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Come join us and attend the
ENR/CURT Construction Business Forum
Embracing Change: The Impact of the New Administration on Construction
C. Ashley Baker
Vice President of Environmental Projects & Construction - West
Southern Company
Ashley Baker joined Alabama Power’s construction department in 1979. During the next 10 years, he worked on the reconstruction of Walter Bouldin Dam, the construction of R.L. Harris Dam, Barry Steam Plant retrofit construction, and Miller Steam Plant units 3 and 4. He transferred to Fossil/Hydro Generation in 1989, working in various positions at Gorgas Steam Plant. In 1994, he was named administrative manager, Power Generation Services. Two years later he was promoted to assistant to the senior production office. In 1997, he was named manager, Fossil/Hydro Projects - West in Engineering and Generation Services. Two years later, he was named maintenance planning manager, Technical Field Services. Then, in 2001, he was named general manager, Fossil/Hydro Projects in Engineering and Generation Services. Later that year, he was promoted to his current position of vice president, Construction.
Baker is a 1978 graduate of Auburn University where he received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Baker also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In 2003, he completed Harvard Business School’s advanced management program. He is a licensed professional engineer in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida and North Carolina.
Jordan Barab
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Jordan Barab joined OSHA as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health as well as Acting Assistant Secretary on April 13, 2009.
He previously served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA from 1998 to 2001, when he helped the Agency to promulgate the ergonomics workplace safety and health standard that was repealed by Congress in March 2001.
For the House Education and Labor Committee, he was Senior Labor Policy Advisor for health and safety from 2007 to April 2009.
Mr. Barab worked on workplace safety issues for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board from 2002 to 2007; he was a Health and Safety Specialist for the AFL-CIO from 2001 to 2002; and he directed the safety and health program for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees from 1982 to 1998.
He also created and wrote the award-winning weblog, Confined Space, from 2003 to 2007.
He holds a master's degree from The Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College.
Peter J. Buote
Vice President, Generation Services
Constellation Energy Group
Peter Buote was appointed Vice President, Generation Services Department in April 2001. He joined BGE in March of 1980 as Engineer at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Engineering & Modification Group.
As Vice President, Generation Services Department he is responsible for the support technical and craft organization utilized throughout the fossil and nuclear fleet of Constellation Power Generation. Generation Services provides turbine generator and boiler overhaul services, electrical and relay modifications and maintenance, I&C, civil, mechanical project management and engineering, machine shop and fabrication services, along with materials engineering, and analytical process chemistry.
Peter has more than 34 years of Power Generation experience. He began his career with Babcock & Wilcox as a Construction Manager in the Northeast Region. His job responsibilities with Constellation Energy have included Director, Outage Management & Construction Administration; O&M Manager – Crane Station; Project Manager – Perryman 51 Installation and General Supervisor – Major Machinery Services.
Peter holds a Master Degree of Business Administration from Florida Tech and a Bachelor of Science from University of Maryland.
Larry Burton
Executive Director
Business Roundtable
Larry Burton is Executive Director of Business Roundtable. Cited as "the most influential chief executive lobbying group in the U.S." by the Financial Times, Business Roundtable members are at the forefront of public policy, advocating for a vigorous, dynamic global economy. Business Roundtable is an association of leading U.S. chief executive officers with $4.5 trillion in annual revenues and nearly ten million employees.
Prior to this appointment, Larry was Vice President-External Affairs for BP America. From 2002 until 2004, he was Regional Coordinator, Western Hemisphere (North America) for BP p.l.c. based in London. From 1995-2001 Larry served as BP's Vice President for U.S. Government and International Affairs based in Washington, DC.
Before joining the BP in 1987, he served in various capacities in the U.S. Government, including senior positions with U.S. Representative Don Young (R-Alaska), former U.S. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), and the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Larry received his BA from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and his MBA from George Washington University in Washington, DC. Other interests include serving as a Counselor for the Meridian International Center and past President of the Business Government Relations Council (B-GRC). His outside interests include piano, tennis and golf. Larry is married and has two children and they reside in Arlington, VA.
David Eppinger
Vice President
Power Business Group, Fluor Corporation
David Eppinger is the vice president for the Power Group at Fluor
Corporation. His responsibilities include long-term business positioning,
marketing leadership and strategic planning. Most recently, he led
the front-end development efforts for the world’s largest offshore wind
farm currently under construction off the coast of the United
Kingdom.
