Charlie Bacon
CEO,
Limbach Facility Services Inc.

Mr. Bacon is the President & CEO of Limbach Facility Services LLC, one of the largest privately held mechanical contracting and service companies in the USA with revenues in excess of $350 million annually.  Joining the Limbach organization in early 2004, Charlie is responsible for the overall performance of the business and its strategic direction.  Prior to joining Limbach, Charlie was the President & CEO of the North and South American operations of Bovis Lend Lease and a member of the Global Bovis Lend Lease Executive Management Team.

Mr. Bacon’s passion for the Limbach business is focused on three key areas.  First, the care and well being of the Limbach people; Second, delivering successful projects and services to targeted customers so that all stakeholders win, and; Third, delivering the financial results allowing the firm to continue to invest in the future development and expansion of Limbach.

Mr. Bacon is active with the Mechanical Contractors Association and serves on the National Safety Committee with a focus of advancing Behavioral Based Safety & Wellness programs such as Limbach’s Incident & Injury Free Commitment.

External to the business, Mr. Bacon supports a number of boards with a focus on education and development of youth. He has been active with his alma mater, Utica College, as a Trustee and Vice Chairman, The Boy Scouts and Junior Achievement. In 2004 he joined ACE Mentorship Board, an organization focused on gaining the interest of high school students to join the design and construction profession. Mr. Bacon is also active with the New Jersey Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

J. Jeffry Brightman
Principal Vice President

Jeff Brightman is Principal Vice President and Manager of Global Marketing & Business Development for Bechtel Power Corporation.  Jeff is responsible for Bechtel Power’s Marketing and Business Development activities worldwide.

Jeff has more than 24 years of experience in project management, construction, field engineering, startup and business development in gas and solid fuel, fossil power generation, as well as retrofit projects. He has managed projects under a variety of contracting structures, including EPC under LSTK and cost-reimbursable contracts.

Mr. Brightman also served as director for Bechtel’s, first of a kind, three standard plant projects totaling 3,300 MW for InterGen, as well as the project manager for the 1,200 MW Cottonwood Energy Project.  He has also served as executive assistant to the president of Bechtel Power.

Jeff also holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Management from Penn State University.  And is a License Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania.

J. Richard Capka
Administrator
Federal Highway Administration

Mr. Capka was sworn in as the 16th Federal Highway Administrator on May 31, 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Capka was appointed the Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in August 2002 and had been the Acting Administrator since August 2005. In that capacity, he helped prepare the Bush administration's transportation reauthorization proposal, shape the management of highway mega-projects across the country and develop other programs and initiatives for the FHWA.

Prior to his appointment as Deputy Administrator, Mr. Capka served as Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA) where he directed the oversight of the $14.6 billion Central Artery/Tunnel project ("Big Dig") in Boston, the largest and most complex infrastructure project in the United States. In that capacity, Mr. Capka worked closely with the FHWA and other federal agencies to gain approval of the project's complex finance plan. The budget that Mr. Capka established for the Central Artery Project in May 2001 has remained on target.

Prior to his position with MTA, Mr. Capka retired in 2000 from a 29-year military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers where he served in the U.S., Europe, the Pacific and the Far East. His most recent assignments before retirement included Division Engineer and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division, where he was responsible for managing the Corps' activities in the southeastern U.S. and in Central and South America. He also was Commander of the South Pacific Division, where he was responsible for the Corps' activities in western and southwestern U.S. In 1997, he led the federal flood system recovery response to the unprecedented California floods that severely damaged the Sacramento River and San Joaquin flood control systems. The effort earned specific praise from both the President and Governor of California.

Mr. Capka is a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General. He is a West Point graduate and holds a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Business Administration from Chaminade University of Honolulu. He is a professional engineer, registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Among his many military awards are the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Legion of Merit. Mr. Capka and his wife Susan have two sons, David and Richard, two daughters-in-law, Mary Beth and Kristen, and six grandchildren.

Jane A. Chmielinski
Chief Operating Officer
DMJM Harris

Jane Chmielinski was appointed President of DMJM Harris, an AECOM Technology Company, on October 1, 2005.  She also serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO).  In these positions, Jane is responsible for directing all technical and management activities for this leading architecture-engineering firm, and oversees all project activities in the Transit/Rail, Highway/Bridge, Marine, Airport, Planning, Design/Construct and Energy & Power Services business lines.

