Contributors

Report Card Chair

Ann M. Tomalavage, P.E., PMP, LEED AP, President, Malarkey Consulting, Inc., Pottstown, PA
Ann Tomalavage is president of Malarkey Consulting, Inc., a project management consulting and training firm.  She works with clients internationally to help engineers make the often-difficult transition to the project management role.  In addition to her clients, Ann provides all the in-person project management fundamentals training for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) nationwide.  She is consistently rated among the top four of all ASCE instructors.  Ann has both BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware.  Her technical expertise is in industrial wastewater treatment and hazardous waste management.  She is past president of both the Philadelphia Section of ASCE and the Delaware Valley Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI).

Bridges

Ehsan Minaie, Ph.D., P.E., Project Manager, Intelligent Infrastructure Systems (IIS), Philadelphia, PA
A Member of the ASCE Philadelphia Section and a certified Professional Engineer in multiple states, Ehsan Minaie has more than 10 years of experience in condition evaluation, modeling and assessment of existing buildings and bridges. As a project manager for IIS, Dr. Minaie is responsible for managing bridge assessment projects for state and federal clients. His expertise also includes Asset Management Systems as well as structural identification of aging bridges using innovative technologies for preservation purposes. He also serves on multiple national committees such as the ASCE/SEI “Bridge Management, Inspection & Rehabilitation Committee” of the Technical Administrative Committee on Bridges, and the ASCE Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability, and Risk of Structural Systems. Dr. Minaie is the chair for the Engineering Management Committee of the ASCE Philadelphia Section.
Catherine ChiaCalabria, P.E., Associate / Senior Structural Engineer, McCormick Taylor Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Chad M. Clancy, P.E., Structural Project Manager, Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA
Jason C. Forbes, Graphic Designer, McCormick Taylor Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Mohiuddin Ali Khan, Ph.D., P.E., Chief Structural and Bridge Engineer, Ali Khan & Associates, Philadelphia, PA
Tom Leckrone, P.E., CBSI, Project Manager, Bridge Department, Gannett Fleming Inc., Camp Hill, PA
Thomas Leech, P.E., Vice President and National Practice Bridge Manager, Gannett Fleming Inc., Camp Hill, PA
Matthew J Richter, P.E., Bridge Designer, HNTB Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Christopher W. Smith, P.E., Senior Structural Engineer, Modjeski and Masters, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA

Dams

Bob Bowers, P.E., Vice President, Dams & Water Resources Division, O’Brien & Gere, Blue Bell, PA
Bob Bowers has more than 30 years of experience in dam engineering, beginning with the Phase I Dam Inspection Program in the late 1970’s.  This experience includes inspection, investigation, design, resident engineering and construction administration for numerous dam rehabilitation projects throughout the eastern United States.  Bob is currently the Project Officer for approximately 20 ongoing dam engineering projects in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina.  He is a long-standing member of ASCE, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the United States Society on Dams (USSD), and serves on the Affiliate Member Advisory Committee of ASDSO.  Bob has presented technical papers on dam rehabilitation at five of ASDSO’s Northeast Regional or National conferences and at two American Water Works Association (AWWA) conferences, and had an article entitled “Safer Dams” published in Civil Engineering.
John Berezniak, P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Environmental Resources Division, Gannett Fleming, Camp Hill, PA
John Berezniak has more than 35 years of experience in geotechnical engineering as a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Gannett Fleming.  As a supervisory civil engineer with the Baltimore District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, he provided engineering design and construction support for numerous navigation, flood control and environmental restoration projects within the Chesapeake Bay Basin and the Susquehanna and Potomac River watersheds.  As a former principal geotechnical engineer at Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC, he provided technical leadership to the Corps Geotechnical and Materials Community of Practice (CoP).  He currently works as a senior geotechnical engineer with Gannett Fleming.  He has been a member of Independent External Peer Review (IEPR) panels for several large, federally owned dams.  A registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania since 1985, Mr. Berezniak has a MS degree in engineering from Penn State University.
Carrie Lohrmann, P.E., Project Engineer, O’Brien & Gere, Philadelphia, PA
Nicholas M. Josten, P.E., Engineering Operations Manager, GENTERRA Consultants, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Brian H. Greene, Ph.D., P.G., Senior Engineering Geologist, Gannett Fleming, Camp Hill, PA