Fluor’s Power Group services all aspects of the power market including gas fueled, solid fueled, nuclear and renewable generation projects including wind, solar and biomass. Fluor is also actively involved with plant betterment projects using flue gas desulfurization, selective catalytic reduction and carbon capture and sequestration technologies.
Eppinger has been with Fluor since 1988 and previously served as a vice president in Fluor’s Infrastructure unit and as a senior director for Fluor’s power business in Europe and the United States. Prior to joining Fluor, he was with the General Electric where he held positions as a turbine specialist and a national account manager. Eppinger’s experience in power generation markets includes gas fueled, solid fueled, cogeneration and wind energy, as well as transportation infrastructure markets including highways, rail, transit, and aviation.
Eppinger has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College.
Joseph P. Gionfriddo
Corporate Engineering Global Construction Manager, Procter & Gamble Company
Joe joined the Procter & Gamble Company in 1981 after earning his B.S. Mechanical Engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Joe’s P&G experience includes Plant Operations, Plant Engineering, Planning & Initiative Management Delivery Engineering, Technical Engineering, Project and Construction Management across business units. Projects ranged in size from several thousand to $300 million US dollars.
Joe is currently responsible for P&G’s Global Construction and Welding Engineering Technologies Section which crosses all business units and regions. This department includes Global Process Owners for Construction and Welding Engineering Systems.
Joe was recognized with P&G’s Highest Engineering Recognition Award PRISM in 2008, P&G’s Capital Management Leadership & Mastery Award in 2002 and has earned P&G’s Expert Certification in Construction Management and Advanced Certification in Project Management functions.
Joe represents P&G on the Construction Industry Institute (CII) and Construction User Round Table (CURT) advisory boards. He is active on CII Executive Committee, Board of Advisors, Globalization, and the CURT LEAN Project Delivery.
Rick Graves
Senior Vice President of Operations, Fluor Corporation
Chairman, NCCER
Rick Graves serves as president of Plant Performance Services LLC (P2S) and as senior vice president of the Global Services O&M group for Fluor Corporation. In his current position, Graves supports clients in the oil, gas, power, mining and chemicals industries.
His responsibilities include oversight of specialty operations and maintenance services in industrial facilities for P2S as well as Fluor’s maintenance, technical and capital project services.
During his 30-year tenure with Fluor, Graves has held a variety of positions including President of P2S, Sr.V.P. Operations,Vice President, Nuclear and Fossil Operations; Director of Operations; Manager of Projects; Alliance Manager; and Project Manager on various projects.
Active in a variety of professional organizations, Graves is a board member of the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest, Chairman of the Board for the National Center for Construction Education and Research and past Chairman of Fluor Corporation’s Leadership Development Board. He is also a past member of the Nuclear Energy Institute Advisory Board, the American Nuclear Society and the Project Management Institute.
Graves holds degrees in Industrial Management and Business Administration. He also is a graduate of the Construction Executive Program at Texas A&M University, the Executive Management Program at Southern Methodist University, the Thunderbird International Business Management Program and the MIT/INPO Reactor Technology Program for Utility Executives, The Executive Leadership Program at Stanford University.
Katherine Hamilton
President
GridWise Alliance
Katherine Hamilton is President of the GridWise Alliance. The GridWise Alliance advocates for a vision of an electric system that integrates the infrastructure, processes, devices, information and market structure so that energy can be generated, distributed, and consumed more efficiently and cost effectively; thereby achieving a more resilient, secure and reliable energy system. Its members include utilities, IT companies, equipment vendors, new technology providers and educational institutions.
Katherine joins the Alliance after being the policy advisor for Good Energies, Inc., a private investment company with a current portfolio in clean energy technologies of more than $6 Billion. Katherine was previously Co-Director of the American Bioenergy Association where, in addition to advocating for clean uses of biomass for power and fuels, she advised the Governor of New Jersey on the biomass components for a state renewable portfolio standard.
As President of her company, The Hamilton Group, Katherine advocated for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Midwest Research Institute and other organizations to lobby Congress and statehouses on various clean energy policies and funding. Katherine worked for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) first in the research area, then as Manager of Government Relations in Washington, DC. She was an expert witness on renewable energy for the House Committee on Science and served as an advisor to Vice President Cheney’s Task Force in developing a national energy plan.
Katherine worked for nearly a decade for Virginia Power (now Dominion Energy), designing overhead and underground electrical systems for commercial and residential developments and later as senior analyst in commercial energy efficiency, performing energy audits and advising customers on load management technologies and creative rate structures.
