Professional Firms Employee News T.Y. Lin International Announces Newly Licensed Professional Engineer T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm recognize its newest professional engineer. Daniel O. Keiffer, PE, LEED GA recently passed the professional engineers licensing exam. Mr. Keiffer has eight years of experience focused on HVAC and plumbing projects for both public and private sector clients. His current and recent projects include the renovation of the Genesee Valley Park Pool and Ice Rink Building for the City of Rochester, the design of St. John Fisher College’s Facilities Maintenance Buildings, and various .projects for McDonald’s Corporation and ITT Exelis. q
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Cornerstone Environmental Group Hires Christopher W. Fitzpatrick, EIT has recently joined the firm as a project engineer. Chris comes from Troy Construction where he worked as a project engineer on pipeline projects in Pennsylvania. Chris graduated from the University of Buffalo with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. He is currently involved in several stormwater management projects and is supporting the Solid Waste and Landfill Engineering Group. q
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Ronald Foley Joins GPI and Jessica Boudreau Earns Her PE License Ronald F. Foley has joined GreenmanPedersen, Inc. (GPI), an engineering and construction services firm, as a municipal and parks and recreation liaison in its Buffalo and Babylon, NY offices.
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In his new position, Mr. Foley will provide senior project management and supervision of its municipal and parks-related projects. He will be assisting GPI clients in the areas of community development, public park enhancements, environmental protection, and emergency preparation and response services.
Holding key government positions in various regions throughout New York State during his career, Mr. Foley recently retired as regional director of the Long Island Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. In this position, he was responsible for the management and administration of 25 state parks including Atlantic Ocean beaches at Jones Beach and Robert Moses, administering several golf courses including Bethpage State Park, host of two U.S. Opens and the Barclays tournament; park preserves with environmental education programs, campground facilities; arboretums; and several other state parks. He also previously served as the agency’s executive deputy commissioner and the regional director of the Genesee Region in the Rochester area. Prior to his New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation positions, Mr. Foley also served as Suffolk County’s commissioner of parks, recreation and conservation from 2004 through 2007. He also served as the deputy commissioner of the Department of Public Works managing the street maintenance professional firms employee news
program and a recreation program that included two swimming pools, an 18-hole golf course, and several parks; as well as deputy budget director and the mayor’s chief of staff in the City of Troy, NY between 1998 and 2004. Earlier in his career, after his service in the U.S. Air Force as a Staff Sergeant from 1969 to 1973, Mr. Foley owned and operated several small businesses, including a hardware store and a solid waste disposal company. Until 1983, he was the elected town supervisor of the Town of Belfast after serving as town justice and town council member, and served on the Allegany County Traffic Safety Committee. Mr. Foley was the recipient of the State Parks Huttleston Executive Award in 1989 and 2013. He earned a bachelor of science degree in public administration in 1987 from SUNY Empire State College. He and his wife Suzanne currently reside between Long Island Town, NY and Wellsville, NY.
Jessica Boudreau, PE
Greenman-Pederson also announced that Jessica Boudreau has successfully fulled the New York state Education Department's education, experience and testing requirements for licensing as a Professional Engineer. Ms. Boudreau holds a BS in civil engineering (2009) from the University of Buffalo. She has extensive experience in site design including hydrologic, hydraulic, sanitary, and structural designs as well as being an assistant team leader for the New York State Department of Transportation's Biennial and Interim Bridge Inspection Program. q
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