Drinking Water

Charles L Myers, P.E., Director, Energy & Environmental Engineering Services, RETTEW Associates Inc., Lancaster, PA
Mr. Myers has more than 18 years of civil engineering experience and has been responsible for designing, coordinating, and administering projects for energy, industry, municipal, and non-municipal clients. He has been responsible for sizing and coordinating the design of energy, wastewater, process water and potable water systems. Potable water systems include pumps and water treatment facilities including pressure booster stations, stand pipes, elevated tanks, ground storage tanks, hydro-pneumatic tanks, micro-filtration systems, green sand filtration, ion exchange, and chlorination systems. He is a long standing member of ASCE and has worked on the two previous PA Reports Cards.
Lawrence Lennon Jr., P.E., Sr. Project Manager, Lennon Smith Souleret Engineering Inc., Coraopolis, PA
Gregory F. Scott, P.E., Sr. Project Manager, Buchart Horn, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

Energy

Trevor A. Lykens, P.E., Hydro Design Team Leader, Kleinschmidt Associates, Strasburg, PA
Over the last 13 years working as an engineering consultant in the hydroelectric power industry, Trevor Lykens has developed a broad range of experience and expertise in civil engineering.  He is currently a Design Team Leader within the hydro resources group of Kleinschmidt Associates, and was recently the on-site resident engineer during the 4-year construction of a new 125 MW hydroelectric power station in Holtwood, PA that had a total project cost of $440 million.  Trevor has a BS is Civil Engineering from the University of Maine, and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
Adrienne A. Nikolic, P.E., Manager, Power & Utilities Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, Philadelphia, PA
Brad Zelonis, EIT, Structural Engineer, Kleinschmidt USA, Strasburg, PA
James Hendricks, P.E., Project Manager, Rettew, Lancaster, PA
Tim Oakes, Renewable Group Leader, Kleinschmidt USA, Strasburg, PA

Hazardous Waste

Salah Abdelhamid, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, Vice President Enterprise Technology, CH2M Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Salah Abdelhamid has had a career of over 25 year focusing on the full life cycle of the geo-environmental management business, with focus on hazardous waste remediation.  He’s currently a Life Member of ASCE, has been a Fellow since 2009.  His most recent career of ~18 years with CH2M HILL included Global Leadership of its Site Remediation Practices (1997- 2002), then Directorship of all environmental Markets and technologies (2002 – 2009) and Enterprise Technology since 2010.  In his last 2 roles with CH2M HILL, he has lead several strategic planning efforts for development of new businesses and markets, focused on environmental technologies and major infrastructural programs worldwide.  His prior experience included professional careers with Dames & Moore, Ebasco, and Roy F. Weston, as well as teaching campaigns at Cairo University, Northwestern University, Newark College of Engineering and Columbia University. He is a registered professional engineer since 1991.
Rebecca L. Carovillano, Geographic Operations Manager, Environmental Services Business Group, CH2MHILL, Philadelphia PA
Gwen DiPietro, Doctoral candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Paul A. Hagerty, P.E., P.G., Principal Engineer, Hagerty Environmental, LLC, Kennett Square, PA
Stacy N. Holland, Project Execution Manager, New Jersey Execution, ExxonMobil, Paulsboro, NJ (Resides in Philadelphia PA)
David G. Minnear, P.E., Project Manager, L.R. Kimball, Ebensburg, PA
Ann M. Tomalavage, P.E., PMP, LEED AP, President, Malarkey Consulting, Inc., Pottstown, PA

Inland Waterways

David Dzombak, Ph.D., P.E., Professor and Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
The emphasis of Dr. Dzombak’s research and teaching is on water quality and water resources engineering, environmental restoration, and energy-environment issues.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, a Board Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a Fellow of the American Society of Engineers, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  
Gwen DiPietro, Doctoral candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.  Ms. DiPietro’s research focuses on the inland waterways, examining the potential impacts of catastrophic infrastructure failure and opportunities for improving methodologies used to assess efficiency and risk. As an engineer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, she led a series of industry studies to examine waste generation and management practices.
William Elmore, Undergraduate student, Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Levees

