Meet the Impact Makers
Our growing team works together to serve our communities, people and the environment. We do what we love, and that’s the vibe we maintain in each office.


Abby Boyce
Accounting Assistant
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Abby began her professional life as an animal veterinarian but found medicine to be misaligned with her need for predictability. Abby has found her calling in accounting and is currently pursuing her associates degree from the University of Cincinnati. While she is new to the A/E/C industry, she plans to use her education and work experience to enhance the accuracy and integrity of financial records for EDG.
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Hobby:Hiking
Season:Autumn
Happy Place:Massages
Cartoon Character:Garfield
Color:Carolina Purple


Alex Darkow
Design Engineer
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Alex has experience in designing both private and municipal projects. His responsibilities include creating construction drawings, stormwater calculations and reports, cost estimates, and site plan reviews. Alex has also worked on numerous roadway resurfacing, reconstruction, storm, sanitary, and waterline projects for local municipalities.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Fishing
Season:Summer
Happy Place:The Woods
Cartoon Character:Doug Funnie
Color:Green


Andrew Croasmun
Associate Project Manager
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Andrew is a construction engineer with experience providing inspection, materials testing, and oversight on state, federal, and privately funded construction projects. He has experience in engineering services related to the testing, inspection, report preparation and review of materials, as well as certifications in signals and lighting specifications and protective coating application.
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Hobby:Home improvement projects
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Disney World
Cartoon Character:Barney Rubble
Color:Orange


Andy Long, PE, CFM
Associate Project Manager
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Andy obtained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Ohio University. Andy is also a registered engineering intern for the state of Ohio. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, wrestling, hiking, listening to music, and playing billiards.
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Angela Tribuzi
Environmental Scientist
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Angela has experience that includes collecting data, managing projects, and preparing technical documents for a variety of local, state, and federal agencies. Her work responsibilities have included ecological permitting, wetland and stream assessments, ESA’s and ESR’s; mitigation monitoring, construction observation, and reporting.
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Favorites:
Hobby:traveling
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Nature
Cartoon Character:Donald Duck
Color:Blue


Brad Bendle, PE
Senior Group Leader
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Brad is a Senior Group Leader at Environmental Design Group. He attended the University of Akron where he received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. After a short period working in the public sector, he joined Environmental Design Group where he has worked for over 30 years. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Stark County. They have two children, Caitlin and Andrew.
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Brian Loushin
Ecologist
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Brian brings a background in stream ecology and technical expertise in a variety of field work. He is skilled in ArcGIS mapping and has created a variety of maps for several projects. He has experience in writing technical documents and offers expertise in coordinating and executing site visits for environmental projects.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Board Games
Season:Fall
Happy Place:In the woods
Cartoon Character:Bart Simpson
Color:Orange


Bryan Newell, AICP
Director of Transportation
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Bryan has managed or served in a lead technical capacity on 100+ DOT and local transportation planning and design projects. He specializes in transportation planning, safety and traffic engineering for large area plans and corridor operations studies. Bryan is a leader in applying TSMO strategies and technology to improve safety and save money.
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Season:Fall
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Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Green


Caitlin Russell
Urban Designer
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Caitlin has expertise in the areas of regional connectivity planning, neighborhood and community planning, trail and greenway planning and design, complete streets and multi-modal transportation plans, planning studies and public involvement.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Baking
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Sunrise on a Tropical Beach
Cartoon Character:Mushu
Color:Green


Carmen DeVeau
Senior Graphic Designer
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Carmen's creative experience includes packaging, page layout, web design, and the design of booklets, flyers, signage, advertisements, logos, brochures, invitations, and infographics. Carmen is a certified drone pilot and has additional skills in photography, videography, drone photography/videography, illustration, and animation.
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Hobby:Drawing
Season:Summer
Happy Place:The Beach
Cartoon Character:Spongebob
Color:Duck Egg Blue


