Mountain States People: April 2024
ISEC Inc., Greenwood Village, Colo., has promoted Kelly Martin and Dan Weinmeyer to senior vice presidents and executive team members. She leads its social and environmental responsibility initiatives and provides leadership in engineering, virtual design, organizational development, marketing and fabricator relations. Weinmeyer has led company teams in life science project delivery. Larry Mingus has also been promoted to vice president. Most recently, he served as regional manager of the firm’s Rocky Mountain region.
Lori Labrum has been named transit market sector leader at national transportation consulting firm TranSystems. A senior vice president experienced in engineering and planning for U.S. transit agencies, she has designed more than 200 miles of bus rapid transmit systems, says the firm. Labrum oversaw the Utah Transit Authority’s 10.5-mile bus rapid transit project through Provo and Orem and most recently was firm manager on Houston’s University Line bus rapid transit project.
Gerry Murray, generation division manager at POWER Engineers, was named head of its affiliated foundation, replacing outgoing chair and company CEO Jim Haynes. Murray is a founding board director of the foundation, which was created in 2013. He worked to amend its charter to include diversity goals and advocated to distribute grant funding across POWER Engineers offices. The firm is based in Hailey, Idaho.
Sundt Construction has promoted Jasen Bennie to vice president and intermountain transportation group regional manager. He was previously recognized as an ENR Top 20 Under 40 industry professional and served as chair of the Associated General Contractors’ utility infrastructure committee.
Michael Johnson has been appointed division administrator of engineering services for the Idaho Transportation Dept. He has been an engineering manager for the bridge delivery program since 2018. In his new role, Johnson serves as the state engineer leading bridge, environmental, right-of-way and asset management functions for highways.
Clint Eskridge has been named general manager of Peabody General Contractors, a subsidiary of HEI Civil Enterprise. Based in Broomfield, Colo., Eskridge has more than 25 years of experience in heavy civil construction. In previously overseeing operations for HEI Civil Enterprise, Eskridge improved production and project delivery. HEI Civil Enterprise acquired Austin, Texas-based Peabody General Contractors in 2018.
Engineering, environment and professional services consultant WSP USA has hired Peter J. Cohlmi as its Englewood, Colo.-based national wastewater market lead, a role the company says is aimed to advance its life cycle approach to managing water resources. Previously, he had been vice president and Rocky Mountain regional manager at Black & Veatch and also former vice president of enterprise strategic pursuits at CH2M Hill, according to his LinkedIn page.
Gilbane Building Co. has named Tabitha Scott as Colorado-based executive sustainability officer to lead its global sustainability practices and commitment to be carbon neutral. She had been senior vice president of sustainability and innovation at Balfour Beatty Investments and at Lend Lease Americas. Her upcoming book, Powering Change, highlights the benefits of leveraging natural laws and systems to drive adaptability, innovation, productivity and financial success for companies, Gilbane says.
