New York, NY 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 Meeting on June 6th at the Union League Club. All officers’ and directors’ terms began on July 1st.

Richard McFadden, P.E., partner at Jaros, Baum & Bolles is the chair of ACEC New York for the 2018-19 fiscal year. Outgoing chair Thomas McLaughlin, P.E., senior vice president at HDR, is now the national director of ACEC New York, serving as liaison between ACEC New York and the ACEC national organization in Washington, D.C.

Jaros, Baum & Bolles is headquartered in New York City. Richard McFadden is a partner at Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B). Since joining the firm in 2003, he has acted as project manager in the electrical department on a wide variety of projects and building types, contributing to the firm’s reputation for the design and commissioning of critical systems, as well as taking the lead on many highly technical development reuse projects and ground-up greenfield facilities.

Joining McFadden and McLaughlin on the executive committee are:

• Chair-elect: Thomas Cascino, P.E., AECOM

• Treasurer: Gregory Cummings, P.E., Larson Design Group

• Secretary: David Taillon, P.E., CHA

• Vice chairs: William McCormick, P.E., Erdman Anthony; Charles Manning, P.E., Parsons Corporation; and Richard (Rick) Zottola, P.E., LERA.

In addition to members of the executive committee, the following directors represent the various regions that comprise ACEC New York: Arthur Alzamora, Jr., P.E., Langan Engineering, Environmental, Surveying, Landscape Architecture and Geology, DPC; Richard Amodei, P.E., STV Group; Michael Anderson, P.E., AECOM; Anas Anasthas, P.E., CME Engineering Group, PLLC; Deborah Chase, P.E., Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.; Nancy Clark, P.E., KC Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C.; Dino DeFeo, P.E., AKF Group LLC; Thomas Duffy, P.E., Thornton Tomasetti; Richard Fischer, P.E., WSP USA; Jitendra (Jim) Hirani, P.E., Hirani Engineering & Land Surveying, P.C.; John Hubert, P.E., WSP USA; Joseph Kime, P.E., Beardsley Design Associates Architecture, Engineering & Landscape Architecture, D.P.C.; Christopher McDermott, P.E., AECOM; Brian Miller, P.E., LaBella Associates, D.P.C.; Brett Reynolds, P.E., Maser Consulting P.A.; Michael Shamma, P.E., Gannett Fleming Engineers, P.C.; Timothy Walck, P.E., Wendel WD Architecture, Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C.; John Waltz, P.E., LiRo Engineers Inc.; Neal Weitman, P.E., Louis Berger U.S.; and Cassandra Wetzel, P.E., GZA GeoEnvironmental of New York.

ACEC New York is a proactive coalition of 270 firms representing every discipline of engineering related to the built environment—civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, environmental, geotechnical—and affiliated companies. 

Their shared goals are to further the business interests of our membership, enhance the quality and safety of the environment we live and work in, and help ensure the vitality of our communities.