolina State University graduate, he works as a roadway planning and design manager for Gannett Fleming’s North Carolina operations where he provides marketing and business development, management, project management, design, technical review, and quality oversight for transportation projects. Tom has overseen large multimillion dollar transportation design projects, the construction of a new general aviation airport, and transportation divisions and office staffs.

Tom is a professional engineer in North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. He dedicates his time to the Triangle Community Coalition, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and is a member and past Section President of the American Society of Highway Engineers.

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919.420.7660 x8474
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David Graham

Senior Transportation Operations Manager

David is a trusted advisor with more than 30 years of experience in transportation operations (TOPS), public safety and law enforcement. As the firm’s lead global TOPS Traffic Operations manager, he identifies TOPS and intelligent transportation systems opportunities and innovations for transportation agencies and traffic incident management (TIM) partners to mitigate the effects of recurring and non-recurring congestion. David develops and implements TIM protocols and procedures for traffic operations centers and Road Safety Patrol staffing, policies, standard operating procedures, forms, training programs, and functional requirements. His experience includes projects with the North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas Departments of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority, New York TBTA, the Federal Highway Administration, and the United Arab Emirates.

David is a member of the Federal Highway Administration, the Transportation Research Board, and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

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717.763.7211 x2919
919.609.9567
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Randall A. Harris, PE

Vice President

Randall, Senior Project Manager and Virginia Area Transportation Manager, is responsible for managing large-scale client projects, with a focus on roadway, bridge and toll plaza planning and design. He will lead strategy for growth and development as well as secure and maintain partnerships with regional businesses. He has extensive experience leading projects for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and municipalities, including management of design and construction, value engineering, traffic planning, and QA/QC activities.

Randall is a North Carolina A&T State University graduate. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society and has been a board member for the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) since 2012.

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804.225.7971 x1400
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Michael Holder, PE

Vice President and Principal of Transportation Services

Mike, vice president and principal of Transportation Services, most recently served as chief engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) where he oversaw the design, construction, and maintenance of 80,000 miles of roadway in the state’s 14 Divisions.

A 35 year-veteran of the transportation industry, Mike served as acting secretary for Governor Roy Cooper and as a division engineer for more than 13 years. Notable accomplishments include the successful restructuring of the state’s planning and design efforts, which advanced the credibility of the department and resulted in new funding streams and a diversity in design projects for field engineers; leadership of the Piedmont Improvement Program, an initiative to modernize the state’s railways and supporting infrastructure and provide more scheduled times on the passenger train routes; and design of the Monroe Expressway, a 20-mile bypass that will run parallel to I-74 and which will offer safer commuting options and ease congestion for pass-through travelers.

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919.420.7660 x 8907
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Kevin Hunt, PE, PTOE

Senior Project Manager

With more than 15 years of experience in the transportation engineering industry, Kevin serves as a senior project manager responsible for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) planning, design, and construction support services. He provides ITS project delivery, including coordination with subject matter experts and client management. Kevin has delivered projects and served clients in 12 different states, as well as internationally in the Middle East. His wide range of experience and projects allows him to keep up to date on all emerging trends in the industry.

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Wendi Johnson, PE

Senior Construction/Transportation Manager

Wendi serves as a senior construction/transportation manager. After a nearly 30-year career with NCDOT, she now provides leadership in construction-phase services for bridges and highways, ITS systems, wetland mitigation, and stream restoration as well as preconstruction activities including traffic management, construction sequencing, and constructability reviews.

Wendi most recently worked as a division construction engineer responsible for overseeing roadway construction projects within Division 4. You may know Wendi from her work on the following projects:

• Design Build Future I-42 (US 70), Goldsboro Bypass, Wayne County, NC
• Novo Nordisk Access Road, Johnston County, NC
• I-95, Little River Bridges, Johnston County, NC

A graduate of North Carolina State University, Wendi is also a certified public manager and a member of ACEC and WTS.

