Diana Clonch
Crystal Donner, P.E.
Owner DW Clonch, LLC Columbus, Ohio
President/CEO Perteet Inc. Everett, Washington
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iana Clonch is the owner of DW Clonch, LLC, Columbus, Ohio, where she specializes in management, operations, pavement maintenance, and snow and ice control training; assists with review and evaluation of existing processes, procedures, and policies as related to best practices and implementation of new technology; provides training for managers and staff to understand all aspects of snow and ice control within winter operations; assists with contract review, development and administration for products and services associated with snow and ice control; and provides contract management services for all phases of public works and winter maintenance-related projects and contracts. Prior to founding DW Clonch, LLC, she served as Maintenance Inspector with Franklin County, Ohio, Engineer’s Office and as Assistant Administrator, Maintenance Administration with the Ohio Department of Transportation.
rystal Donner has more than 20 years of experience at Perteet in the design and management of a wide variety of civil and transportation public infrastructure projects. She has held the positions of Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Division Leader, Principal, Executive Vice President, President/ CEO, and Chairman of the Board. In addition to management, business development, and supervisory duties, she also developed and implemented both the quality control initiative (PQAMP) and project delivery program (PDS) for the firm. As Perteet’s current president, Donner’s duties include oversight and leadership of 70-plus project managers, engineers, construction managers, technicians, interns, and support staff in four offices. She is known for her unique blend of technical expertise and people skills within the professional industry and the community she serves.
Clonch contributed to innovation for the District of Columbia’s Department of Public Works. The District worked with her over two winter seasons for snow plan review and assessment, including strategic planning, equipment recommendations, treatment selection and applications, as well as providing a variety of training sessions to complement the District’s established snow program, which is a multi-agency effort led by the Department of Public Works. Clonch helped prepare more than 500 employees for deployment with the snow program. She provided training sessions for operators at all levels, special sessions for zone captains and foremen, calibration training and leadership training. Thanks to her contribution, the District was able to launch a new “Non-Motorized Trails” unit to clear bike paths, ADA ramps at intersections, bridge deck sidewalks and bus shelters.
Donner has ensured that sustainability continues to be part of Perteet’s core purpose. She was a founding board member and past board chair of the Greenroads Foundation, a sustainability rating system for roadway design and construction. She participated in strategic planning, hosted trainings and meetings, and advocated for the system’s implementation. Donner assisted Steve Gorchester, Regional Director for the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB), in his efforts to include this sustainability rating system as a criterion for TIB grant funding. This endeavor was included in the revised TIB criteria.
During her tenure with the Ohio Department of Transportation, Clonch served as the liaison for the national pooled fund projects Clear Roads and Aurora promoting information sharing and collective research among peers in the winter maintenance community. Additionally, she provided direction and guidance for all state-supported and internal winter maintenance research influencing outcomes directly related to current innovative technology, communications and resource management for Ohio’s snow and ice removal program.
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Donner was instrumental in the decade-long effort to bring a four-year institution to Snohomish County. In 2012, Washington State University established a branch campus that began offering upper degree mechanical and electrical engineering programs to the Everett area. Prior to that, there was no existing four-year engineering program in Snohomish County. In 2015, the legislature awarded $95M to construct the first building on the Everett branch campus, and it opened in 2017. Donner’s positions with WSU include College of Environmental and Civil Engineering Advisory Board Member, Pullman, WA (2008-15) and WSU Everett, Advisory Board Member (2015-Present).