Jane also serves on the core management group of AECOM, where she applies the in-depth professional knowledge and business acumen she’s cultivated during a distinguished career in the transportation and infrastructure industries.

Jane brings a successful career in transportation to her current leadership role with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors.  Prior to joining DMJM Harris (then Frederic R. Harris, Inc.) in 1993, Jane managed the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Environmental Affairs unit, where she successfully led the environmental permitting and compliance efforts on more than $5 billion of construction projects.  Her leadership has been instrumental to the success of such projects as Tren Urbano, San Juan’s new $2.5 billion rail system in which her team was able to get a Record of Decision in just 18 months, and the planning and preliminary engineering for the $16.8 billion New Start Second Avenue Subway in Manhattan.

As a corporate executive, Jane was the key to creating and implementing the company integration strategy that created DMJM Harris.  During her time as Senior Vice President, she planned and implemented the reorganization of key support functions into the Corporate Development Group, providing employees with the tools needed to best win and execute work.

Jane understands the responsibility of corporate stewardship within her community and her profession and is personally involved in a number of professional associations including the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) and the Environmental Business Council.  She currently serves on the Mineta Transportation Institute Board of Trustees, the New York Building Foundation Board of Governors, and the ACE Mentor Program Board of Directors.  A strong champion for promoting the industry through an educated work force, Jane was an active member of the Diversity Board for the Grove School of Engineering at City College of New York for several years, including a term as Chair.  She also actively participates in a number of non-profit organizations with a wide range of represented interests including her current service on the March of Dimes New York Chapter Board of Trustees.

Perry Daneshgari,
President, MCA Inc., Multi-industry consultant on labor productivity and project management

Dr. Daneshgari created MCA in 1990 with services focused on implementing process and product development, waste reduction and productivity improvement of labor, accounting, project management, estimation and customer care. Some of the industries that have benefited from his expertise are various construction (electrical, mechanical and general contractors), automotive, medical, banking and insurance organizations. Dr. Daneshgari is also currently an Adjunct Professor for the University of Michigan-Dearborn (M.S. Engineering) and Oakland University (MIS in MBA program). Recently, he wrote and published “The Chase,” a case study about product development redesign in a major automobile manufacturer, which is presented as an easy-to-read novel.
Click here to learn more about Perry Daneshgari.

Peter J. Davoren
President and Chief Executive Officer of Turner Construction Company

A 30-year construction industry veteran, Peter J. Davoren has spent his entire career at Turner and currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Turner Construction Company. As Turner’s leader, Peter’s goal is to have the company recognized by clients as delivering the highest standards of service in the industry, while making Turner a great place to work.  

In addition, Mr. Davoren is addressing key challenges facing the construction industry. These issues are:

Developing People: Peter serves on the board of the ACE Mentor organization which is addressing the issue of the insufficient number of students entering the construction industry. He is also leading the company’s efforts to encourage more students to stay in school and consider entering the construction industry through its own YouthForce 2020 program which provides mentoring, internships and scholarships.

Environmental Impact: Turner is the nation’s leading builder of Green Buildings. In addition, Turner has made several commitments to reduce its impact on the environment including joining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program and is pledging to reduce its company-wide greenhouse gas emissions.

Diversity: Turner is committed to supporting minority- and women-owned businesses and has a long-standing record of this support across the U.S. Since 1979, Turner’s total number of contracts with minority- and women-owned business firms has surpassed 40,000 at a value of $14 billion, with more than $1 billion in each of the past two years. For the second consecutive year, our recruiting class approached 50 percent women or people of color.

Edward Day VI
Executive Vice President
Engineering & Construction Services
Southern Company Generation

Ed Day is responsible for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction of new generation, environmental, and retrofit projects across the Southern Company fleet of fossil and hydro generating plants, as well as, O&M support, performance testing, outage support and other technical plant support extension functions.

