Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has announced that Mary Buckley will serve as the city's new director of business development and Peter Park has been hired as the director of planning.

Buckley previously held economic development-related appointments in three state governments - manager of the Economic Development Division for former Texas Comptroller John Sharp; director of planning for former Mississippi Gov. Ray Maybus; and special assistant to the executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment for former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm.

Park has two decades of experience in planning, architecture and urban design. Since 1995, he has served as Milwaukee's city planning director. Previously, Park spent eight years with the Milwaukee-based Planning and Design Institute Inc., where he served as an associate and vice president; two years as an outreach specialist for Johnson Controls Institute for Environmental Quality in Architecture, and two years as a designer with Boston-based Stephen L. Faulk & Associates.

Philip H. Goedert, AIA, RNL Design's chairman of the board, has retired. Earlier this year, RNL's leadership transitioned into its third generation with H. Joshua Gould, AIA, being named chief executive officer and Richard von Luhrte, FAIA, as president.

Goedert became CEO and president in 1989 and had been a member of RNL's board of directors since 1978. Holding every position in the company, Goedert joined RNL in July 1967 as an intern and has served as one of the firm's eight principals for more than 25 years.

Orville Hinerman has been promoted to vice president at The Weitz Co. in Colorado.
Hinerman has been a construction manager in the Colorado division of The Weitz Co. since 2001. He joined the company as a project engineer in 1985. Recent projects that Hinerman has worked on include Denver Options, Quizno's Subs Corporate Headquarters, DeVry University and the third floor addition at St. Anthony North Hospital. He is a registered engineer-in-training in Colorado.

Dr. Purushottam Dass, PE, has been hired by Stantec as the manager of its water resources group.

Dass is a water resource engineer who has worked in both the public and private sectors. He has broad experience in varying kinds of projects involving surface water, ground water and water quality. He is uniquely qualified in areas of Colorado water rights, drainage, flood control and sedimentation engineering.

David White, senior vice president at Swinerton Builders, has been named a LEED™-accredited professional by the U.S. Green Building Council. White, manager of Swinerton's Denver division, joins senior estimator Greg Borst and 15 other Swinerton employees across the country with the certification. More than 200 employees have taken "green" training courses.

JG Johnson Architects has announced a promotion and the addition of four new members to its staff.

Brad Bull, AIA, who has been with the firm for more than seven years, was recently promoted to associate principal. A licensed architect in Colorado, Bull will manage the firm's operations and manpower.

Stacy Stout joins the firm as its marketing manager. Stout has a degree in international business and previously worked for a local marketing firm as a marketing strategist.

Eric McNeal joined the firm as an intern architect and is a LEED 2.0-accredited professional. McNeal has more than four years of experience in the architectural industry.

Matthew Bayless joins JGJA as an architectural intern with three years of experience in the industry, specifically in progressive multifamily projects.

Jody Castillo, a recently licensed architect, comes to JGJA with more than 10 years of experience.

Nancy K. White, PE, has joined Denver's Gordon, Gumeson and Associates as a senior electrical engineer. White is a registered professional engineer with more than 15 years of experience designing electrical systems for health care, laboratory, educational and institutional facilities.

Meurer & Associates has announced the addition of two new employees to the firm.
Sarah Levy has been hired as an engineering assistant. She joins Meurer & Associates after having worked with the U.S. Census Bureau in Washington D.C. as a mathematical statistician performing data analysis and statistical programming.

Erin M. Bradley comes to Meurer & Associates as its new marketing coordinator.
Bradley previously worked in the hotel and real estate industry, doing advertising and promotional marketing.

Deborah Schindler has joined CLC Associates as director of marketing. She will oversee the marketing and business development activities of the firm's three offices in Denver, Salt Lake City and Spokane, as well as the marketing activities of a new Phoenix office scheduled to open in early 2004. Schindler has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and business development, specifically in the built environment. Her background includes working for local, regional and national engineering and architectural firms as well as a real estate development company.