Chris Knodel, PE
Director of Construction Management
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Chris serves as Director of Construction Management responsible for leading and guiding a team of project managers, engineers, and inspectors. Chris’ expertise includes working on pipeline, surveying, water/wastewater, and water resource projects. Chris holds a registration as a NCEES professional engineer and is currently licensed in CO, OH, and WY.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Walleye Fishing
Season:Fall
Happy Place:The Lake
Cartoon Character:Yosemite Sam
Color:Green


Chris Shuster
Designer
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Chris has a Bachelor of Science from Trine University in Design Engineering Technologies. In his free time Chris enjoys playing video games with his friends, camping on the weekends and relaxing at home with his dogs. Chris currently has two huskies: Cardi and Thunder.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Video games
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Cedar Point
Cartoon Character:Dexter
Color:Blue


Clint Flaherty
Construction Inspector
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Clint has overseen construction of roadway reconstruction and resurfacing projects, bridge improvements, site development, wastewater treatment plants, waterlines, sanitary sewers, storm sewers and residential subdivisions. His duties include construction inspection, coordination of work, maintaining daily logs, coordinating/ reviewing contractor pay requests, coordinating field changes, reviewing shop drawings, and preparing as-built drawings.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Collections
Season:Spring / Fall
Happy Place:Home
Cartoon Character:Leghorn Foghorn
Color:Red


Dave McCallops, PE
Director of Water Resources
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Dave is a municipal engineer with public and private experience. He manages projects including wastewater collection, water distribution, water and wastewater treatment plant improvements, sanitary pumping stations, stormwater management, green infrastructure, roadway improvements, signalization and building projects. He has experience with the municipal process for all types of infrastructure projects.
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Hobby:Model Railroads & Puzzles
Season:Spring
Happy Place:Bar Harbor, Maine
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Orange


Dave Snyder, AC, CQM
Construction Project Manager
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Dave is an efficient construction professional with experience in all aspects of the construction process. He has a history of troubleshooting and finishing complicated projects on time and under budget. Dave is a strategic planner who intimately understands projects and has a proven ability to minimize risk and reduce cost while building long-term partners.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Fishing
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Cannon Beach, Oregon
Cartoon Character:Spider Man
Color:Blue


Dave Thornton
Survey Crew Chief
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David has been with Environmental Design Group since 1993. He resides in Plain Township and has two daughters, Samantha and Dana. In his free time, Dave enjoys fishing, shooting, and reading.
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Deanna Uhl, EIT
Design Engineer
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Deanna has experience in the municipal and water industry including sanitary sewer rehabilitation and replacement design, water main design, and site design. She also has experience in permitting and has certifications that include Confined Space Entry, OSHA 10 Hour Construction, and Personal Protective Equipment.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Gardening
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Arboretum or Metropark
Cartoon Character:Scooby-Doo
Color:Green


Dennis Stoffer, PE, PS
Survey Project Manager
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Dennis is a Professional Engineer and Surveyor in the State of Ohio. He has experience in surveying for public and private clients and has directed and performed all aspects of surveying. Dennis has been responsible for surveying and right-of-way plan preparation for federally funded projects and has completed the ODOT Right-of-Way Plan Development Training Course.
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Hobby:Golf
Season:Fall
Happy Place:
Cartoon Character:Tasmanian Devil
Color:Red


Dwayne Groll, PE, LEED AP
President
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Dwayne is responsible for leading the Client Service Groups and Professional Service Groups that execute transportation and traffic projects; water, wastewater and stormwater management projects; environmental investigation and remediation projects; parks, trails and greenway projects; and institutional and land development projects.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Classic Muscle Cars
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Reading historical fiction novels
Cartoon Character:Popeye
Color:Purple


Ed Lisowski, PE
Business Development Executive
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Ed has experience in municipal engineering, construction, construction management and construction inspection, as well as the sales and marketing side of construction and engineering-related products. Ed continues development of relationships with municipalities, contractors, consultants, private owners, manufacturers, utilities and regulatory agencies. Ed has the ability to increase sales through the development of effective marketing strategies.
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Hobby:Attending Live Sporting Events
Season:Autumn
Happy Place:Famly picnics
Cartoon Character:Scooby Doo
Color:Teal