John Berezniak, P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Environmental Resources Division, Gannett Fleming, Camp Hill, PA
John Berezniak has more than 36 years of experience in geotechnical engineering as a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Gannett Fleming.  As a supervisory civil engineer with the Baltimore District, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, he provided engineering design and construction support for numerous navigation, flood control and environmental restoration projects within the Chesapeake Bay Basin and the Susquehanna and Potomac River watersheds.  As a former principal geotechnical engineer at Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC, he provided technical leadership to the Corps Geotechnical and Materials Community of Practice (CoP).  He currently works as a senior geotechnical engineer with Gannett Fleming.  He has been a member of Independent External Peer Review (IEPR) panels for several large, federally owned dams.  A registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania since 1985, Mr. Berezniak has a MS degree in engineering from Penn State University.
Nicholas M. Josten, P.E., Engineering Operations Manager, GENTERRA Consultants, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Nicholas Josten has more than 10 years of experience as a civil engineer with GENTERRA Consultants, Inc.  This experience includes design analyses for dams and levees, spillways and outlet facilities; inspections and field evaluations of dams, levees and appurtenant facilities; dam and levee safety performance evaluations; field and laboratory investigations; Emergency Action Plans; flood inundation studies; and construction observation and testing.  He also has experience performing storm-drain design, as well as hydrology and hydraulics calculations.  He has research experience in geotechnical engineering which included the determination of the interface friction between fiber reinforced soil and a smooth HDPE geomembrane.  He conducted direct shear tests to assess the variation of the interface friction with changes in the fiber content.  The results were analyzed and presented in a paper published by GeoFrontiers 2005.  Mr. Josten has been a professional engineer in Pennsylvania since 2013 and has a BS degree in civil engineering from Villanova University.
Andrew R. Blystra, P.E., Associate Engineer, GENTERRA Consultants, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Matthew Brener, P.E., Engineer and Project Manager, Brownfield Redevelopment Solutions (BRS), Inc., Camden, NJ
N. Catherine Bazán-Arias, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, Senior Staff Engineer, DiGioia, Gray & Associates, LLC, Monroeville, PA
Thomas E. Lawson, P.E., P.L.S., Executive Vice President of Client Development and Quality, Borton-Lawson, Bethlehem, PA
Michael Imgrund, Student, Civil Engineering Technology, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, PA

Parks & Recreation

Jack Raudenbush, Vice President, Raudenbush Engineering, Harrisburg, PA
Jack Raudenbush graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1987. Since then, he has worked for Raudenbush Engineering, Gannett Fleming, SAIC and WBCM. In 1999, he helped found Raudenbush Engineering Inc. and currently works as their Vice President.  Raudenbush Engineering has 40 professionals and provides all civil engineering disciplines including Site Planning, Surveying, Structural Engineering, Bridge and Highway Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering.  Raudenbush has been an ASCE member since 1985 and currently serves as Region 2 Governor.  Raudenbush has worked extensively with the Central Pennsylvania Section of ASCE. He has served as President, Vice President, and Secretary for the Section. Raudenbush began his volunteerism with ASCE as a member of Penn State’s student chapter, even serving as Concrete Canoe team leader.  In addition to his work with ASCE, Raudenbush works with the Penn State Capital Campus Civil Engineering Advisory Board and is Chairman of the Greater Middletown Economic Development Corporation.

Ports

Roy. E. Denmark, Jr., Vice President and Director of Ports, Waterways and Environmental Services Division, Urban Engineers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Roy Denmark is Vice President and Director, Ports, Waterways and Environmental Services Division at Urban Engineers, Inc, a position he has held since 2011.  Prior to joining Urban Engineers, Mr. Denmark retired from a 37 year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region III.  Positions held during his 30 years at the Corps included Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Project Management and Chief, Operations Division.  In those positions Mr. Denmark was responsible for the operation and maintenance of numerous Federal navigation channels including the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers in Pennsylvania and the Christina River (Port of Wilmington) and Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in Delaware and Maryland.  He also served as the Philadelphia District’s lead in the development and implementation of the $330 million Delaware River Deepening Main Channel Deepening Project, including its initial construction in 2010.  Mr. Denmark is the President of the Society of American Military Engineers, Philadelphia Post, the President of the Seamen’s Church Institute of Philadelphia and South Jersey Board of Directors, a member of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and a member of the Mariners Advisory Committee for the Bay and River Delaware. 
Michael G. Wagner, P.E., Vice President and Ports and Waterways Practice Leader, Urban Engineers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Michael S. Scott, P.E., Director of Engineering, Chief Engineer, Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, Philadelphia, PA