Jill S. Tietjen, PE, has joined management consulting and engineering firm R.W. Beck's Denver office as a senior management consultant. She has 27 years of experience in electric utility and related planning processes and analyses, primarily in the areas of generation, transmission and fuels. An experienced expert witness, Tietjen focuses on electric utility industry generation and transmission planning and policy, rate and fuel issues.

Quality Electric Inc. has announced that Gary Fallico has been promoted to senior project manager and the addition of Carl Miller and industry veteran Ron Hollenbeck to its preconstruction services department.

Fallico joined QEI in 1999 and has more than 34 years of experience in the electrical contracting industry, including 12 years as a self-employed electrical contractor and 25 years of project management experience. He holds a Colorado journeyman electrician license and a Colorado master electrician license.

Miller has nine years of experience in the electrical industry, including six as an estimator. He holds a Kentucky journeyman electrician license and has worked on projects up to $5 million.

During Hollenbeck's career in the electrical industry, he has worked for 23 years as an estimator and 10 years as a project manager. He has worked on projects up to $15 million.

Steven B. Grueber has been named vice president of architecture at Merrick & Co. Grueber is a licensed architect with more than 30 years of professional design experience. He has been with Merrick for 15 years, serving as senior design architect for all projects completed by the Denver office. As vice president of architecture, Grueber will oversee all of Merrick's architectural design efforts throughout the United States.

Brad Andersen has been promoted to vice president for Merrick & Co.'s buildings and infrastructure operations. Andersen is a licensed architect with more than 24 years of professional design experience. During his 14 years at Merrick, Andersen has served as senior project manager for Merrick's laboratory and biocontainment design efforts.
As vice president for buildings and infrastructure operations, Andersen is responsible for a staff of more than 85 design professionals Aurora, Atlanta and Albuquerque.

Mark Rudiger, a lighting designer with The RMH Group, recently passed his LEED TM accreditation examination and is now a LEED-accredited professional. Rudiger's designs have long focused on sustainability, frequently incorporating energy-efficient lighting, photocell controls, occupancy sensors and daylighting.

Olsson Associates has added new employees to its technical staff.

Clay Morris, an assistant civil engineer, has transferred from the Olsson Associates office in Kansas City to the Denver office. Morris has worked with OA for approximately three years. His experience includes residential and commercial site design.

Scott Martin comes to Olsson Associates with eight years of experience. His experience includes preparation of construction plans for roadways, structures, utilities and water resource projects.

Joe Cathelyn, brings seven years of technical experience to OA, including construction drawings and commercial and residential site development plans. Cathelyn also has experience in completing survey plats, topographic surveys and ALTA surveys.

Andy Zimmerman is currently a student at Colorado School of Mines. Zimmerman is majoring in civil engineering. He is currently working as a student intern on the civil engineering team.

Richard G. Weingardt, CEO and chairman of Richard Weingardt Consultants Inc. of Denver, has been elected into the Colorado segment of the Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology. He was selected based on his professional achievements demonstrated through his successful company, his efforts in publicly advocating the importance of the engineering profession and his contributions to the general welfare of society.

The announcement was made by Dr. I.S. Tuba, executive director of the International Technology Institute, which acts as the secretariat to HOFEST.

Weingardt was also selected to receive the Walter J. Zable Medal, one of ITI's top awards for "Excellence in Technology."

Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. has announced the addition of two new staff members:
Robert (Bob) Jones, PE, is a project manager with extensive experience in airport improvement projects for general aviation, air carrier and cargo airports. His responsibilities include overall management of engineering design and construction projects. He is based in the SEH Westminster office.

George Walton, PE, is a senior engineer with 15 years of experience in highway design, highway construction and environmental documentation of transportation projects. He has managed and delivered numerous preliminary engineering packages for urban and rural roadway projects. Walton has conducted environmental studies; developed context-sensitive highway design criteria for roads through national parks; and managed designs for large-scale design-build contracts. He is currently based in SEH's Cheyenne office.