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Michael Lee

Bridge Technician/Inspection Team Lead

Michael joined Gannett Fleming after 9 years of experience with the NCDOT Structures Management and Construction Units. His specialty involves advanced knowledge of bridge preservation and movable bridge inspection techniques. At Gannett Fleming, Michael is a team lead on bridge inspections, deck assessments, rehabilitation and preservations, and plan development. A graduate of Horry-Georgetown Technical College, he is certified in the National Highway Institute’s (NHI)-Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges and NHI-Fracture Critical Inspection Techniques for Steel Bridges.

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919.420.7660 x 8473
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Caitlyn Meyer

GeoDecisions Project Manager

Caitlyn executes projects for GeoDecisions^®, Gannett Fleming’s geospatial IT division, managing requirements definition, system development life cycles, client interaction, stakeholder coordination, subcontractor oversight, ongoing status reporting, and risk management for key client projects.

Among her recent project experience, Caitlyn oversaw the design and implementation of the New York City Department of City Planning’s NYCyclist website, which crowdsources data edits from the general public to validate the department’s spatial data files. Caitlyn has also managed several projects for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, including database redesigns for several PennDOT applications, the creation of systems development life cycle documentation and implementation of process standards, and development of the Maintenance-IQ application. This application, which integrates data from more than 20 different systems into an easy-to-use data visualization and analysis web mapping tool, was awarded the 2017 ACEC/PA Diamond Award for Engineering Excellence in the Surveying and Mapping Technology category.

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919.420.7660 x8901
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Keith Mullins, PE

Vice President

Keith serves as a vice president and project principal, coordinating transportation technology planning, design, and construction support services. He manages all aspects of intelligent transportation systems and tolling/managed lanes project delivery, including coordination with subject matter experts and clients. With nearly 20 years of experience, Keith is well-versed in all types of project delivery, including traditional and alternative delivery methods such as design-build. He also provides quality assurance/quality control and project director services.

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Bryan Mulqueen, PE

Executive Vice President, Transit & Rail Global Business Line Director

Bryan brings more than 30 years of experience to his position as executive vice president and director of the Transit and Rail Global Business Line. In this role, he leverages his expertise in the design, construction, and delivery of complex transportation infrastructure projects and programs to lead clients and project teams to project success. Bryan is also responsible for supporting the growth of Gannett Fleming through new business development and has been involved in securing and providing principal oversight for some of the firm’s largest clients, including Metrolinx in Toronto, Caltrain, WMATA, and Long Island Rail Road.

Bryan is a professional engineer in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and a professional civil engineer in Washington, D.C. He serves as a board member at the Raleigh School and is active with the American Public Transportation Association.

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919.420.7660 x8462
919.522.4961
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Eric (Rick) Nelson, PE

Bridge Manager

Rick knows how to develop innovative solutions for his clients’ toughest challenges. With nearly 30 years of industry experience, he provides technical supervision, design, construction oversight, inspection, and rehabilitation of bridge and highway structures. Rick has managed bridge preservation and rehabilitation programs, evaluated structure assets for maximum life cycle benefit, and provided maintenance and construction of bridges and culverts. As a manager, he is responsible for the planning, execution, and monitoring and control of projects, as well as the development of project life cycle cost analyses and project proposals.

A North Carolina State University graduate, Rick previously served as the Assistant State Structures Engineer over Design and Operations and was project manager and program lead in developing the Bridge Preservation and Rehabilitation Program for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. He has managed the preservation and rehabilitation of more than 900 structures statewide, totaling more than $400 million in contract value.

Rick is a professional engineer in North Carolina.

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919.420.7660 x8903
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Jerry Page, PE

Preconstruction Services Manager – Eastern Region

Jerry brings nearly 30 years of NCDOT experience to the Gannett Fleming team, where he is responsible for business development, project management, and project delivery. Jerry’s unique blend of design and construction management experience offers significant benefits to our clients.