Eli Razo, PE
Construction Project Engineer
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Eli works to foresee potential problems and provide direction and open communication with the contractor to minimize delays and potential claims. He prides himself on timely project finalization for all documentation, materials, and final quantities. Eli utilizes software such as SiteManager, SharePoint, GoFormz, Orion and SWPPPTrack to manage projects.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Deer Hunting
Season:Spring
Happy Place:The forest
Cartoon Character:Yosemite Sam
Color:Blue


Eric Miller
Survey Crew Chief
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Eric has been doing survey work for 12 years. He has experience in performing boundary work, topography, AHAs, and construction staking. Eric has a passion for what he does and has high standards for the work he performs.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Working on cars
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Gym
Cartoon Character:Foghorn Leghorn
Color:Blue


Eric Ostrowski, EIT
Design Engineer
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Eric is currently a senior Civil Engineering student at the University of Mount Union. He resides in Austintown, Ohio with his mom Ann, his dad John, and his younger sister Julie. In his free time he enjoys golfing, fishing, watching sports, and spending time with friends and family.
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Erica Krouse
Graphic Designer
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Erica is a professional designer with over seven years of design experience. She specializes in print design along with social media design and advertising. She is constantly thinking in creative ways to better help clients and Environmental Design Group.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Hiking
Season:Fall
Happy Place:On my paddle board
Cartoon Character:Perry the Platypus
Color:Cornflower Blue


Ethan Bosley
Designer
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Ethan graduated from Stark State College in May 2020 with an A.A.S. in civil engineering. Ethan has about a year of experience in civil 3D design from here at EDG. From designing existing basemaps, to lot improvement plans, to designing proposed projects like residential developments.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Longboarding
Season:Fall
Happy Place:A bonfire in the backyard
Cartoon Character:Patrick
Color:Green


Frank Bronzo
Principal
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Frank has civil engineering experience in project inspection, design, project management, budgetary tracking and monitoring. He specializes in transportation infrastructure improvements; engineering studies; inspection; construction supervision; contract document preparation and review; storm sewer systems; and water and wastewater systems.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Trap Shooting, Fishing, Golf, Gardening, Hiking
Season:Spring
Happy Place:On a Lake
Cartoon Character:Tasmanian Devil
Color:Navy Blue


George Sendrey, PE
Project Manager
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George’s experience in water and wastewater resources includes distribution system design, sanitary sewer systems, water treatment plant and wastewater plant planning and design, sanitary pump stations and controls design and implementation. His project management experience includes work with municipal clients throughout Ohio.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Fishing
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Wading in the river for smallmouth bass
Cartoon Character:Woody Woodpecker
Color:Blue


Hal Richard
Senior Construction Professional
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Hal spent eight years overseeing the City of Columbus Division of Sewerage and Drainage Private Development Permits Section and 15 years as a field technician/inspector. He has directed crews and major projects of various levels for the private and public sector and has supervised multiple construction projects simultaneously.
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Hobby:Golf
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Mountains
Cartoon Character:Wylie Burp
Color:Purple


Holly Henriksen, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Landscape Architect
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Holly is a Professional Landscape Architect and LEED Accredited Professional with a LEED BD+C (LEED Building Design and Construction) designation who has provided documentation for 29 LEED registered projects, to date. Holly offers landscape architectural planning and design experience in a variety of project types.
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Hobby:Reading
Season:Spring
Happy Place:The beach
Cartoon Character:Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls
Color:Blue


Hunter Durbin
Design Engineer
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Hunter has experience in stormwater management, and linear transportation planning and design. He recently researched smart-data applications for storm and wastewater management as part of his honor’s project. Hunter is well-versed in the use of software programs such as AutoCAD, EPANET, EPA SWMM, GIS, HEC-RAS, HydroCAD and PCSWMM.
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Hobby:Music
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Out on a hike
Cartoon Character:Patrick Star
Color:Green


Jacob Peterson
Survey Field Technician
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Jake has a wide range of knowledge in the field of surveying, including the operation of robotic total stations, GPS, and AutoCAD. As a survey crew member, Jake has performed construction layout surveys for buildings, heavy highway, curb, storm, bridges, tunnels and utilities.
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Hobby:Golfing
Season:Summer
Happy Place:The Lake/Beach
Cartoon Character:Scooby Doo
Color:Green