Day joined Southern Company in 1983 as an engineer in the Hatch Nuclear Support Project.  He progressed through positions of increasing responsibility including Project Manager roles in nuclear operations.   In 1990, he was named Engineering Group Supervisor, Mechanical Design and in 1992 was named Assistant to the Executive Vice President - Engineering.  In 1996, he was named Wholesale Business Development Manager for Southern Wholesale Energy and was the lead negotiator on the initial power supply contracts for Plant Dahlberg.  He was promoted to Director, Business Development in 1998 and to Vice President in 2001.  In May, 2003 he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Engineering and Construction Services and to Executive Vice President in January, 2005.

Day holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama and a MBA from Samford University.  He is also a 2004 graduate of Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program.

David G. Duncan
President  & Chief Executive Officer
FedEx Freight Corp.

David G. Duncan is president and chief executive officer of FedEx Freight Corp., a $4.5 billion leading U.S. provider of regional and national less-than-truckload (LTL) freight services based in Memphis, Tenn.  He was the founding CEO of FedEx Freight, and reports directly to FedEx Corp. Chairman, President & CEO Frederick W. Smith.    

In addition to the LTL companies, Duncan oversees strategic direction for FedEx Custom Critical, North America’s largest time-specific, critical shipment carrier; and Caribbean Transportation Services, the leading provider of airfreight forwarding services between the United States and Puerto Rico. 

Before the formation of FedEx Freight, Duncan served for two years as president and CEO of Viking Freight (now FedEx Freight West), a FedEx operating company since 1998. 

With 30 years of transportation experience, Duncan’s impressive industry track record includes various management positions in operations, sales, and marketing with Caliber System and Roadway Express.  He takes a leadership role in the industry, serving on the Executive Committee of the American Trucking Associations and as Chairman of the American Transportation Research Institute.

A native of Virginia, Duncan graduated from Christopher Newport University. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
 
He and his wife Pam live in Memphis. They have one son.

Tyler D. Duvall
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Poilcy

Tyler Duvall is the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation.   He was nominated by President Bush on January 17, 2006, and confirmed on May 26, 2006, by the Senate following his confirmation hearing. Mr. Duvall currently works closely with the Department’s senior leadership in the development of transportation policies.  

From 2003 to May 2006, Mr. Duvall served as the Acting Assistant Secretary and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.

From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Duvall was the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy.  In that role, he advised the Assistant Secretary on a broad range of transportation policy and legal issues related to surface and maritime transportation. 

Before joining USDOT, Mr. Duvall worked from 1998 to 2002 as an associate in the Business and Finance Group of Hogan & Hartson, LLP, the largest law firm in Washington, DC.  At Hogan & Hartson, he represented various public and private companies in a wide range of business dealings, including mergers, acquisitions and securities filings.

Mr. Duvall received his law degree from the University of Virginia, School of Law and his bachelor of arts with a major in economics from Washington and Lee University.

Mr. Duvall is married to Andrea Duvall.  He has two daughters, Olivia and Julia Duvall.  Tyler was born and raised in the Washington, DC area.

Michael M. Feigin
Managing Director

Michael is the Marsh Global Construction Industry Practice Leader.  He leads a dedicated team of industry specialists and subject matter experts who represent:

Michael is involved with insurance program design and implementation and he assists with risk analysis and consulting solutions.  Significant risks face Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors and Design Professionals that are specific to their industry focus, and Marsh is partnering with them to identify and implement solutions.

Richard D. Fox, P.E., BCEE
President of CDM and a member of the Board of Directors

He has 35 years of broad management experience, including large-scale infrastructure program management and the planning, design, and construction of water and wastewater facilities. Fox was the program manager of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s $4.0 billion Boston Harbor Clean-up Project for 5 years. In 1992, Engineering News-Record named him as an individual who “made marks in the construction industry.” Fox holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine, and a J.D. from Suffolk University.

Angela Gittens
Vice President,
National Director of Airport Business Services, HNTB Corporation

As head of HNTB’s airport business services group, Angela Gittens works with airports across the country to help clients overcome the challenges of today’s dynamic business environment. She has more than 20 years of aviation industry experience, having held senior management positions at several leading airports. Gittens works with a team of professionals to provide business services independently or in combination with planning, design and engineering services.

