George Holback, Cho Benn Holback + Associates principal and co-founder, retired on Nov. 1. Holback practiced throughout the MidAtlantic region for 35 years. In 1979, he helped found the Baltimore-based firm, which was acquired by Quinn Evans Architects in May. Holback led design teams on projects such as Baltimore’s American Brewery renovation, which transformed an 1887 industrial building into a community training center and corporate headquarters. He also led design efforts to renovate a 1914 building, near Union Station in Washington, D.C., for the National Postal Museum. He also helped to convert Baltimore’s historic Mercantile Bank building into the Chesapeake Shakespeare Theater. Holback has served as a leader and volunteer with the Neighborhood Design Center, which assists underserved communities in Baltimore and Prince George’s County, Md.

Fairfax, Va.-based Dewberry hiredElese Adele Roger作为IT和技术执行总监。此前，罗杰（Roger）是迈克尔·贝克国际（Michael Baker International）的执行副总裁CIO。

Philadelphia-based structural engineering firm Keast & Hood promotedJohn R. Davis,Denise L. RichardsandCraig D. Swift向校长。戴维斯（Davis）管理着费城杰斐逊新利18备用网址大学（Jefferson University）的美国革命博物馆和阿伦幽灵中心等项目。Richards, the firm’s first female principal, has managed the Statue of Liberty National Monument life-safety upgrades and is leading the 1.5-million-sq-ft Fashion District Philadelphia mixed-use complex, scheduled for completion in 2018. Swift opened and, since 2015, has led the firm’s Charlottesville, Va., office. A seismic design expert, Swift has led projects for the University of Virginia, Virginia Military Institute and the Fort Monroe Visitor Center.

WSP USA namedGary Hamiltonsenior vice president and health-care leader in its Arlington, Va., buildings practice. A published author in the health-care industry, Hamilton was elevated in 2015 to the senior status of the American Society of Healthcare Engineers. Before joining WSP, he was SmithGroup-JJR’s national engineering health-care leader.

WSP USA also namedJodie Misiakservice area manager, strategic initiatives for alternative-delivery advisory services. Misiak will develop opportunities for new advisory business in infrastructure asset assessment, development, valuation and acquisition. Misiak previously worked for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Build America Bureau. She also has been director of the Maryland Dept. of Transportation’s office of innovative project delivery.

约翰·尼科尔森was promoted to the lead position at the civil technical excellence center in WSP’s Pittsburgh office.

Diana Mendes，HNTB Corp.中期大西洋部总裁，运输轨实践负责人兼高级副总裁，被任命为美国公共交通协会（APTA）立法委员会主席。此外，她被任命为APTA执行委员会。

Mendes is the first legislative committee chair from a private-sector firm in APTA’s 135-year history. The committee is responsible for developing consensus recommendations about federal legislative activity.