He gained deep expertise in preconstruction, highway maintenance, and highway construction applications during his tenure with NCDOT, and served in a variety of capacities including division project development engineer, division project manager, and roadway design engineer. A veteran project designer and manager, Jerry is skilled in roadway design, project scheduling and management, project estimating and budgeting, and contract development and administration.

Jerry is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina and a North Carolina State University graduate where he received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – Construction Option in 1988. Jerry serves on the Advisory Board for the State Employees Credit Union. When he’s not improving North Carolina’s transportation system, Jerry enjoys spending time with family, friends, and his local faith community. He grew up and currently resides in Wilson, North Carolina.

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Doug Petry

Senior Roadway Designer

Bringing more than 30 years of experience in the transportation engineering industry, Doug serves as a senior roadway designer. He prepares roadway plans for widening, interchange, and new location projects and also works on signal plans and construction administration. Doug develops quantity computations for NCDOT, local government, and private sector projects, which includes earthwork summaries, right-of-way data sheets, drainage summaries, and the preparation of design public hearing maps, as well as preliminary roadway design for NCDOT planning and environmental projects. Doug’s diverse computer aided skills also allows him to be a valued member of bridge rehabilitation project teams. When not working, Doug is an avid runner and he routinely participates in marathons and half-marathons.

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919.420.7660 x 8485
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Angel Pridgen, PE

Roadway Engineer

Angel brings more than 20 years of experience to her role as a roadway engineer at Gannett Fleming, including seven years with the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s roadway design group. She has been involved in all phases of transportation projects, from preliminary design to right-of-way and final roadway plans. Angel incorporates her past experience with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials specifications and standards to create innovative roadway design plans.

Angel has led a variety of highway assignments that have entailed roadway design planning, quantity calculations, and plan preparation for widening projects; design of greenway developments; commuter rail line expansions with utility relocation, parking developments and urban roadway design; and multi-county bridge replacement projects that required preparation of environmental documents, location surveys, roadway and bridge design, hydraulic design, geotechnical and foundation design, utility coordination and construction documents and specifications.

As a wife and mother of four, Angel serves as PTA President at Alderman Road Elementary and Gray’s Creek Middle School and is active in her church. In addition to being a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, she is also a member of Women in Transportation Seminar (WTS) and the American Society of Highway Engineers.

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919.420.7660 x8902
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Eric Rensel

Vice President, Traffic Incident Management Project Manager

Eric serves as a vice president and traffic incident management (TIM) project manager, identifying innovative ways for transportation agencies to mitigate recurring and non-recurring congestion by improving roadway operational efficiency. Utilizing nearly 20 years of industry experience, Eric has helped clients implement TIM and intelligent transportation systems strategies in the U.S. and abroad. Rensel is a leader in advancing the firm’s connected and automated vehicle (CV/AV) and smart cities services.

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Terry Snow, PE

Vice President, North Carolina/Virginia Transportation Manager, and Raleigh Office Principal

Terry’s comprehensive portfolio features projects spanning all aspects of transportation engineering, including planning, traffic signal design/studies, railroad grade-crossing studies, environmental documentations, feasibility/corridor studies, traffic impact analyses, traffic control/pavement marking plans, functional roadway/interchange design, parking lot design, and public involvement programs. As a manager with 27 years of industry experience, he is responsible for business development, client service, financial performance oversight, proposal development, and project management for transportation planning and design projects.

A North Carolina State University graduate, Terry routinely testifies as an expert witness at public hearings, planning and zoning commission hearings, and city and county commissioners’ hearings. He is a professional engineer in North Carolina and is a member of the Raleigh Engineers Club and a member and past president of the North Carolina Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (NCSITE). He also dedicates his time to the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the American Society of Highway Engineers, and the American Consulting Engineering Council. Terry received the Lifetime Service Award from NCSITE in 2016 and the R.V. Moss Lifetime Service Award in 2015.

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919.420.7660 x8461
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Richard (Rick) Wertman, PE

Senior Bridge Engineer/Inspection Manager

A senior bridge engineer with nearly 25 years of experience, Rick is responsible for technical supervision, design, inspection, and rehabilitation of highway/rail structures. He has provided structural inspection and bridge replacement design-build services for multiple projects with the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Rick is a professional engineer in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. He also is a nationally certified National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) inspector.