James Harrison
Construction Project Engineer
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James has experience in project management for water resources projects and inspection for geotechnical projects. James is responsible for documentation of utility work, pavement installation, and drainage elements on projects, as well as providing stakeholder coordination with businesses and residents.
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Hobby:Golf
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Outdoors
Cartoon Character:Wolverine
Color:Hunter Green


Janine Smith
Accounting Assistant
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Janine is an experienced Accounting Assistant with a demonstrated history of working in the industrial construction industry. Janine is skilled in invoicing, payroll, budgeting, inventory setup and maintenance, management, quote preparation and Microsoft programs. She is a strong finance professional with a Bachelor of Arts focused on Accounting from Walsh University.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Vacationing
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Home
Cartoon Character:Ariel from the Little Mermaid
Color:Blue


Jenny Lovano
Pursuit Manager
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Jenny has more than 20 years of experience in graphic design, page layout, print production, and marketing. She has been in the A/E/C industry for five years and, as proposal coordinator, responds to RFPs and RFQs with accuracy and punctuality, incorporating team strategies into the content and graphics of each submittal.
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Hobby:Hiking
Season:Spring
Happy Place:My backyard
Cartoon Character:Snoopy
Color:Purple


Jeremy Ousley, PE
Project Manager
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Jeremy has experience in site design engineering and municipal utility projects. Jeremy provides experience in public and private site design including stormwater management design, site drainage and grading, site layout, water and sewer main conveyance system design, erosion and sediment control and property survey and easement coordination.
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Hobby:Traveling & visiting parks with family
Season:Summer
Happy Place:On the road
Cartoon Character:Hank Hill
Color:Green


Jeremy Schaffner, PE
Project Manager
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Jeremy is a project engineer who possesses over 8 years of experience in leading the design of various transportation and municipal projects. His project experience includes geometric, drainage, culvert, maintenance of traffic, and signing and marking design. He also has experience in land development and hydrologic modeling.
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Hobby:Sports
Season:Fall
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Color:Red/Gray


Jessie Hornyak
Project Administator
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Jessie has experience in both project planning and scheduling in the residential construction industry. She is heavily focused on time management, efficient data entry, and customer satisfaction. She is looking forward to facilitating processes for her POD to make their jobs easier.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Reading suspense/thriller novels
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Clearwater Beach, FL
Cartoon Character:Ariel from the Little Mermaid
Color:Blue


Jill Pfeiffer-Ward, PE, CPESC, LEED AP
Director of Site Development
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Jill is a Project Manager for the Institutional Client Service Group at Environmental Design Group and is a certified LEED AP, CPESC and ODOT prequalified Construction Engineer. Jill has a broad range of expertise in site and civil design, engaging in all stages of the project life cycle from initiation through construction closeout, with strong client focus.
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Hobby:Gardening
Season:Winter
Happy Place:Coffee Tree Ridge
Cartoon Character:Katara
Color:Green


Jim Murray, PE
Construction Project Manager
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Jim received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from The University of Akron and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ohio. He has over 30 years’ experience with the Ohio Department of Transportation including structural design, maintenance administration and construction project management. He resides in Salem with his wife Pam and children Lex, Zach and Allie. He enjoys helping with his children’s activities and restoring and maintaining of several classic vehicles.
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John Chizmar, PE
Construction Inspector
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John is a former ODOT career employee where he was a Construction Project Engineer, before advancing to Maintenance, gaining experience in programming, designing and administering two-lane resurfacing and other maintenance-type projects. Since retiring, he has worked on various utility and paving projects and processes documentation for locally let and administered projects.
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Hobby:Bicycling
Season:Spring
Happy Place:Niagara Falls
Cartoon Character:Forgorn Leghorn
Color:Green