Katherine has degrees from Cornell University and the Sorbonne and lives in Arlington, VA with her husband, four children, and two dogs.
Chuck Hardy
Deputy Director, Great Lakes Region,
Property Development Division
U. S. General Services Administration
Chuck was appointed deputy director of the Public Buildings Service, Great Lakes Region, Office of Property Development of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the federal government’s real estate arm. He serves as COO in charge of design and construction for the region’s capital program.
Chuck has 17 years of experience with the GSA in various roles: director of construction, operational branch manager, business development advisor, project manager; and architect. Before joining GSA in 1991, Hardy was an architect with firms in Florida and Illinois practicing in the areas of real estate development and office design.
Chuck serves on the national board of the Construction Managers Association of America, as a member of the Public-Private Industry Advisory council of the Associated General Contractors of America, as chair on the Process Transformation committee for the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), leading the Owner SubForum of the AGC BIM Forum, and is a member of the 3xPT Steering Group, a collaborative action between CURT, AIA, and AGC.
Chuck holds both a bachelor of architecture and a bachelor of environmental design from the University of Minnesota and is a licensed architect as well as a certified construction manager. He is retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Tom Ichniowski
Washington Bureau Chief, Engineering News Record
Tom Ichniowski has been Washington bureau chief for Engineering News-Record since 1989. He joined the McGraw-Hill Companies in 1978 as a correspondent for Business Week in that magazine’s Philadelphia bureau and was Business Week’s Philadelphia bureau manager from 1980 to 1984. He then moved to Washington in McGraw-Hill’s bureau, covering transportation and other issues for Business Week, ENR and other publications.
Tom is a native of Baltimore and has a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College of Columbia University and a master’s degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Walker Kimball
President, Bechtel Construction Operations, Inc.
Walker Kimball is president of Bechtel Construction Operations Incorporated responsible for Bechtel’s global construction operations, including direct hire and construction management, labor and industrial relations, and equipment operations. He is also a senior vice president of Bechtel Corporation.
Mr. Kimball joined Bechtel in 1998 and has 25 years of in-depth experience in the engineering and construction industry. In his 11 years with Bechtel, Mr. Kimball has worked in senior roles on large infrastructure projects in all areas including engineering, procurement, and construction delivery.
Mr. Kimball received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Vermont.
Jerry King
Vice President of Government, Utilities, and Communications
Bentley
Jerry King is Vice President of Government, Utilities, and Communications for North America. His team is responsible for serving the needs of Bentley users with technology solutions for a wide range of problems including mapping, planning, design and operation of infrastructure.
While at Bentley, Mr. King has served as vice president of Engineering Information Management and vice president of WorkPlace System Solutions, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate and product research and development startup.
Mr. King contributed to the development, launch and progressive sales growth of ProjectWise®, the leading-edge engineering information management solution. Since its introduction in 1998, ProjectWise has been adopted by major engineering and manufacturing firms worldwide and represents a huge technological and productivity-enhancing leap forward for organizations managing engineering projects.
Previously, Mr. King served as executive vice resident of Jacobus Technology, a Bentley Strategic Affiliate, from its inception in 1991. Before co-founding Jacobus, Mr. King worked for Bechtel Corporation in the Engineering and Construction Technology organization.
Mr. King is a registered engineer in the State of California and is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Association of Civil Engineers.
Christine W. McEntee
Executive Vice President/CEO
The American Institute of Architects
Executive Vice President/CEO Christine McEntee has completed her third year as the Institute’s executive vice president/chief executive officer. She has more than 20 years of association management experience with a track record of leading organizations to grow and deliver positive member results. Chris holds a master’s degree in health administration from the George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgetown University. A graduate of the Advanced Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, she has served the board of directors of the American Society of Association Executives and the Edmund Burke School. Chris is also a guest lecturer at Georgetown University School of Business. In 1994 she was featured in Chicago Business/Crain’s List as an Under 40 Mover and Shaker. She received the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (GWSAE) Executive Update’s Smart CEO award and she served as a GWSAE visionary in 2002. In 2007 she was named a Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives. In 2009, she has begun a four year team as a public director on the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Chris’s previous positions include: Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Executive Vice President at the American Hospital Association, and Legislative Representative for the American Association of Retired Persons.
