Internal Activities

Board of Directors

Function Chair Phone Email
Board of Directors John Nelson, Board Chair (630) 990-3800 jnelson@hanson-inc.com

Organization Affairs

Function Chair Phone Email
Organization Affairs Bruce Schopp, Board Chair-Elect (618) 345-2200

bruce.schopp@oatesassociates.com
Advisory Mark Harms, Past Board Chair (618) 624-6969

mharms@sciengineering.com
Long Range Plan Bruce Schopp, Board Chair-Elect (618) 345-2200

bruce.schopp@oatesassociates.com
Nominating John O’Neill, Past-Past Board Chair (312) 707-8770

john.oneill@mbakerintl.com
Professional Conduct Charles Craddock, Past Board Chair (217) 373-8900

chip.craddock@clarkdietz.com

Finances - Membership

Function Chair Phone Email
Finances - Membership Bruce Schopp, Secretary/Treasurer (618) 345-2200

bruce.schopp@oatesassociates.com
Executive Office Management John Nelson, Board Chair (630) 990-3800

jnelson@hanson-inc.com
Fellows Nominating Darcie Gabrisko, Past Board Chair (815) 744-4200

darcie.gabrisko@strand.com
Finance Bruce Schopp, Secretary/Treasurer (618) 345-2200

bruce.schopp@oatesassociates.com
Membership Review Mark Harms, Past Board Chair (618) 624-6969

mharms@sciengineering.com
Membership Recruitment Sasha Cadigan (217) 529-7430

sasha@acecil.org
Sponsorships John O’Neill, Committee Chair (312) 707-8770

john.oneill@mbakerintl.com

ACEC National Activities

Function Chair Phone Email
ACEC National Director Charles Craddock, Past Board Chair (217) 373-8900

chip.craddock@clarkdietz.com
ACEC Alternate National Director John Nelson, Board Chair (630) 990-3800

jnelson@hanson-inc.com
ACEC Exec Committee Liaison Kenneth Wm. Smith (985) 223-9248

kenneth.smith@tbsmith.com
ACECPAC

John Nelson, Board Chair

Bruce Schopp, Board Chair-Elect

(630) 990 3800

(618) 345-2200

jnelson@hanson-inc.com

bruce.schopp@oatesassociates.com

External Activities

Programs

Function Chair Phone Email
Programs contact Tanya Adams, Vice Board Chair (312) 803-6543

tanya.adams@wsp.com
Engineering Excellence Awards Tony Standish (815) 744-4200

tony.standish@strand.com
Regional Informational Luncheons Tom Smiles (312) 429-8314

tsmiles@epsteinglobal.com
Downstate Regional Informational Luncheons Scott Harding (618) 624-6969

sharding@sciengineering.com
Students Engaged in Engineering Tim Huff (630) 684-4410

timothy.huff@gza.com
Emerging Professionals

Rebecca Boyer

Jeremy Buening

Matt Baldwin

(618) 233-5877

(630) 443-7755

(217) 429-8800

bboyer@kaskaskiaeng.com

jbuening@chastainengineers.com

mbaldwin@wbkengineering.com
DBE / WBE / MBE Natalia Homedi (847) 753-8020

nhomedi@aegroupltd.com
Energy TBA    
Private Sector / Industrial Markets TBA    

Business Practices

Function Chair Phone Email
Business Practices Steve Donahue, Vice Board Chair (314) 531-4321

srdonahue@hornershifrin.com
Business Development Brian Umbright (312) 616-7495

brian.umbright@exp.com
Financial Management Mae Whiteside (773) 439-0519

mwhiteside@ckleng.com
Human Resources Kristy Allen (217) 787-8050

kallen@cmtengr.com
Information Technology Amar Rajpurkar (312) 930-9119

amar.rajpurkar@parsons.com
Risk Management

Paula Dixon

Jerry Payonk

(815) 459-1260

(217) 373-8945

pdixon@holmesmurphy.com

jerry.payonk@clarkdietz.com

Northern Agency Liaisons

Function Chair Phone Email
Northern Agency Liaisons Orhan Ulger, Vice Board Chair  

oiulger@2imgroup.com
City of Chicago Agencies Chad Hammerl (312) 612-7290

chad.hammerl@jacobs.com
Cook County Dept of Transp & Highways Rafael Herrera (312) 640-2800

rherrera@descotoinc.com
IDOT District One Stacie Dovalovsky (312) 466-8217

stacie.dovalovsky@clarkdietz.com
Illinois Tollway Mike Hannemann (630) 878-2928

mhannemann@bowmanconsulting.com
Metropolitan Water Reclamation Dist. Thomas Burke (847) 823-0520

tburke@cbbel.com
Public Transportation Harvind Singh (312) 629-8449

hkaur@singhinc.com
USACE/Chicago Steve McLaughlin (312) 465-7715

sjmclaughlin@burnsmcd.com

Central Agency Liaisons

Function Chair Phone Email
Central Agency Liaisons Bret Paden, Vice Board Chair (618) 632-7004

bret.paden@woolpert.com
CDB Liaison Tim Schroeder (217) 747-9434

tschroeder@hanson-inc.com
IDOT Aeronautics Randy Vogel (217) 787-8050

rvogel@cmtengr.com
IDOT Bridge Dan Lutz (618) 345-2200

dan.lutz@oatesassociates.com
IDOT District Eight Steve Donahue (314) 531-4321

srdonahue@hornershifrin.com
IDOT John Clark (847) 485-8069

john.clark@peralte-clark.com
IEPA/IDNR Kara Knuffman (217) 223-3670

kknuffman@klingner.com
USACE/Rock Island Darren Forgy (217) 605-0403

dforgy@prairieengineers.com