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Members in the News the firm until his retirement this December. Fronczkiewicz, a vice president of the firm, previously served as assistant counsel. Stewart S. Vaghti was appointed corpo- rate sustainability officer of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Gannett Fleming. As a leader of the firm's Corporate Sustainability Team, Vaghti will work to advance its sustainable initiatives and practices. Based in the Phoenix office, he also serves as a senior project manager and project engineer. HNTB Corp. announced the following appointments: Diana Mendes joined the firm as senior vice president and national transit/rail practice leader. Mendes formerly served as Americas transit/rail director for AECOM. She is based in the firm's Arlington, Virginia, office. Katharine "Katie" Nees joined the firm as growth officer and senior vice president. Nees, who formerly served as director of the strategic projects division of the Texas Department of Transportation, is based in the Dallas office. Alex Houseal was named regional vice president for the Northeast region, where he will focus on market expansion, business development, client relationships and the day-to-day operations of the region. Houseal is based in the firm's Philadelphia office. Greg Murphy was appointed regional vice president for the Great Lakes region, expanding his role leading the sales and operations of the Ohio offices. He also serves the Great Lakes and Midwest regions. Murphy is based in the firm's Columbus, Ohio, office. Federico Balestrazzi has joined Thornton Tomasetti's newly opened Miami, Florida, office as a vice president in its Façade Engineering practice and will serve as the practice leader for the mid-Atlantic South region. He formerly operated his own engineering consulting firm in Miami, Fourzero, LLC. Gill Mosseri joined Pasadena, Californiabased Parsons as vice president and New portfolio of projects in New York, is based in the firm's New York City office. Philadelphia-based Pennoni Associates promoted Todd Hay to regional vice president and Jerry Prevete to associate vice president. Hay formerly served as associate vice president and Newark, New Jersey, office director. Prevete served as senior business development associate. Both will be based in Pennoni's Newark office. Stantec recently appointed Alfonso Rodriguez as vice president and opera- tional leader of its Pacific Region encompassing California and Hawaii. He is based in the company's Sacramento office. Chris Grace has been appointed vice president of Nashville, Tennessee-based Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon, Inc. He is based in the firm's Birmingham, Alabama, office. Andrew Cairns was appointed vice presi- Kansas City, Missouri-based TranSystems announced the following promotions: York region business development manager for its Infrastructure Business Unit. Mosseri, who will develop and implement strategies and initiatives to expand Parsons' Edward C. Fronczkiewicz Stewart S. Vaghti Diana Mendes Katharine Nees Alex Houseal Greg Murphy Federico Balestrazzi Gill Mosseri Todd Hay Jerry Prevete Alfonso Rodriguez Chris Grace 50 ENGINEERING INC. SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2016 dent and North American ports practice leader at Mott MacDonald. He will be based at the firm's corporate headquarters in Iselin, New Jersey.

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