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Who’s News

Aurora Economic Develop-

ment Council

confirmed its

2017 board of directors.

The new officers are:

Jerome

Davis,

regional vice president,

Public Service Company of

Colorado, an

Xcel Energy

c o m p a n y ,

board chair;

Steve Cof-

fin

, manag-

ing principal,

GBSM Inc.,

board chair-

elect;

John

Moore

, prin-

cipal/director

of civil engineering, Martin/

Martin Consulting Engineers,

vice board chair;

Wayne Bar-

rett,

vice president, market

officer, ProLogis, board sec-

retary; and

David Patterson,

chief executive officer, Falek

Rocky Mountain, board trea-

surer.

Davis replaces Rita Con-

nerly, partner at Fairfield and

Woods PC, as the board chair.

At Public Service Company

of Colorado, Davis has execu-

tive leadership responsibility

for the management of com-

munity relations and economic

development as well as local

government affairs and over-

sees the managed accounts of

the company’s largest business

customers in Colorado.

Davis earned his bachelor’s

degree in finance and comput-

er information systems and a

Master of Business Adminis-

tration from Regis University.

He is also a Walter Kaitz Foun-

dation Fellow.

▲

Jim Ciesla

was named chief

executive officer of

Brinkman

Construction.

Ciesla has served as the com-

pany’s president for the past

six years and

was one of its

first employ-

ees.

This is a

new role spe-

cific to Brink-

man

Con-

struction. The

CEO position

was previous-

ly structured

over both the construction and

real estate groups and was held

by the companies’ co-founder,

Paul Brinkman. Brinkman will

remain in a significant leader-

ship role as chairman of the

board of directors for Brink-

man Construction. The struc-

ture allows for Ciesla to direct

a focused vision for the strategy

of the organization moving for-

ward.

Ciesla has more than 20 years

of construction experience

throughout Arizona and Col-

orado. He graduated summa

cum laude from Arizona State

University with a bachelor’s

degree in construction manage-

ment.

▲

Associated Builders and

Contractors Rocky Mountain

Chapter

presented a number

of awards at its annual Chapter

Awards dinner.

The following companies

and individuals were honored

with awards: Outstanding Ser-

vice by a New Member, Merit

Electric; Associate of the Year,

EKS&H LLP;

Supplier of the

Year,

Bobcat of the Rockies;

Subcontractor of the Year,

Mechanical Inc.;

General Con-

tractor of the Year,

Milender

White

; Special Service Award,

Trip DeMuth

, Faegre Baker

Daniels; President’s Award to

the

Government Affairs Com-

mittee

; Grassroots Champi-

on,

Shane Fobes

Milender

White;

Merit Shop Defender,

Milender White; Young Profes-

sional of the Year,

Liz Castro

EKS&H; and the ABCer of the

Year was awarded to

Marissa

Bolton

, Bobcat of the Rockies.

Prior to the awards program

was the installation of the 2017

board of directors.

Sworn in as executive com-

mittee members were: chair:

Jason Maxwell,

White Con-

struction Group; chair-elect:

Rob Marceau,

RK Mechanical

Inc.; treasurer:

Scott Oglesby

Bauerle & Company P.C.; sec-

retary:

Aaron Eide

, Flood and

Peterson; past chair:

Darren

Hinton,

Milender White.

Named directors were

Dane

Bechtholdt,

Douglass Colony

Group;

Marissa Bolton

, Bobcat

of the Rockies;

David Brooke,

Hensel Phelps;

Trip DeMuth,

Faegre Baker Daniels;

Paul

Giovannetti,

HITTContracting;

Brent Greiner,

Greiner Electric;

Mark Griffin

, Turner Construc-

tion Co.;

Rachael Koch

, Power

Management Systems & Sales

Inc.;

Scott Larson

, Encore Elec-

tric Inc.; and

John Luthi

, FCI

Constructors Inc.

▲

Peter Merrion

was hired as a

director in the Denver office of

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP.

Merrion will team up with

Mark Katz, senior managing

director and co-head of the

firm’s Denver office, to focus on

office investment sale transac-

tions in Denver and the Rocky

Mountain region.

Merrion joined the firm from

JLL, where

he was a vice

p r e s i d e n t

since 2013.

Prior to that

he held posi-

tions at J.F.

McKinney &

A s s o c i a t e s

and

Golub

& Company,

both in Chica-

go. Merrion has a Juris Doctor-

ate from Chicago Kent College

of Law in Chicago and a Bach-

elor of Arts from Ohio Wesleyan

University.

▲

Gary Degenhart, Dane Bech-

tholdt

and

Chris Faulkner

were

promoted by

Douglass Colony

Group.

Degenhart was promoted to

executive vice president-oper-

ations.

has extensive

knowledge of

the industry

and vast expe-

rience.

Bechtholdt

was

pro-

moted to vice

p r e s i d e n t -

N o r t h e r n

Division. In

his time at the

firm, Bech-

tholdt

has

been one of

the top, high-

pe r f ormi ng

sales repre-

sentatives and

manager of

the Northern

Division.

F a u l k n e r

was

pro-

moted to vice

p r e s i d e n t -

S o u t h e r n

Division. He

has familiar-

ity with and

management

of the South-

ern

Divi-

sion. As vice

p r e s i d e n t ,

Faulkner will continue to over-

see the Colorado Springs office

and its sales and operations.

▲

GE Johnson Construction Co.

hired

Ron McInroy

as project

development manager.

In this role, McInroy will sup-

Jerome Davis

Jim Ciesla

Gary Degenhart

Dane Bechtholdt

Chris Faulkner

Peter Merrion