John Jarman
Construction Inspector
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John brings over 20 years’ experience in Communications and Management. He lives in Columbus and enjoys spending time with the love of his life Abby and his four adult children: Jaslyn, Jaelyn, Jonathan, and James. John had a brief tenure as a radio personality and as a news anchor in North Carolina, where he hails from originally, and is a big UNC “Tarheels” basketball fan.
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Hobby:Playing Guitar
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Happy Place:Cancun
Cartoon Character:Captain America
Color:Carolina Blue


John Swihart
Construction Inspector
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John has experience in transportation improvement projects including bridge and roadway replacement and rehabilitation. He has also inspected sanitary sewer rehabilitation and replacements, and waterline replacements. He is well-versed in ODOT specifications and inspection procedures and has worked on construction projects for more than 25 years.
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Hobby:Bowling & Golf
Season:Anything but winter
Happy Place:The beach
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Royal Blue


Joyce Marzano, PWS
Project Manager
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Joyce has experience conducting ecological studies including stream assessments, wetland delineations, floristic surveys, tree surveys, suitable habitat surveys, and threatened and endangered species surveys. She has submitted and obtained wetland and waterway permits, including Section 404 permits and Section 401 water quality certifications.
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Hobby:Hiking
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Anywhere waterfront
Cartoon Character:Charlie Brown
Color:Green


Katherine Holmok, PLA, ASLA
Director of Green and Blue Infrastructure
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Katherine serves as Director of Green and Blue Infrastructure, is a registered landscape architect, and is responsible for managing a multi-discipline team of engineers, planners, scientists, and landscape architects. Katherine specializes in infrastructure practices focused on clean water in our lakes and streams.
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Hobby:Spending time with my son
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Wherever my son is
Cartoon Character:Anything Marvel
Color:Green


Katie Wellert
Environmental Scientist
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Katie is an experienced environmental professional. Her professional experience includes preparation of Phase I ESA reports, fuel permitting activities, and coordination with state and local agencies. She conducts wetland and surface water delineations, prepares planting plans, and is knowledgeable in plant identification.
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Hobby:Gardening
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Appalachian Mountains
Cartoon Character:Archer
Color:Green


Kellie Pike, PE, ENV SP
Project Manager
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Kellie is a registered PE with experience in projects involving streams/river mechanics, retention/detention ponds and spillways, wetlands, open channel flow, and BMPs. Kellie’s skills allow her to apply professional principals, practices, and techniques to research and design water resources projects that aid in restoring our natural environment.
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Hobby:Kayaking & Skiing
Season:Fall
Happy Place:In nature
Cartoon Character:Tigger
Color:Blue


Kyle Lukes, PLA, ASLA
Project Manager
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Kyle has expertise working on projects in the parks, trails and greenways, institutional, commercial and governmental markets. Kyle’s experience includes parks, trails and greenway planning and design, site inventory and analysis, schematic site design, commercial landscape design, wetland and stream delineation, monitoring, and mitigation/restoration design.
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Hobby:Railfan
Season:I like the mall
Happy Place:the outdoors
Cartoon Character:Roger Rabbit
Color:Orange


Lia Yakumithis, AICP
Transportation Planner
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Lia is a planner with broad transportation planning experience, including operations (TMSO, ATMS), analysis (GIS, StreetLight), plan development, and public involvement. She has worked on numerous ODOT projects as well as transportation projects spanning from Alaska to Maryland. Lia is an AICP planner and an active member of ITE’s equity committee.
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Hobby:Traveling and reading
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Anywhere with good food
Cartoon Character:Garnet from Steven Universe
Color:Black


Lisa Post
Office Manager
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Lisa has 20 years of business related experience and has been in the A/E/C industry for 12 years. She started with EDG in 2009 and as the Office Manager she works with various departments such as Human Resources, Marketing, Operations and Accounting and also assists the technical teams with QA/QC on letter proposals to the client.
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Hobby:Anything outdoors
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Happy Place:Beach
Cartoon Character:Donkey (Shrek)
Color:Green