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919.420.7660 x8464
717.599.9972
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Terry Winebrenner, PE, ENV SP

Vice President, NEPA/Environmental Engineer, Quality Manager

Terry combines nearly 35 years of industry experience in transportation, civil, and environmental engineering to effectively serve his clients. A regional environmental manager, he oversees multidisciplinary engineering efforts from the planning stage through the design and construction phases and coordinates the efforts of both in-house staff and subconsultants. Terry executes environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, and categorical exclusion documents for highway, bridge, transit, and rail transportation projects.

He served as the quality manager for the $1.7 billion Caltrain Modernization and Electrification program in San Carlos, California. The program utilizes a design-build delivery method for electrifying and upgrading the performance, operating efficiency, capacity, safety, and reliability of Caltrain’s commuter rail service.

Terry is a professional engineer in North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, Florida, Maryland, and Virginia. He has served on the North Carolina Department of Transportation Rail Subcommittee within the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina and is a member of the North Carolina Association of Environmental Professionals and the Raleigh Engineers Club. Terry also earned the Envision Sustainability Professional certification and is a member of the American Society of Highway Engineers.

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919.420.7660 x8463
919.368.6669
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Kevin Yount, PMP, GISP

GeoDecisions Senior Project Manager

Kevin is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the daily activities of the GeoDecisions project teams for insurance, logistics, and other commercial-sector clients. A graduate of Clemson University and the University of Tennessee, Kevin is project manager for the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation’s implementation of GeoDecisions Track, a web-based, configurable solution used to assist clients with asset tracking, reporting, and analytics. To better meet its Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and National Transit Database (NTD) reporting requirements, PART requires a system that can provide real-time vehicle tracking and data management for its vanpool fleet. GeoDecisions Track solution will allow PART to quickly create dashboard applications for users of the system, thus providing them with the data and information they need. The ability to configure these reports will prove extremely valuable as standards change and users’ needs evolve.

Kevin’s recent clients have included the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The Boeing Company, Allstate, the Bristow Group, and the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Kevin also worked for Esri^® in North Carolina for six years, focusing on GIS solutions in the logistics and transportation industries.

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703.401.5252
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Laurie Matkowski

Director of Connected and Automated Vehicle Services

Laurie serves as the national director of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) services. With nearly two decades of strategic transportation planning experience, she creates diverse partnerships to prepare for and implement smart cities and CAV advancements. In addition, Laurie helps clients develop and deliver smart cities projects and planning, from macro-level strategy to incremental improvements. She also is a leader in advancing the firm’s national transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) projects.

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Nate Reck

GeoDecisions Director of Government Solutions

Nate Reck has designed and developed numerous enterprise-level geographic information system (GIS) applications and processes for transportation and government agencies across the United States as well as abroad for more than 18 years. As the Director of Government Solutions for GeoDecisions, Nate’s GIS transportation experience includes planning, performance monitoring, safety and crash analysis, intelligent transportation system (ITS), and maintenance and operations management systems. In addition, Nate is responsible for designing and implementing GeoDecisions’ transportation frameworks and applications.

Nate’s focus has enabled him to provide cutting-edge solutions to better business processes and bring GIS to the forefront of everyday situations for state and transportation agencies. He is known as a thought leader in the GIS transportation arena because of his willingness to share his solutions regularly with the industry.

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Ryan Fisher, PE

Senior Bridge Engineer

Ryan has over 20 years of experience in structural engineering and is trained in the design and load rating of short-, medium-, and long-span steel, curved steel, concrete, and prestressed-concrete bridges for highway and transportation projects. He is a graduate of Penn State University’s civil engineering program, earning both bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

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919.420.7660 x8472
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Kelly Marshall, PE

Construction Manager

Kelly serves as Gannett Fleming’s North Carolina CEI Manager, focusing on building client relationships and strategic partnerships in western North Carolina. He has worked for over 10 years in the transportation industry, working in both design and construction. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Kelly earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He additionally has two master’s degrees, a MS in construction engineering and an MBA, from North Carolina State University. During his time at NC State, Kelly was a teaching and research assistant with a construction specialization.