Chris enjoys running, hiking, skiing, traveling, dancing and wine tasting. cmcentee@aia.org
Robert Murray
Vice President, Economic Affairs
McGraw-Hill Construction
Robert Murray is vice president of Economic Affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals.
Bob joined McGraw-Hill Construction in 1980 as an economist, with a primary focus on analyzing construction industry trends. In the mid-1980s he directed a team of economists that developed the Construction Market Forecasting Service, providing five-year projections for 22 building types by nine regions of the U.S. This product has subsequently become the pre-eminent forecast of the nation's construction industry, and it serves as the foundation for other construction and real estate forecast products offered by the McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics Group. Bob is the author of the Construction Outlook, and also coordinates the five-year industry forecast and the Construction Market Forecasting Service, which analyzes national and regional trends for building products.
Bob received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, and holds both an MBA and a master's degree in economics from Columbia University.
Patrick J. Natale, P.E., CAE, F.ASCE
Executive Director
American Society of Civil Engineers
In November 2002, Patrick J. Natale began his tenure as the Executive Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Established in 1852, ASCE is the oldest national professional engineering society. With a membership of over 146,000 and an annual operating budget of over $54 million, the Society is dedicated to advancing the art, science and profession of engineering for the betterment of humanity. Natale is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Society. He provides executive leadership to a staff of more than 260 and an active volunteer workforce of over 7,500, facilitating ASCE's tradition of supplying high-quality and high-value products and services to its members and other customers worldwide.
In January of 1999, Natale was appointed the Executive Director of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), a national organization of 60,000 members representing licensed engineers from all technical disciplines. Prior to joining NSPE, he held numerous top-level management positions with the Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) of New Jersey. During his 28-year career with PSE&G, he was responsible for managing sales, marketing, strategic planning and customer service. His most recent assignment was to lead the corporate effort to develop the process and systems required for deregulating the energy marketplace in New Jersey.
In his community, Natale has served as Chairman of the Board for Goodwill Industries of New Jersey and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and the American Red Cross. He has also served as an Assistant District Commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America.
Natale holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Newark College of Engineering, and an M.S. in Engineering Management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He has completed the Executive Management Program at Yale University, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in New Jersey. He is also a Certified Association Executive (CAE).
Natale and his wife Sheila reside in Alexandria, Virginia and have two sons, Michael and Jason.
Stephen V. O'Neal
Co-Chair, Partner
Howrey LLP
Stephen O'Neal's practice includes construction, real estate and complex
business litigation. He has long been recognized as one of the leading
construction attorneys in the United States, receiving recognition as such
from Chambers, USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers,
Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers,
and Best Lawyers in America.
Mr. O’Neal has been involved in projects including energy, building, industrial, pharmaceutical plant, bridge, railway, and highway construction in the United States and throughout the world, working on both private sector and government contract matters.
Mr. O’Neal has extensive experience in real estate litigation ranging from land use and permit issues through commercial landlord-tenant problems, purchase and sale litigation, and judicial foreclosure litigation. Mr. O'Neal's practice also includes representation of clients in complex civil litigation matters in the technology industry. He has litigated systems integration, information, and telecommunications technology disputes between private sector clients and for government contractors.
In addition to acting as litigation counsel for parties to bench and jury trials, administrative proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations, Mr. O'Neal also has many years of experience serving as an arbitrator.
M. Kirk Pickerel, CAE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Associated Builders and Contractors
M. Kirk Pickerel, CAE, has served as president and chief executive officer of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a national trade association of nearly 25,000 construction and construction-related firms in 78 local chapters, since October 2000. As president, he directs a national staff of 80 professionals at the association’s Arlington, Va., headquarters.
Prior to his current position, he was ABC’s vice president of member services from February 1999-October 2000. From 1990-1999, he was president of ABC’s Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter. He joined ABC in 1983 as membership director of its Virginia Chapter.
Pickerel is a member of the board of directors of the ACE Mentor program, a non-profit organization whose mission is to enlighten and increase the awareness of high school students, particularly minorities, to career opportunities in architecture, construction and engineering. He is also a member of the Pfizer Small Business Advisory Council, a group of nationally recognized opinion leaders who assist Pfizer in understanding the needs of small businesses. He also serves as a director of the for-profit ABC Services Corp. and is publisher of its monthly magazine, Construction Executive.