Lu Ann Unrue
Chief Strategy Officer
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As Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Principal, Lu Ann is responsible for growth strategy, client development strategy, and leading and guiding company operations to ensure company goals are achieved. In 2012, Lu Ann along with 4 other partners purchased the northeast Ohio office and re-formed Environmental Design Group.
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Hobby:Cooking & Baking
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Las Vegas
Cartoon Character:Wilma Flinstone
Color:Purple


Michael Davidson
Designer
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Michael’s experience includes roadway design and layout, storm sewer design and maintenance, waterline distribution projects, site development, plans maintenance, preparation of validation documents and reports, project site inspection and site surveying and staking. In addition to AutoCAD Civil 3D, he is competent in MicroStation, GeoPAK, and OpenRoads Designer.
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Hobby:Traveling with family
Season:Anything but winter
Happy Place:Amusement parks
Cartoon Character:Stimpson J. Cat
Color:Green


Michelle Johnson
Director of Community Planning & Design
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Michelle has experience in comprehensive planning, including transportation corridors, streetscapes, multi-modal plans, (re)development plans, economic development, and land use plans. Michelle has extensive project management experience in community planning and complete streets projects, as well as ODOT, LPA, state, and local trail design projects.
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Hobby:Hiking and Candle Making
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Anywhere along the coastline
Cartoon Character:Jasmine
Color:Gray


Nacole Sims
Designer
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Nacole has experience in survey land drafting and mortgage location. She has certificates for CAD Operator and OHSA 30. Nacole is currently a student at Cleveland State University studying Civil Engineering.
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Hobby:Fishing
Season:Spring
Happy Place:The Beach
Cartoon Character:Deku
Color:Yellow


Nick Barr, EIT
Design Engineer
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Nick is responsible for designing utilities such as storm sewers, sanitary sewers, pump stations, force mains and water lines, as well as stormwater pollution prevention design. He also prepares project manuals, cost estimates and construction documents, and has additional experience in construction administration duties, including processing bid documents, contract documents, change orders and shop drawing review.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Biking
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Oak Island, NC
Cartoon Character:Spongebob Squarepants
Color:Navy Blue


Pam Horning
Director of Accounting
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Pam has been with the Environmental Design Group for over 20 years. She attended Stark State College where she earned her associates degree in Accounting.
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Hobby:Travel
Season:Summer
Happy Place:By the pool
Cartoon Character:Scooby Doo
Color:Purple


Ray Flasco, PE
Senior Project Engineer
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Ray has 47 years of experience in the drinking water industry as an engineer and manager for water distribution and water plant operations. Since his retirement in 2009, Ray has been working for Environmental Design Group providing expertise and Class IV supplemental oversight.
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Hobby:Fishing
Season:Spring
Happy Place:On a kayak
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Green


Reneé Whittenberger, PE
Project Manager
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Reneé has experience in transportation planning and design including trails, transportation corridors, culvert replacements, and major interstate projects. She has extensive experience with ODOT and LPA roadway, bridge, and multi modal projects. Reneé is a proud on-road cyclist and is both a League Certified Instructor and an ODOT sponsored “How We Roll” leader.
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Hobby:Playing Rugby
Season:Summer
Happy Place:My house on Portage Lakes
Cartoon Character:Buttercup, the green Powerpuff Girl
Color:Pink


Richard Butterworth
Construction Inspector
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Rich received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Youngstown State University in December of 2020. With internships at GCRTA & ODOT, Rich hopes to bring his enthusiasm and field experience in roadway, culvert, and bridge construction to EDG. Richard currently has Advanced Structures and Flexible Pavement precertifications from ODOT and is working towards being fully ODOT inspector certified by the end of the year.
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Hobby:Traveling
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Cruise Ship
Cartoon Character:Iroh
Color:Dark Blue


Rita Boswell
Operations Manager
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Rita has over thirty years of experience in marketing, management, project administration, process improvement, and sales development. Rita also has approximately fifteen years of experience in the AEC industry and, as operations manager, coaches the administrative team and calibrates technical and operational systems/ processes to support growth and innovation.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Crochet
Season:Summer
Happy Place:The Beach
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Pink