Rail

Christopher Menna, P.E., F. ASCE, Assistant Manager of Structures, City of Philadelphia Streets Department
Over the last 25 years, Christopher Menna has developed a broad range of experience and expertise in civil engineering – managing bridge, highway, railroad, and other infrastructure-related projects. For the Bridge Section of Philadelphia’s Engineering and Surveys Division, he is currently responsible for managing the bridge rating program for 160 structures and supervising four design projects with an estimated value of $30 million. Previously, Christopher held positions with organizations such as Gannett Fleming, Kaufman Construction Company and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. A current Region 2 Director of ASCE and Secretary for the Engineer’s Club of Philadelphia, Mr. Menna has civil engineering experience in design, planning, estimating, bidding, surveying, scheduling and project management. He was also the recipient of three national engineering awards: ASCE’s Zone I Citizen Engineer Award (2001), ASCE’s Zone I Young Government Civil Engineer Award (2004), and ASCE’s Edmund Friedman Young Engineer for Professional Achievement (2007).  An avid model railroader since childhood, Chris has over 35 years of experience in modeling, as well as train and train infrastructure history, and operations.  He has been part of the PA Report Card team since its inception in 2005, leading the 2006 Rail and Transit Categories, as well as the 2010 Rail Update.
Briana Earle, EIT, AM, ASCE, Staff Engineer, Langan Engineering, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

Roads

Ryan T. Whitmore, P.E., Project Manager, Chester Valley Engineers, Inc
Ryan is a licensed engineer in the state of Pennsylvania with a broad range of experience in civil engineering.  His areas of expertise include Land Development, Roadway, Water Resource, and Hydraulic and Hydrologic engineering design. Over the last 10 years, Ryan has facilitated the design for bridge, highway, railroad, land development and other infrastructure-related projects, such as I-476 in Montgomery County, Pa and US-13 in Bristol, PA. As a project manager at Chester Valley Engineers, Inc., based in Paoli, PA, he manages projects up to 50-acres in size and $15MM, for various residential, commercial and institutional developers.  Previously, he held positions as a Project Engineer at URS Corporation and D.L. Howell & Associates. Through Engineers without Borders, Ryan mentored University of Pennsylvania and high school students and assisted in their construction of low-impact green infrastructure projects.
Jeff Hans, Associate Vice President - Transportation Program Manager (PA/WV), HDR, Pittsburgh, PA
Jack Diviney, Senior Vice President, Gannett Fleming, Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Miller, P.E., Consulting Engineer, Hummelstown, PA
Pete Terry, President, Benchmark Civil Engineering Services, Inc., Allentown, PA
Bill MacNair, Consulting Engineer, Bill MacNair Consulting, LLC, Allentown, PA

Schools

Gregory F. Scott, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Buchart Horn, Inc.
Over the past 21 years, Gregory Scott has managed the design and construction of civil municipal, water and wastewater projects for communities throughout western Pennsylvania. Employed by Buchart Horn, Inc., he participates in comprehensive facilities planning; coordinates design of collection, transmission, storage, distribution and treatment systems; implements combined sewer overflow programs; and manages all phases of civil municipal, water and wastewater construction for his clients. A former chairman of the ASCE Pittsburgh Chapter of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Past President of the ASCE Pittsburgh Section, and past ASCE Region 2 Governor.  In 2005 he received the Section’s Young Civil Engineer of the Year award and in 2008 the Section’s Civil Engineer of the Year award. A registered Professional Engineer, Mr. Scott earned his BS in Environmental Engineering Technology from Penn State University and his MS in Civil Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.

