Industry Personnel News
Eng-Wong, Taub & Associates is pleased to announce that Walter H. Kraft, D. Eng. Sc., P.E. has joined the firm as Executive Technical Director. Anthony Cracchiolo has joined STV Inc. as senior vice president and director of design. Ellen Baer as left HR&A and accepted a position as Senior Vice President for Development Strategies at Tarragon Corporation. Judith Held has been named a vice president of STV Group. Varughese Cherian has been promoted to principal at the New York office of Arup. At the same office, the firm also promoted: Greg Giammalvo, Tom Kennedy, Rachel Nicholls, and Chris O'
Donnell TO associate principal; AND David Farnsworth, Ivan Jelic, Hannes Lagger, Steve Lasser, Tom Maguire, Peter Matusewitch, Robert Otani,
Pat Regan, Ronald Ronacher, AND Robert Stava TO associate.David Scott, a structural engineer AND principal at the New York office OF Arup,
has been named chairman OF the Chicago - based Council ON Tall Buildings AND
Urban Habitats.Leslie Koch has been appointed president OF the Governors Island Preservation AND Education Corp.,
a subsidiary OF New York 's Empire State Development Corp.that IS responsible FOR
the redevelopment OF the island IN New York Harbor.Deborah Manshas been appointed Smart Growth Ombudsman OF the New Jersey Planning Commission
BY Gov.Jon Corzine.Stefan Pryor, who has helped lead the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation since its inception IN November 2001,
will be taking a new position AS Deputy Mayor FOR Economic Development FOR the City OF Newark,
NJ.The American Council OF Engineering Companies OF New York has inducted its new officers AND board members FOR 2006 / 2007,
including New York City - based executive committee members President - Elect Gregory A.Kelly, PE(Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas) AND
Vice President Elliot G.Sander(DMJM Harris ).Appointed Metropolitan Region directors include : Lee W.Abramson, PE(Hatch Mott MacDonald),
Husam Ahmad, PE(HAKS Engineers AND Land Surveyors), Michael P.Cavanaugh, PE(Edwards AND Kelcey Engineers), Joseph F.Falbo, PE(Earth Tech),
Neil J.Lucey, PE(Daniel Frankfurt), Richard A.Maitino(Parsons), John Spencer, PE(URS Corporation), Barbara Thayer, PE, RA, AIA(B.Thayer Associates),
AND Joel S.Weinstein, PE(Thornton Tomasetti ).Friends OF Hudson River Park, a nonprofit organization that provides private - sector support FOR
the new Hudson River Park ON
Manhattan ' s West Side, has honored Douglas Durst, president OF the Durst Organization, AND Daniel Doctoroff, New York City ' s deputy mayor FOR
economic development AND rebuilding, FOR their help IN creating the new park. |
