Meet the Impact Makers

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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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Abby has always been interested in the intersection of art, nature, and community. After dabbling in sculpture, she got a degree from Kent in Architecture and continued her education at Akron in Civil Engineering, where she worked in finite element analysis of shape memory alloys and other novel materials along with other various research projects. Abby hopes to utilize her skills to enhance the unique projects EDG works on.

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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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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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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 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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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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Brandy has been in human resources for over 11 years and has largely specialized in M&A and development of growth-oriented organizations. Her passion is mentoring and developing professionals. She is planning to pursue her MBA starting in the fall of 2023 and believes in lifelong education through formal academics, life experiences, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge.

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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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Brian is experienced in site development planning and construction documentation. He takes a creative approach to managing stormwater by incorporating Best Management Practices (BMPs) and green infrastructure as a seamless part of the site design process. Brian also has been directly involved in wetland and stream permitting, in addition to mitigation/restoration plans.

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Brian has been involved in the land surveying and civil design industry since he was very young. His experience ranges from being a rod man on a surveying crew to planning and design of international retail petroleum facilities.

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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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Brydan is a Construction Inspector and holds a bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering Technology from the University of Akron. This is his first full-time job since graduation, but previous experience includes a co-op position as a Field Observer for a Solon-based consulting firm. He is married and became a first-time father to a son in August 2022.

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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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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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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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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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Damon has experience in transportation, water, sewer, and storm design including paving, road widening, water distribution, WWTP, sanitary lift stations. He has extensive experience in construction management and inspection of municipal and ODOT projects. Damon enjoys being outdoors, hunting, fishing and coaching his two daughters in sports.

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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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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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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 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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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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Dru is a certified GIS Professional (GISP) with nearly 15 years of experience providing GIS solutions in the public and private sectors. Additionally, he has served as President for the Ohio Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), and as an officer in the Appalachian Ohio Geospatial Data Partnership (AOGDP).

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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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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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Eleanor has experience in residential and commercial design, park planning, and sustainable infrastructure. She has been involved in all aspects of the design and construction process, with special interest in 3D modeling and renderings to help clients see the vision of the project come to life.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Isabelle has experience with agriculture, including urban farming and hydroponics. Isabelle has worked mainly with ETHOS (Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service learning) both in the field and in the classroom.

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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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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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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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Jeff has over 32 years of engineering experience and is a U.S. Army combat veteran. Jeff has been involved with projects ranging from small to large and from inception to construction closeout; including client development, conceptual planning, funding procurement, engineering reports, design and plan preparation, project bidding and construction administration and inspection.

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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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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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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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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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Jill engages in all stages of the project life cycle from initiation through project close out with a strong client focus. Jill has a wide-range of experience working within healthcare, corporate campuses, industrial, zoo facilities and education markets. Jill offers the design team sustainable solutions that connect people to their environment and providing lasting and positive outcome for the owners and end users.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Kyle graduated from Stark State College with a Civil Engineering Degree in December of 2019. He has over two years of experience with Civil 3D. Kyle has worked on existing and proposed site plans, and improvement plans for residential and commercial buildings. He also has experience in reviewing plats, surveys, and ALTAS.

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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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Laura has a long career in marketing as the "brand ambassador" for her previous company. In the past, she has taken the marketing plan from idea to creation to implementation and back again. She currently sits on the board of CREW Cleveland, is a classically trained singer and proud wife and mother.

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Lauren is an experienced marketing professional with 3 years in the A/E/C industry. As the proposal coordinator, she helps to drive business development initiatives through the management of all aspects regarding RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs. This includes managing the process, organizing deliverables, and creating content in collaboration with the firm's subject matter experts.

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LeKesha is a graphic designer who specializes in print design, advertising, social media creation and looks forward to expanding her skills. She's an avid painter and received her BFA from the University of Akron and has minors in emerging technology and psychology.

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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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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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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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Michael has experience in construction inspection on a variety of projects. His design work has included WTP, WWTP, force mains, water mains, pump stations, booster pump stations, water tanks, and water and waste water preliminary engineering reports. Michael is active in many assets of his life, playing guitar, adult baseball leagues, and an everyday outdoorsmen.

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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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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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Patrick has worked in the water and wastewater industry for over 43 years, spending the past 34 years with the City of Akron. A graduate of the University of Akron, Pat is a licensed professional engineer and Class III Wastewater Operator in Ohio. Pat is a proud member of the Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers and the Golden Manhole Society.

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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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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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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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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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Ryan has 10 years of experience drafting in homebuilding. His main focus was on adjustments, additions, complete redesigns, structures and problem solving as well as mentoring new hires. He values the mentality of continuous learning which he strives to do in many areas such as his career, parenting and investing.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 recently served on Planning Commission and is currently a member of the Records Commission for the City of Munroe Falls.

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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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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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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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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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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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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.