ACEC New York installs new officers and directors for 2012/2013; Simpler of Jaros, Baum & Bolles is new chairman

The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) inducted a new slate of officers and directors at the association's annual spring luncheon on June 13 at the Union League Club. All officers' and directors' terms began on July 1st. Mitchel Simpler, P.E., the managing partner of Jaros, Baum & Bolles, is the new chairman. Outgoing chairman Michael Leydecker, P.E., an associate principal and Surface Transportation Group manager at Wendel Duchscherer Architects & Engineers, P.C. of Buffalo, will be the national director of ACEC New York, serving as liaison between ACEC New York and the national organization in Washington, D.C. Simpler brings to the position over 35 years of experience in the mechanical engineering field. He joined Jaros, Baum & Bolles in 1977 and has served as project manager and/or partner-in-charge on many of the firm's corporate, institutional, academic and university projects. In addition to his service on ACEC New York's board of directors, Simpler is a member of the New York City International Building Code Rewrite Committee for the City of New York and is the chairperson for the Mechanical and Boiler Code Committee for that effort. He also is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, NFPA, the American Society of Energy Engineers, the American Society of Hospital Engineers, and the National Society of Professional Engineers, and is a former member of the World Trade Center Subcommittee B. Simpler has written and presented several papers on the "Design of Special HVAC Systems." He is a graduate of Lehigh University with a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and is licensed in New York State. Joining Simpler and Leydecker on the executive committee are: * Chairman-elect: Linda Shumaker, P.E., Shumaker Consulting Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C. * Treasurer: Joseph Amato, P.E., Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP * Secretary: Charles Gozdziewski, P.E., Hardesty & Hanover, LLP * Vice chairmen: Thomas Cascino, P.E., AECOM; Mark McAnany, P.E., Bergmann Associates, Inc.; and Nicholas Pinto, P.E., Barton & Loguidice, P.C. In addition to members of the executive committee, the following directors represent the various regions that comprise ACEC New York: * Erich Arcement, P.E., Sam Schwartz Engineering * Christopher Bond, P.E., Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors, P.C. * Dolores Buckenberger, TranSystems Architect & Engineer, P.C. * Eugene Daly, P.E., L.K. McLean Associates, P.C. * Jamie Davis, P.E., Ryan-Biggs Associates, P.C. * Frank DelSignore, P.E., CHA * Katherine Dewkett, P.E., Erdman Anthony * Julie D'Orazio, P.E., AECOM * Cindy Feinberg, P.E., Jacob Feinberg Katz & Michaeli Consulting Group (JFK&M) * Majid Hedayati, P.E., STV Group * Cawsie Jijina, P.E., Severud Associates Consulting Engineers P.C. * Eli Khoury, P.E., HDR * Gary Loesch, P.E., H2M Group: Holzmacher, McLendon & Murrell, P.C. * Bernard McNeilly, P.E., Parsons Brinckerhoff * Sissy Nikolaou, P.E., Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers * John Robson, P.E., Foit-Albert Associates, Architecture, Engineering and Surveying, P.C. * Daniel Savage, P.E., Passero Associates * Edward Schiller, P.E., TVGA Consultants * Alberto Villaman, P.E., HAKS Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors, P.C.