Gittens is recognized worldwide as an expert in airport management, operations and development. She has a proven track record of success leading major complex airport development programs, greatly improving financial performance, customer service, safety and security, business diversity and environmental responsibility. Click here to learn more about Angela Gittens

James G. Jacobi, P.E.
Senior Principal & Chief Information Officer

Jim Jacobi is a Senior Principal and Chief Information Officer for Houston-based Walter P Moore, one of the leading engineering consulting firms in the nation with offices nationwide. In this position, he is responsible for the firm's overall information technology strategy and programs. He has over 30 years of experience in engineering design, project management and construction with a special expertise in application of information technology to this field. Mr. Jacobi has served as a member of Walter P. Moore’s Board of Directors and is a registered professional engineer in five states.

Mr. Jacobi began his career as a structural engineer and has served in progressively more responsible engineering and management positions including Vice President & Chief Engineer for Brown & Root, one of the world’s largest engineering and construction companies, and prior to joining Walter P Moore, as Chief Information Officer for Halliburton Company. His areas of expertise include implementation of integrated project management systems, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and other related 3D CAD project delivery systems.

Jim has led Walter P Moore’s efforts in managing our interface with other members of the design and construction team in project collaboration and coordination in the BIM environment.  His current project experience includes the Jackson, Mississippi Federal Courthouse, a GSA pilot project for the use of BIM.  Other recent projects include the Westway Office Building project, an AIA BIM award winner for "Inspirational Pilot Project" from the American Institute of Architects Technology in Architectural Practice (AIA TAP) Knowledge Community.

Jim earned both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  He has served on a number of committees including chair of University of Houston's Industry Advisory Board on Training in Advanced Plant Design Systems, the Electronic Data Management Task Force for the Construction Industry Institute, and is an Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board for the College Of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Michael Le Fevre,
AIA, NCARB, LEED AP

Director of Planning and Design Support Services at Holder Construction Company (Atlanta, Phoenix, Washington D.C.) which provides clients with Design/Build and Construction Management through a team approach. Holder’s revenues in 2006 were $1 billion. Le Fevre is responsible for Building Information Modeling, design collaboration, and project definition and is focused on setting up projects around “cross disciplinary” teaming with design partners to shape new collaboration models.
 
He is responsible for companywide development and implementation of BIM Services and Products and has launched more than 100 BIM efforts—-full and partial—-in the last three years. Thirteen of them are currently active. He shares lessons-learned within the company through a BIM Webpage, by compiling cost/benefit metrics and through the development of the company’s BEAMUP—BIM Education Awareness Momentum & Use by Partners—program.  
 
Le Fevre holds an MA in Architecture (with high honors) from the University of Michigan, 1977, and has numerous awards for his work with collaboration technology, including winner of the 2007 National AGC ‘Best Information Technology Solutions’ Contest: ‘Technology Enabled Collaboration,’ and the 2006 AIA BIM Award for the Georgia State University Library, with Leo A. Daly. He is a former faculty member of the University of Michigan’s College of Architecture & Urban Planning.

Lewis E. Link, Ph.D.

Michael McCullough
V. P. of Environmental Design & Engineering
Walt Disney Imagineering

Michael McCullough is the Vice President of Environmental Design & Engineering for Walt Disney Imagineering. Imagineering is the Division of the Walt Disney Company responsible for the design and execution of the company’s theme parks and resorts around the world.

Michael initially joined Imagineering in 1979 in their Research and Development group. Since then he has gone on to manage the architecture and engineering designs, from concept through execution, for many of the Company’s  domestic and international projects. Currently, he is responsible for overseeing the management of Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, and Environmental Graphics Departments. In the mid 1980s Michael left Disney and joined Swinerton & Walberg, a California based general contractor, as a Project Manager before rejoining Imagineering again for the design of Disneyland, Paris.

Michael is a licensed professional engineer in California and Florida and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He holds a M.S. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champain-Urbana and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

Major General Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple
Director
Military Programs Directorate

Major General Merdith W. B. (Bo) Temple is Director of Military Programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is responsible for policy, program, and technical functions in the execution of over $20 billion of design, construction, and environmental programs for the Army, the Air Force, other Department of Defense and other federal agencies and foreign countries.