Robert Sabol, PE
Project Manager
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Robert has design experience in the trails and greenways, institutional, commercial and government markets. His experience includes trail design, commercial site design, stormwater modeling, roadway improvement design and construction inspection.
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Hobby:Theme Parks
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Orlando
Cartoon Character:Hercules
Color:Orange


Russell Crotty
Survey Crew Chief
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Russell is a detail-oriented professional with experience and proven knowledge as a field surveyor. He is skilled in boundary, ALTA, and topographic surveys, as well as data collection utilizing robotic total station. Russell’s experience includes construction layout and coordinating and supervising crew members.
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Scott Bickley, PE
Senior Project Manager
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Scott has experience in land development projects including residential subdivisions, commercial sites, and healthcare facilities. He has experience throughout the entire process of a project from concept to post construction.
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Hobby:Sports & Camping
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Allegany State Park
Cartoon Character:Goofy
Color:Blue & Green


Scott Cook, PE
Senior Project Engineer
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Scott specializes in roadway design for ODOT and other public agencies and has extensive civil engineering design experience that includes drainage design and hydraulics, stream and river hydraulic and hydrologic analysis, right-of-way engineering, traffic engineering and traffic studies, highway and street lighting, utility engineering and land surveying.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Fishing or agriculture
Season:Summer
Happy Place:My dad's farm or the beach
Cartoon Character:Johnny Quest
Color:Black


Shelly Freshwater
Project Administrator
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Shelly is a Project Administrator for Environmental Design Group where she prepares, reviews, and processes various documents for the firm. Although Shelly is new to the A/E/C industry, she brings 20 years of experience working for a large corporate retail company. Shelly also volunteers for several non-profit organizations within the community.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Couponing
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Anywhere with my family
Cartoon Character:Rainbow Brite
Color:Magenta


Stefanie Smith, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Technical Director
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Stefanie is a licensed architect and sustainability professional with success leading architectural, higher education and private sector teams to achieve performance goals. She demonstrates strengths in leadership, project management, communication, design and problem resolution. Her work portfolio includes strategy formation, stakeholder engagement, sustainability assessments, project development and implementation.
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Hobby:Trail running & hiking
Season:Late summer & early Fall
Happy Place:Priest Lake, Idaho
Cartoon Character:The Snowman
Color:Maroon


Steve Newman
Construction Inspector
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Steve spent 10 years in supply chain management. His field experience includes bridge and heavy highway construction, utilities, erosion and sediment control, intersections, lighting and traffic control. Steve managed the construction of networks of interactive kiosks in downtown Baltimore and Cleveland.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Building model wood ships
Season:Summer
Happy Place:Emerald Isle, NC
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Scarlet


Steve Pasternack, PE
Principal
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Steve is an accomplished Engineering Executive and Professional Engineer with demonstrated leadership experience in the profitable growth of multi-discipline services in the A/E Industry. He has spent his career as a civil engineering consultant working on projects in the transportation, dams, commercial, residential and energy markets.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Reading & riding my tandem bike with Rose
Season:Fall & Spring
Happy Place:Any place with my family
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Orange


Steven Kolarik, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect
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Steven is a Landscape Architect who has been with Environmental Design Group since 2013 and is an alumni of The Ohio State University. He is passionate for creating sustainable experiences that impact the local community and his professional experience includes recreational, institutional, and comprehensive land use plans.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Mountain Biking
Season:Autumn
Happy Place:The gym at 5AM
Cartoon Character:Archer
Color:Nogaro Blue


Susan Derwacter, PE
Senior Project Manager
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Susan is a transportation engineer with over 20 years of experience. She manages projects including roadway improvements, traffic analysis and planning, safety studies, signalization, water distribution, and active transportation for local municipalities and ODOT. Susan is a member of the “Focus on Fatalities” committee and an advocate for roadway safety.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Travel
Season:Spring
Happy Place:Anywhere with family
Cartoon Character:Jimmy Neutron
Color:Blue


Tammi Nagucki, CPSM, CXMP
Principal
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Tammi leads a team of marketing professionals who specialize in graphic design, videography/photography, copywriting/editing, digital marketing platforms, community outreach/event planning, and strategic campaign management. Tammi and her team have recently won two 2019 and three 2020 Zweig National Marketing Awards.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Travel
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Soccer sideline
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Crimson


