New York, NY Syska Hennessy Group has promoted five professionals to associate partner; eight to senior associate; and eight to associate.

The new associate partners are:

• Maricela Alejandre, LEED AP BD+C, who has over 15 years of engineering experience (NYC);
• Matthew Brady, PE, LEED AP BD+C, who has over 15 years of experience in mechanical engineering (NYC);
• Kenneth Duncan, PE, who has over 27 years of experience in the engineering of electrical systems (Dallas);
• Sami El Khoury, PE, who has 14 years of international experience in HVAC and plumbing systems (San Francisco);
• Nickolas Patsios, PE, who has over 12 years of experience as a life safety/fire protection engineer (NYC).

The new senior associates are:

• Craig Brandt, PE, LEED AP (Washington, D.C.);
• Cody Little, CPD (Dallas);
• George Miroshnikov, LEED AP BD+C, BEMP (NYC);
• Yesha Modi (NYC);
• Yosief Philipos, PE (San Francisco);
• Moni Solomonov, LEED AP BD+C (NYC);
• Lauren Wesson (San Francisco);
• Jason Yang (NYC);

The new associates are:

• Brian Fields, RCDD, CTS (Raleigh);
• Patrick LeGassic (San Diego);
• Kyle McBride, PE (Richmond);
• Ilya Polyakov, RCDD (Los Angeles);
• Daniel Reuter, PE, LEED AP (Jacksonville);
• Kiarash Shirani (Los Angeles);
• Joseph Spath, PE (San Diego);
• Xuechao Xu, PE (New York).

“The challenges of the past two years did not faze this cohort of associate partners, senior associates, and associates,” said Syska co-president Gary Brennen. “They demonstrated leadership and commitment during difficult times for the A/E/C industry.”

Co-president Cyrus Izzo said, “Their unflagging dedication to Syska played a major role in our ability to weather the pandemic. We congratulate them–and thank them.”