Before coming to headquarters, Major General Temple served as Commander of the North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Previous assignments include duty as the Theater Engineer (C7), Combined Joint Task Force Seven, Baghdad, Iraq and Commander of the Corps’ Transatlantic Programs Center in Winchester, VA,. MG Temple also served as the Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations (G3), XVIII Airborne Corps and commanded both the 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat) (Airborne Corps) and the 307th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Major General Temple has also served with the 44th Engineer Battalion, Korea; was a Platoon Leader with the 548th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Heavy) at Ft. Bragg, and served on the staff of U.S. Army Europe & 7th Army, Germany;. He commanded A/307th and later served on the 307th Engineer Battalion staff in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf War. Major General Temple also served at NATO Headquarters in Turkey, with the U.S. Army Personnel Command Center in Virginia, and as a Reserve Component advisor with the Readiness Group in Denver, CO.

Major General Temple, a Virginia native, was commissioned in the Engineer Branch in 1975. He earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from the Virginia Military Institute and a Masters degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College, and he is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Major General Temple’s military decorations include the Legion of Merit (two oak leaf clusters), the Bronze Star Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal (six oak leaf clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (four oak leaf clusters), the Army Superior Unit Award, and the Master Parachutist Badge.

David G. Mongan, P.E., F.ASCE
President,
Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani, LL

David G. Mongan, P.E., F. ASCE is the president of Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani, LLC, an architectural/engineering/construction firm headquartered in Baltimore. WBCM provides professional services in architecture, highway and bridge engineering, design of institutional, commercial and industrial structures, transportation planning, environmental engineering, land development and site engineering, planning and urban design, design of waterfront and marine-related facilities, construction management/inspection and field surveying.

Mr. Mongan has 35 years of experience in civil engineering.  As president, his duties include administrative and financial functions, as well as client contact and business development.  Mr. Mongan served as project manager for the $80 million Design/Build project extending Baltimore’s Light Rail to Hunt Valley, Penn Station and BWI Airport. 

Mr. Mongan is active with the American Society of Civil Engineers at the National Level and is President-Elect. He has served as the District 5 Director, the Zone 1 vice president, and treasurer and served on or as chair of numerous committees.  He is past chair of the Council on Federal Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services.  He is a past member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, past member of the Board of Directors of the Engineering Society of Baltimore, and past chair of the ACEC-MD Legislative Committee. He received the ASCE Maryland Section’s Civil Engineer of the Year Award in 1998 and the Engineering Society of Baltimore’s Engineer of the Year Award in 1999. In 2003 he was awarded the William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award by ASCE. Mr. Mongan holds a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Business Administration from Loyola College of Baltimore.

Robert G. Packard III, Assoc. AIA
Managing Partner
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP

Bob Packard has served as managing partner of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects for over two decades, responsible for directing the firm's strategic, financial and operational activities. He is also an urban designer and participates as partner-in-charge and principal planner on selected projects. Some of his recent projects include The Children’s Hospital and EPA Region 8 Headquarters, both in Denver; the Port of Portland headquarters; National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center; and a variety of projects for the U.S. Department of State worldwide. Bob is the Chair of the American Institute of Architects Large Firm Roundtable on Excellence in Design and Practice. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Willamette University and Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Colorado College of Environmental Design.

Ken Sanders, FAIA,

Managing Director of Gensler's Firmwide Shared Services, including responsibility for the research, development and implementation of Virtual Design & Construction tools and practices for the 2950-person design firm.  Sanders has been featured in Architecture and Architectural Record magazines, and authored the award-winning book The Digital Architect.  He is the recipient of the Ed Forrest Award, which recognizes industry leaders who have furthered the pursuit of excellence in the design and construction industry.

David Sefton,
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Southland Industries

David Sefton joined Southland Industries two and half years ago. He is a Senior Mechanical Engineer and is responsible for championing the BIM implementation and integration in Southland¹s Mid-Atlantic Division. David is also responsible for designing mechanical HVAC and plumbing systems for laboratories, pharmaceutical, cultural, and commercial projects. He has 15 years of overall experience in the HVAC and plumbing design and construction fields.

Matthew S. Stevens

Matt Stevens is the president of his own construction consulting firm, Stevens Construction Institute, Inc. He had been working with contractors as a management consultant since 1994. He has over 30 years of experience overall including as both a specialty contractor and general contractor. Stevens has worked with dozens of clients and conducted hundreds of seminars across the country. He worked as a management consultant with FMI Corporation from 1997-2002. He earned an undergraduate degree in Construction Management from University of Louisiana - Monroe and an M.B.A. from Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.