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Rick Tipton, PE, PLS

Preconstruction Services Manager – Western Region

As preconstruction services manager for the western North Carolina area, Rick administers NCDOT limited services contracts and general engineering services contracts that allow western region divisions to enlist Gannett Fleming for roads and bridge planning and design services, program management, and environmental services. He also is the program and project manager of NCDOT, local government, and private-sector projects and leads business development in western North Carolina.

Rick has nearly 30 years of NCDOT experience, where he most recently served as Division 13 construction engineer and managed multimillion-dollar projects for a seven-county division, from planning and design through construction. He also held roles as a division design and construct engineer and locating engineer. He strengthens Gannett Fleming’s team with a diverse skillset in project management, construction services, construction management, and expertise as a licensed land surveyor.

A graduate of Clemson University, Rick earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of North Carolina and the American Public Works Association.

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919.420.7660 x8461
828.776.2791
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Jaret Demcher

Air, Noise, & GIS Analyst

As an air, noise, and geographical information systems (GIS) analyst, Jaret conducts various types of noise analyses and is responsible for using GIS to streamline models for associated analyses. He excels at using GIS to create maps for different types of air and noise projects, varying in complexity. Jaret holds a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental planning from Bloomsburg University.

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610.220.2386
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Craig J. Hyman, PE

Traffic Engineering/Transportation Planning Manager

A professional engineer, Craig is managing our traffic engineering and transportation planning team in North Carolina. Craig brings nearly 15 years of experience to his leadership role with the new group. He will help the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), private developers, and municipalities find innovative solutions to their traffic and transportation challenges.

Craig is currently the co-chair for the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina (ACEC/NC) and NCDOT Joint Transportation Conference committee and is a member of the ACEC/NC legislative and transportation committees. He earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and plans on attending NC State this fall for his MBA.

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215.485.2524
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Carrie Suffern

Air, Noise, & GIS Analyst

As an air, noise, and geographical information systems (GIS) analyst, Carrie conducts various types of noise analyses and is responsible for using GIS to streamline models for associated analyses. She excels at geospatial analytics, data analytics, and weather forecasting. Her prior experience includes working as a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at the Sterling, Va. and Juneau, Ak. offices. Carrie holds dual degrees from NC State in meteorology and marine science.

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Jeff Thatcher, PE, CCM

Senior Construction Manager

As a senior construction manager, Jeff’s primary focus is the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (DOLRT) project for GoTriangle. Jeff is a professional engineer with more than 20 years of construction engineering experience and a MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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919.521.6946
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John Thomas

Senior Environmental Specialist

John offers over 35 years of extensive agency permitting expertise, working for the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers before joining the Gannett Fleming team. He has performed decision-making duties using professional knowledge of natural, physical, and social theories, practices, and methodologies for the environment. These decisions for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Department of the Army (DA) permit authority are associated with projects as complex as a $226 million transportation project and a multi-million dollar mitigation banks, to a simple driveway access for a homeowner. A graduate of NC State, John holds two degrees in forest resource management and in biology.

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919.389.4391
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Ben White, PE

Roadway Engineer

Ben is a professional engineer serving the North Carolina market. He has worked heavily on multiple NCDOT design and design-build projects, with design and drafting experience for horizontal and vertical roadway components, as well as structural and hydraulic components. Ben offers extensive knowledge of Microstation and GEOPAK, specializing in customization of Microstation menus. He is also highly proficient in corridor modeling, modifying templates for all roadways and creating 3D models. Ben holds a bachelor’s of science from NC State in civil engineering, where he was involved with the Institute for Transportation Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers chapters.

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919.495.5704
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