A frequent speaker at industry-related conferences, Pickerel is a longtime and active member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and has earned the organization’s “Certified Association Executive” (CAE) designation for his expertise in the management of not-for-profit organizations. He is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Committee of 100 and is a member of the U.S. Chamber Federation Executive Committee.
Prior to his ABC career, Pickerel was a Baptist minister. He is a graduate of both the University of Richmond with a degree in English and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where he received a master’s degree in religious education. Active in University of Richmond alumni activities, he established an annual scholarship there in 2004.
Leonard Petrie
Labor Programs & Senior Project Manager, Exelon Generation
Len is a 1974 graduate of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering.
He began his career as a field engineer for Commonwealth Edison Company. a utility in Illinois that self performed the construction management of its powerhouse construction program. Len started for Commonwealth at the Byron Nuclear Power Station. Byron was a $4.5 Billion project that was just at the beginning of ground breaking. Len was responsible for the construction management of the excavation portion of the project along with all the civil support facilities, the River Screen House, the Circulating Water Pumphouse, the Fuel Handling Building and the station’s Natural Draft Cooling Towers.
In 1979, Len was transferred to the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station that was already in operation. Here he was responsible for construction management of major plant modifications and equipment retrofits. In 1987 he became the Maintenance Manager at Quad Cities. As Maintenance Manager, Len was responsible for all maintenance activities at the power station.
In 1990 Len returned to the construction management part of the company first at Quad Cities and then at Byron where he was responsible for all contracted maintenance and modification activities at the site.
In1993 Len reported to the corporate office in Chicago. From then until now he provides the building trades labor relations and functional oversight for contracted construction and maintenance activities for work at Exelon Nuclear.
Len is the chairman of the Nuclear Mechanic Apprenticeship Process Committee in Washington DC and is a member of the AGC Private Industry Advisory Council and the CURT Tri-partite Initiative.
Len currently resides in Dixon, Illinois with his wife Dr. Pat. They have four children Christopher, Jennifer, Stephanie and Michael and three grandchildren Jonas, Avari and Dean.
Robert F. Ruyak
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Howrey LLP
Robert F. Ruyak, a partner at Howrey LLP, since 1981, was appointed Chairman and CEO of the firm in January 2000 and serves as Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee. With a national reputation, Mr. Ruyak is one of the firm’s most experienced and respected jury trial lawyers. Cases he has tried cover a wide range of legal and substantive areas, principally antitrust (both civil and criminal), intellectual property (including patent, trademark and trade secret), insurance coverage, international trade, and variety of commercial disputes.
Mr. Ruyak is also a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars addressing the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, jury trial strategy and tactics, and the use of technology in litigation.
Mr. Ruyak currently serves as the Chairman of the Georgetown University Law Center’s Board of Visitors; is a Past Chairman and member of the Washington, DC Archdiocesan pro bono Legal Network Board as well as several other Boards and Committees. He is the recipient of several awards for his extensive public and professional service including the Paul R. Dean Award honoring distinguished alumni from the Georgetown University Law Center (GULC). He was named one of Washington’s “Visionary Leaders of the Past 30 Years” recently by Legal Times.
Following his graduation from GULC in 1974, Mr. Ruyak clerked for the Honorable John J. Sirica, United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1974 to 1976.
Stephen E. Sandherr
Chief Executive Officer
Associated General Contractors of America
Stephen Sandherr joined the AGC of America staff in 1984 as Assistant Director of Collective Bargaining Services. From 1986 to 1989 he served as AGC’s Director of Congressional Relations. He practiced law with the firm of Thompson, Mann and Hutson in Washington, DC from 1989 to 1990, and served as Labor and Small Business Counsel for the National Association of Home Builders from 1990 to 1991. He rejoined AGC as Executive Director of Congressional Relations and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 1997.
Currently, as Chief Executive Officer, Steve’s role is to maintain relations with AGC’s 97 chapters nationwide, coordinate government relations activities and enhance AGC’s involvement with business coalitions. In 2006, the American Society of Association Executives cited AGC as one of 9 “remarkable” associations in its landmark study “7 Measures of Success: What Remarkable Associations Do That Others Don’t.”
Steve is a 1980 graduate of the University of Scranton with a B.S. in Political Science. He earned his law degree from the Catholic University of America in 1983, and is a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia. He is a trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington.
He resides with his wife, Cynthia, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Jocelyn Scott
Vice President of Engineering
DuPont
Jocelyn E. Scott is chief engineer and vice president – DuPont Engineering, Facilities and Real Estate. Ms. Scott joined DuPont in 1984 in the DuPont Photosystems & Electronic Products division in Rochester, N.Y.