Teresa Dalton, PE
Project Engineer
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Teresa’s responsibilities include roadway design, traffic signal design, traffic impact studies, stormwater management and water quality BMP designs, storm water studies, plan reviews, construction cost estimates, construction administration, shop drawing review and Categorical Exclusion document preparation. Teresa is proficient in a variety of software programs including HCS, and AutoCAD, and is ODOT prequalified in basic traffic signal design.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Jigsaw puzzles
Season:Spring
Happy Place:Day trips with husband
Cartoon Character:Wile E. Coyote
Color:Champagne Pearl


Terry Fercana
Business Development Executive
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Terry has almost 40 years of marketing, communications and business development experience and has been in the A/E/C industry for more than 20 years. She joined EDG in 2014 where she implements internal and external business development strategies – including client relations, project pursuits and mentoring staff. She also serves on the Planning Commission for the City of Munroe Falls.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Going to the Casino
Season:Fall
Happy Place:On the beach
Cartoon Character:Donald Duck
Color:Black


Tim Cox
Marketing Proposal Coordinator
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Tim received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio University. He and his wife Natalie reside in Sharon Center where they raised two adult children Dylan and Emma. Tim is an avid trail runner that can be found running around Hinckley Lake and the many trails of the Cuyahoga Valley. In his spare time, he loves cooking for his family, gardening, camping, and being outdoors in nature.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Cooking
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Front porch
Cartoon Character:Pink Panther
Color:Blue


Tim Gunter
Design Engineer
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Tim has experience designing single lot house projects and working on survey jobs such as lot splits and consolidations. He also has experience reviewing plats.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Video Games
Season:Winter
Happy Place:Cedar Point
Cartoon Character:Mash from Fate/Grand Order
Color:Purple


Tim Jewell
Senior Designer
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Tim has experience in the design of private and municipal projects. Tim’s responsibilities include the preparation of construction documents for a wide variety of civil related projects, including site design, parking and grading plans, storm and sanitary projects, subdivisions development plans, roadway and bike path plans, and site earthwork calculations.
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Hobby:
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Happy Place:
Cartoon Character:Stitch
Color:Green


Tom James
Park Development Specialist
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Tom is a seasoned park professional with over forty years of progressive park management experience in budget management, personnel management, strategic planning, project development and management, public speaking, grant writing, and inter-agency cooperation.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Wood Working
Season:Spring
Happy Place:The beach at the ocean
Cartoon Character:Bugs Bunny
Color:Red


Travis Mathews, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP
Technical Director
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Travis has led numerous, large-scale multi-disciplinary project teams working on complex site development. He uses a team approach in project development, collaboration, the design team, regulatory agencies and project stakeholders to ensure that projects are carefully and properly executed.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Shooting Sporting Clays
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Family cabin in West Virginia
Cartoon Character:Tom and Jerry
Color:Orange


Tyler Koncsol
Wetland Scientist
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Tyler has expertise conducting wetland-related project work including wetland delineations, wetland plant identification, ordinary high water mark delineations, and wetland and stream functional assessments. Tyler also has knowledge collecting GPS data and preparing exhibits using ArcGIS.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Hiking
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Family cabin
Cartoon Character:Wile E. Coyote
Color:Forest Green


Whitney Megyes
Office Administrator
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Whitney is our Office Administrator and handles front desk duties as well as letter proposals and supporting technical teams with administrative duties.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Shopping
Season:Fall
Happy Place:Tennessee or Colorado
Cartoon Character:Rainbow Brite
Color:Red


William Troyer
Design Engineer
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William’s experience includes design work in AutoCAD creating construction documents; creating alignments, surfaces, earthwork quantities, and sewer pipe networks; designing grading for wastewater management; construction site inspection; using construction documents to develop a cost estimate; and working in teams to find solutions to project challenges.
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Favorites:
Hobby:Gardening
Season:Spring
Happy Place:Backyard Hammock
Cartoon Character:Jerry Smith
Color:Red