Passero Associates welcomes Haut, Grefrath, Button, Hoag and McKinney; also new interns Read, Das, Blair, Kellenberger, and Toro

Rochester, NY Passero Associates has hired the following professionals:

Trevor Haut joins the firm as a civil engineer. Haut has his Bachelors of Science in Physics from St. John Fisher College and is earning his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Buffalo this spring. He recently completed an internship with Passero and has a wide variety of engineering project experience, including design and inspection support.

Jayce Grefrath joins the firm as structural engineer. Grefrath has been working as a structural engineer for eight years, most recently at Stantec Consulting. He has experience with a variety of large and small-scale projects, including municipal, educational, retail and residential. Grefrath coordinates the structural drawing setup with architectural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing, in addition to setting up foundation plans and framing plans. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from the University at Buffalo, is a LEED green associate, and a licensed professional engineer in the state.

Thomas Button joins the firm as intern architect. Button completed his Masters of Architecture with a specialty in sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology, earned his BS in Architectural Technology at Alfred State College of Technology, and his AAS in Architectural Drafting and Design from Finger Lakes Community College. Button recently completed an internship with Passero and has a wide variety of architectural project experience, including municipal, recreational, multi-family residential, commercial, educational and institutional projects.

Camden Hoag joins the firm as help desk/systems technician. Hoag comes to Passero from Comtec Solutions. He has over seven years of experience in information technology services.

Cindy McKinney joins the firm as an accountant. McKinney has over 15 years of experience including experience with construction and architecture firms. She comes to Passero from DeWolff Partnership Architects. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from SUNY Geneseo and completed a teaching certification program at Roberts Wesleyan College.

Passero also welcomes new interns to the firm. Angela Read, originally from Oxford, MS, and Sabya Das, from Rochester, are pursuing Masters of Architecture degrees at Rochester Institute of Technology and are interns in the architecture department. Passero welcomed back Alexis Blair to the architecture department. Blair is pursuing a degree in Architectural Technology from Alfred State and is from Clifton Springs. In Passero’s civil engineering department, we welcome Joe Kellenberger, who is completing his Civil Engineering Technology degree at Rochester Institute of Technology. Marc Toro joins the aviation services department as an intern. He is completing his Civil Engineering Technology degree at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Passero Associates provides planning, engineering, architectural design, sustainability, surveying, program management and construction administration services in the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwestern United States. Founded in 1972, and with a staff of over 90 professionals, we proudly serve our clients, partnering with them to achieve their goals.