From 1984-1995 she has served in numerous engineering, operations and R&D assignments in various DuPont businesses. From 1996 to 2000, she was manager for various Engineering positions.
In 2001, she was named executive assistant to the chairman and CEO. In 2002 she was named director - DuPont Engineering and Research Technology and in 2004 she became director - DuPont Capital Asset Productivity. In 2006 she was named director - DuPont Leveraged Operations. Later in 2006 she became managing director, DuPont Facilities and Capital Asset Productivity. She was named vice president - DuPont Engineering in January 2008 and to her current position September 1, 2008.
Ms. Scott graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in chemical engineering in 1981. She received a master's degree in Chemical Engineering Practice from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1983 and received a degree of chemical engineer in 1984, also from M.I.T.
Gregory L. Sizemore, Esq.
Executive Vice President
The Construction Users Roundtable
Gregory L. Sizemore is the Executive Vice President of the Construction Users Roundtable. Mr. Sizemore has over twenty years of construction industry and association management experience. Immediately out of graduate school, he served for three years as the Director for Labor Relations at the Associated General Contractor’s and Allied Construction Industries in Cincinnati, Ohio. For eighteen years, Mr. Sizemore was the Executive Director of the Construction Owners Association of the Tri-State (COATS) in Cincinnati, Ohio. C.O.A.T.S. is recognized as one of the leading local user councils in the country.
In 1989, Mr. Sizemore started Sizemore & Company, a construction industry association management and consulting firm. Some of Sizemore & Company's other client organizations include COATS, the South Georgia Construction and Maintenance Council (SGCMC), and the Appalachian Construction Users Council (ACUC). Additionally, Mr. Sizemore serves on various industry and civic boards including the University of Cincinnati’s Industrial Advisory Council, the Advisory Committee to the Albany Technical College and the West Virginia Construction Coalition Conference. Mr. Sizemore also teaches construction law and workforce development classes as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati.
Mr. Sizemore is a frequent guest speaker at industry events, where he represents "the voice of the owner to the construction industry."
Mr. Sizemore holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and a Masters degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from the University of Cincinnati. He earned his law degree from The Northern Kentucky University, College of Law and is a licensed attorney in the State of Ohio.
He lives with his wife, Cynthia and son, Nathaniel, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Janice L. Tuchman
Editor-in-Chief
Engineering News-Record
As editor-in-chief, Janice L. Tuchman directs the editorial operations of the Engineering News-Record enterprise—delivering news and analysis online, in print and in person at events. She works on strategic planning and develops new editorial products, projects and issues.
Under Tuchman’s leadership, the ENR team won four prestigious Jesse H. Neal awards for its work in 2008. The awards include Best News Coverage for it in-depth reporting of the alarming series of crane collapses, Best Single Article, Best Series and Best Video. In 2008, the team won a Neal for Best News Coverage for its stories on the tragic Minneapolis Bridge collapse.
In 2002, she became only the sixth woman to be elected to membership in “The Moles,” a prestigious heavy-construction industry leaders organization. She has been elected a trustee of the SMPS Foundation, and she serves on the Industry Advisory Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering at Columbia University. Tuchman co-authored a book on Exposed Structure in Building Design and won McGraw-Hill Corporate Achievement Awards for Information Technology and Editorial Excellence. She appears frequently at industry events, including McGraw-Hill Construction’s own Global Construction Summit. This spring she was inducted into the Construction Writers Association Hall of Fame.
Tuchman earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
J. Joseph Tyler
Director of Military Programs
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. Tyler was appointed the Director, Directorate Military Programs, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in March 2008. He served as Deputy Director from February 2007 after serving as the Acting Deputy for a year. He also served as the Chief, Programs Management Division and the Chief Programs Integration Division, Military Programs Directorate, USACE from April 2001 until February 2006. His first assignment in August 1998 as a member of the Senior Executive Service was the Director, Programs Management, North Atlantic Division, USACE.
Mr. Tyler obtained a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and a Master of Arts in Public Administration from the University of Virginia. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Virginia as well as a graduate of the Department of Army, Engineer and Scientist Executive Development Program.
