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president and
Craig Watts,
PE,
of MKK
Consulting
Engineers,
will serve as
secretary/
treasurer.
Immedi-
ate Past
President
Marvinetta
Hartwig, PE,
of Hartwig &
Associates, a subsidiary of
Stanley Consultants Inc., will
continue board service.
Directors newly elected to
ACEC Colorado’s board are:
North Director Forbes Guthrie
of Stewart Environmental Con-
sultants; Metro Director
Wil-
liam Green, PE,
of The RMH
Group Inc.; Metro Director
Dave DiFulvio, PLS,
of Farn-
sworth Group; and National
Director
R. Gregory Roush,
PE,
of Leonard Rice Engineers
Inc., who also will serve on
the national ACEC board of
directors.
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Monroe & Newell Engineers
Inc.
announced the following
staff additions:
Will Gillis, PE,
project engineer;
Kyle Jack-
son,
engineer;
Sheri Nichols,
PE,
project engineer; and
Cheryl Huffman,
AutoCAD
operator.
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Alex Buecking
joined
JLL’s
Capital markets platform in
Denver.
Buecking will work under
the direction of David Wil-
liams, leader of JLL’s Multi-
family Capital Markets, and
partner with investment sales
experts Pat Stucker and Ray
White to grow the firm’s mul-
tifamily expertise in the region.
Buecking will focus on debt
and equity placement for mul-
tifamily properties, including
market-rate properties, afford-
able housing and student hous-
ing.
Buecking holds 17 years of
commercial real estate experi-
ence and joins the firm from
KeyBank Real Estate Capital,
where he originated nearly
$600 million in loans from
agencies, FHA and life compa-
nies over the past few years.
He earned his bachelor’s
degree in finance from South-
ern Methodist University.
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Kristin Decker
joined law
firm
Moye White LLP’s
Real
Estate Section
as special
counsel.
Decker’s
practice
focuses on
land plan-
ning, zoning,
real estate
and other
land use-
related issues
as well as local government
law.
From 2003 to 2016, Decker
was a senior assistant county
attorney-land use specialist for
the Douglas County Attorney's
Office. In that capacity, she
worked extensively with the
Office of Community Develop-
ment and advised the board
of county commissioners on
issues related to planning,
zoning and subdivision. Her
duties included advising on
the creation and revision of
land use regulations and ordi-
nances, subdivision improve-
ment agreements, development
agreements, easements and
licenses, and providing repre-
sentation to the planning com-
mission and board of county
commissioners during public
hearings. Decker also served
as legal adviser to the county's
Division of Open Space on
the acquisition of open space
properties and negotiation of
conservation easements.
Prior to that, Decker was in
private practice representing
special districts. She began her
legal career as assistant county
attorney for Adams County in
the real estate/land use areas.
She is a graduate of the
Chicago-Kent College of Law-
IIT, where she earned her Juris
Doctor with Honors.
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Jordan Wiswell
joined
Coan,
Payton & Payne LLC.
He will
be located in the law firm’s
Greeley office.
Wiswell’s legal practice
focuses on
all areas of
real estate,
business
and banking
litigation,
including
creditors'
rights, equi-
table subro-
gation issues,
judicial
foreclosures, business and cor-
porate disputes, insurance cov-
erage and all real estate-related
litigation.
Before joining the firm,
Wiswell served as a law clerk
for Judge Todd Taylor in Weld
County. Prior to moving to Fort
Collins, he worked as a law
clerk for the Connecticut Supe-
rior Court and Alaska Supe-
rior Court. In these positions,
Wiswell had the opportunity
to work on multimillion-dollar
oil and gas disputes, complex
real estate litigation and a large
variety of breach of contract
cases.
Wiswell is a 2011 graduate
with honors from the Univer-
sity of Tulsa College of Law.
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Gene Hodge
was promoted
to vice president, project devel-
opment, for
Mortenson’s
Den-
ver Operating Group.
Since joining the construction
and development company
in 2005, Hodge has provided
leadership for projects in Seat-
tle, for Mortenson’s National
Sports Group and most recent-
ly in Colora-
do, where he
is principal-
in-charge
for the Ster-
ling Ranch
development
in Douglas
County.
In his vice
president
role, Hodge
will continue to lead efforts
in project development for
Mortenson as well as serving
as principal-in-charge for select
projects.
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Norris Design
promoted
three employees in its Denver
office.
Joe Williams, Shelby
Lueckenotto
and
Emily Cox
were promoted to project man-
agers.
Williams is a landscape archi-
tect who joined the firm in 2014
after graduating from Colorado
State University. His current
workload consists of highly
diverse projects such as mixed-
use communities, multifamily
niche spaces and outdoor expe-
riences for recreation centers.
In his new role, Williams will
mentor entry-level designers
and advance his project man-
agement focus.