Solid Waste

David G. Minnear, P.E., Project Manager, L.R. Kimball, Ebensburg, PA
Dave Minnear has been working as a Consulting Engineer for over 35 years, in a wide variety of infrastructure niches, with special emphasis on Solid Waste Management, Landfill Design and Permitting, Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Regional Stormwater Management, and the Design/Assessment/Inspection of Dams.  In this capacity, he has been involved in all aspects of infrastructure development, from Regional Planning to Facility Design and Construction Oversight.  After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Civil Engineering, his initial experience began at Dewberry and Davis, preparing Flood Insurance Studies under a contract with FEMA.  Since joining the firm of L. Robert Kimball and Associates, Inc.  (currently L.R. Kimball), his focus has been on waste management and water resources infrastructure assessment, design, permitting and construction quality assurance.  He obtained his Pennsylvania Professional Engineering Registration in 1983, and is currently registered in 7 states.
Don Berman, P.E., retired environmental engineer and planner, Sewickley, PA
Joanne Shafer, Deputy Director/Recycling Coordinator, Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Bellefonte, PA
Kris Howdyshell, Executive Director, Cambria County Solid Waste Authority, Ebensburg, PA
Ann M. Tomalavage, P.E., PMP, LEED AP, President, Malarkey Consulting, Inc., Pottstown, PA

Stormwater

Mark D. Bowen, P.E., C.F.M., Senior Ecological Engineer, Kleinschmidt Associates, Strasburg, PA
Mark Bowen has over 17-years of engineering experience and more than 20 years of construction experience prior to receiving his engineering degree. His career focus is on water resource engineering, green stormwater management, and stormwater regulatory improvement. Mr. Bowen’s extensive stormwater engineering expertise includes the development of three cutting-edge approaches to green stormwater management, evapotranspiration wetlands, retentive stormwater in forests, and a method for the analysis of green roofs. Developing these Best Management Practices (BMPs) is in addition to years of work on stormwater regulations. Mr. Bowen was involved in the implementation of the Stormwater Design Regulations and Pennsylvania’s 2006 stormwater manual.  Mr. Bowen chairs a public-private partnership of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) staff, university professors, and engineers devoted to bringing better science to stormwater management, known as the Pennsylvania Stormwater Technical Workgroup (PaSTW). Mr. Bowen is the Managing Editor for the PaSTW committee rewriting the Pennsylvania stormwater management manual due out in 2014. Mr. Bowen has written and published several articles on stormwater management. His teaching credentials include teaching stormwater management to PADEP staff and conservation districts statewide and as an Adjunct professor at DELTECH.

Transit

Sofia M. Vidalis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology at Penn State Harrisburg. Her expertise is in quality assurance in pavement construction and materials, specifications and construction variability of pavement materials, transportation planning and operations, and construction management. Areas of teaching include: construction planning and scheduling, Building Information Modeling, graphic communications, construction estimating, and construction management. She earned her Ph.D., master's, and bachelor's in civil engineering from the University of Florida. Dr. Vidalis had previously worked at Florida Design Consultants as a transportation engineer. She is also an active member of ASCE and ASEE.
Gregory F. Scott, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Buchart Horn, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Little, EIT, Environmental Engineer, Buchart Horn, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

Wastewater

Gregory F. Scott, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Buchart Horn, Inc.
Over the past 21 years, Gregory Scott has managed the design and construction of civil municipal, water and wastewater projects for communities throughout western Pennsylvania. Employed by Buchart Horn, Inc., he participates in comprehensive facilities planning; coordinates design of collection, transmission, storage, distribution and treatment systems; implements combined sewer overflow programs; and manages all phases of civil municipal, water and wastewater construction for his clients. A former chairman of the ASCE Pittsburgh Chapter of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Past President of the ASCE Pittsburgh Section, and past ASCE Region 2 Governor.  In 2005 he received the Section’s Young Civil Engineer of the Year award and in 2008 the Section’s Civil Engineer of the Year award. A registered Professional Engineer, Mr. Scott earned his BS in Environmental Engineering Technology from Penn State University and his MS in Civil Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Angelo Waters, P.E., LEED AP, Practice Leader, Environmental Services, Urban Engineers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Sean A. Stephens, Civil Engineering Technician, The EADS Group, Altoona, PA
Gwen DiPietro, Doctoral candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

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