Mr. Tyler’s career began as a Mechanical Engineer in the DA Intern Program at the Directorate of Facilities Engineering, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He held positions in the Facilities function at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Wolters, Texas. His career in the Facilities function culminated as a Deputy Facilities Engineer for the Goeppingen Military Community in West Germany. He then transferred to USACE as a Project Manager for the European Division. He has held leadership positions at the installation level and in USACE. He has worked in the Engineering and Project Management functions in the European, Middle East and North Atlantic Divisions, Japan District and Pittsburgh District. His career has carried him to projects and positions in Europe, the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq and Kuwait), the Far East (Okinawa and Mainland Japan) and several different states in CONUS.
Mr. Tyler married Mary (Kitty) Lamb from St. Louis, Missouri in 1972. They have two sons. Brian completed a BA in Anthropology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1997, a Masters program in Physical Anthropology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2001 and is currently participating in a doctorial program at University of Florida. Mark graduated from University of Chicago in August 2003 with a BA in Political Science and currently attends Law School at University of William and Mary. The Tyler family lives in Springfield, Virginia.
Douglas J. Walters
Senior Director – New Plant Deployment
Nuclear Energy Institute
Doug Walters is a Senior Director at the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the industry organization responsible for establishing unified nuclear industry policy on matters affecting the nuclear energy industry.
He has 29 years experience in the nuclear power industry where his responsibilities have run the gamut of nuclear plant construction, licensing and operations. He has been with NEI and its predecessor organizations since 1991. In 2004 he was assigned the position of Senior Director – Security with responsibility for oversight of nuclear plant security. In 2008 he was named Senior Director – Operations Support and had responsibility for security and Emergency Planning activities. He assumed his current position in January 2009 and is responsible for coordinating the nuclear industry’s generic activities on new nuclear plants.
In his tenure at NEI, Mr. Walters has led industry efforts in areas including license renewal rulemaking, guidance for preparing an environmental impact statement for license renewal and guidance for preparing an early site permit. He was instrumental in leading industry security efforts in response to the 9/11 events including strategies for implementing numerous security orders.
Prior to joining NEI, Mr. Walters was with Pennsylvania Power & Light Company in various engineering and licensing positions in support of the construction and operation of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant.
Mr. Walters is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management).
Bob Wilson
Manager, Global Project Services
General Electric Company
Bob has held leadership roles in the construction industry for over 30 years. Bob has worked on a wide variety of projects all over the globe ranging from major petrochemical facilities to a national TV network headquarters and studio. Bob has been with GE for over 20 years and has led Global Project Services for the past 12 years. Under his watch Bob has grown this operation from a US centric operation to a global operation, which has successfully executed major projects around the globe. A recent example can be found in a 1 million square feet campus for GE in Shanghai, China. Bob’s team currently has projects in development or underway on all continents valued at over $1 billion USD. Bob holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Auburn University. He and his wife, Rita, reside in Prattville, Alabama USA.
Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA
President
McGraw-Hill Construction
Norbert W. Young, Jr. is president of McGraw-Hill Construction, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals. McGraw- Hill Construction is comprised of such prestigious brands as Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record, Regional Publications and construction.com. Together, these brands serve as the leading provider of print and electronic products and services to the industrial, commercial and residential construction and building industry.
Norbert joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in December 1997 as vice president, editorial, for Dodge. Previous to Dodge, Mr. Young spent eight years with the Bovis Construction Group, a global leader in the management of high profile construction projects. In 1994, he was appointed president for the newly created Bovis Management Systems (BMS), which was established to serve the construction and project management needs for both private and public sector clients on a national, as well as global basis. Notable clients and projects which benefited from Mr. Young's involvement include the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Bank of America, NYNEX and Sun Microsystems.
During the 1980's, Young was a partner at Toombs Development Company, New Canaan, CT. He managed all aspects of design and construction, including governmental permitting and approvals for the firm's real estate developments in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Jersey.
He started his career in Philadelphia as an architect, where he gained 12 years experience covering a wide range of building types and projects. He holds a Master's of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor's of Arts from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
A registered architect, his professional affiliations include membership in the Urban Land Institute, a Fellow of The American Institute of Architects and the International Alliance for Interoperability, where he serves as Chairman of the IAI-NA Board of Directors. In addition, he serves as a trustee of the National Building Museum, is a regent of the American Architectural Foundation and an Overseer for the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania. He has lectured nationally on such topics as the impact of technology on the construction industry, project delivery approaches, managing the risk of the design and construction process and outsourcing trends.
Norbert resides in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife, Christine.
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