Lueckenotto is a graphic
designer who also joined the
company in 2014 after graduat-
ing from Kansas State Univer-
sity. She’s currently developing
brand identity, signage and
wayfinding elements for sever-
al Norris Design projects such
as Trails Edge, Vantage and
Thorncreek Pavilions. Lueck-
enotto also assists the market-
ing team with brand develop-
ment and special projects.
Cox is a marketing coordina-
tor at the firm and handles a
variety of tasks for all six Nor-
ris Design office locations. She
is responsible for preparing
qualifications and proposal
packages as well as develop-
ing both public relations and
company collateral. Cox also
manages the company’s social
media accounts and strategi-
cally guides marketing staff
across all offices.
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Two brokers recently joined
Fuller Real Estate.
Bob Ambrosius
focuses pri-
marily on the southeast suburban
market and
has played a
major role in
leasing the
Denver Tech
Center, Green-
wood Plaza,
Inverness,
Panorama
Park and
Merid-
ian business
parks. He also has worked in the
downtown Denver market.
Lee Groom
also joined the
firm. Groom has been engaged
in land development, real estate
investment sales, and lease /
purchase/build-to-suit negotia-
tions for office
and indus-
trial clients in
metro Denver
for nearly
30 years. He
began his real
estate career
with L.C.
Fulenwider.
He was a
co-founder
of Corporate Real Estate Advi-
sors in 1991 and spent the next 25
years there focusing on office and
industrial leases, acquisitions and
build-to-suit transactions.
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Don Dethlefs,
CEO of Sink
Combs Dethlefs, was one of 50
individuals recognized as the
most influen-
tial national
leaders in
sports facility
design and
construction
by the
Sports-
Business
Journal.
He has lived
and practiced
architecture in
Denver his entire career and since
1982 has been involved in the
design of more than 50 arena and
event centers.
Some of his most recognizable
work includes the Chesapeake
EnergyArena, home to the Okla-
homa City Thunder, and the MTS
Centre, home to the Winnipeg
Jets. Locally the firm has been
involved in numerous facilities,
including the historic Red Rocks
Amphitheatre Visitors Center,
the 1stBank Center and ongoing
renovations to the Pepsi Center.
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Two newmarketing coordina-
tors joined
W.E. O’Neil Construc-
tion Company of Colorado.
Becca Collinson
joined the
firm fromPrologis. She is a 2012
graduate of Colorado State Uni-
versity with a
degree in busi-
ness admin-
istration,
concentrating
in real estate
and financial
analysis with
a certificate in
marketing.
Collinson
has five
years of marketing experience
in increasingly responsible roles
within Prologis and from her
start in a marketing role with a
residential property management
company. In her most recent posi-
tion, she managed special events,
developed and disseminated
marketing materials and localized
global ad campaigns.
Taylor Powers
joined the com-
pany fromEaster Seals Colorado.
Powers spent three years at Easter
Seals, having started her career as
an intern.
In her most recent position,
she facilitated presentations,
developed and disseminated
marketing materials and assisted
in special events. She has a bach-
elor’s degree
in marketing
and Spanish,
concentrat-
ing on public
relations/
advertising,
fromHastings
College. Cur-
rently, Powers
is pursuing
her Master of
BusinessAdministration at the
University of Denver.
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GH Phipps Construction Cos.
hired three new employees who
bring extensive experience in the
construction industry.
The firm
named
Mark
Arnold
the
operations
manager for
the Northern
Colorado mar-
ket. Based in
Fort Collins,
he will be pur-
suing business
development
opportunities, focusing on health
care, higher education/K-12,
private development and com-
mercial construction. Arnold
comes to the firmwith 35 years
of experience in the construction
industry. He earned a degree in
construction management from
the University of Nebraska.
Randy Bennett
has joined the
company as a general superinten-
dent, bringing
more than
38 years of
experience
with him. His
significant
commercial,
civic, health
care and resi-
dential work
includes the
Ellie Caulkins
Opera House and the Temple
Buell Theatre, the Ritz-Carlton
Residences in Vail, numerous
projects in Snowmass Village
(including the Viceroy Hotel) and
the new 250 Columbine mixed-
use development in Cherry Creek
North. Bennett is based in Phipps’
Denver office.
Louis Primak
joined as opera-
tions manager,
based in the
Denver office.
He has more
than 30 years
of construc-
tion experi-
ence and has
worked on
major hospi-
tality, casino/
gaming, insti-
tutional, civic, sports/recreation,
transportation and office proj-
ects. His newDenver buildings
include 16M, an office/residential
project at 16th andMarket streets,
and 17W, a residential/retail
building at 17th andWewatta
streets. Primak earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in building
construction from Arizona
State University.
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Elizabeth Stolfus
Kristin Decker
Jordan Wiswell
Gene Hodge
Bob Ambrosius
Lee Groom
Don Dethlefs
Becca Collinson
Taylor Powers
Mark Arnold
Randy Bennett
Louis Primak
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