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PRESIDENT
Troy Eisenbraun P.E.
Wilson & Company
1700 E Iron Ave
Salina KS 67402
785-827-0433
Fax: 785-827-5949
troy.eisenbraun@wilsonco.com |
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Troy
Eisenbraun
is a Vice President with Wilson & Company, Inc. and manager of the
transportation and civil engineering design group in the company’s Salina
office. He joined Wilson & Company in 1986 after spending more than 5 years
with the Kansas Department of Transportation. Wilson & Company is a
multi-discipline consulting firm with 14 offices in 8 states.
Along
with ACEC, Troy is a member the following professional organizations:
National Society of Professional Engineers, Kansas Society of Professional
Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He earned a B.S. in
Civil Engineering in 1980 from the South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology in Rapid City, South Dakota, and is a licensed professional
engineer in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. |
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PRESIDENT
ELECT
Sid Arpin P.E.
BG Consultants, Inc.
900 E 27th Avenue
Hutchinson KS 67502
620-665-3952
Fax: 620-665-6543
sid@bgcons.com
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Sid Arpin is a Vice
President of BG Consultants and serves as principal in charge of their
Hutchinson office. Sid started with BG Consultants while attending Kansas
State University, where he received his BS in Civil Engineering in 1977. He
worked in their Olathe office from 1981 to 1985, and has been in charge of
the Hutchinson office since 1985.
Sid is a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Public Works Association,
and has served as MATHCOUNTS coordinator at the chapter level for 25 years
in KSPE. He is currently president of the Hutchinson Rotary Club, serves on
the Hutchinson Landmarks Commission, and has served on the ACEC Membership
committee and the KCA/ACEC committee. Sid and his wife Emily have three
children, Hilary, Elliot, and James. |
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VICE PRESIDENT (2ND YEAR)
Forrest Erickson P.E.
Kleinfelder
7802 Barton St
Lenexa
KS 66214
913-962-0909
Fax: 913-962-0924
ferickson@kleinfelder.com |
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Forrest E. Erickson is a
Vice President with Kleinfelder, a nation wide consulting engineering firm
headquartered in San Diego, CA. Since joining Kleinfelder in 2002, he has
served as a Principal, Regional Manager, and currently a senior client
manager. Prior to 2002, Forrest was employed by HNTB and Terracon
Consultants before co-founding GeoSystems Engineering, Inc, in 1989. He
earned a BSCE in 1971 and an MSCE in 1975 from Kansas State University.
Forrest is licensed as a professional engineer in Kansas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Missouri.
In addition to ACEC, he
belongs to the American Society of Professional Engineers, National Society
of Professional Engineers, and the Kansas Society of Professional
Engineers. Forrest and his wife Karen have two daughters. |
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VICE PRESIDENT (2ND YEAR)
Kenneth Bengtson P.E.
MKEC Engineering
Consultants, Inc.
411 N Webb Rd
Wichita
KS 67206
316-684-9600
Fax: 316-684-5100
kbengtson@mkec.com |
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Kenneth Bengtson is
CEO and President of MKEC Engineering Consultants. He started the firm in
1982. The firm employs 190 people with offices in Kansas City, Oklahoma
City and Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Bengtson holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering
and B.S. in City Planning, both from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Along with membership in
ACEC, he is a member of National Society of Engineers, Construction
Specifications Institute, and Kansas Society of Land Surveyors. Besides
active participation in their church, mentoring public school students and
participating on local boards, he and his wife Connie enjoy spending time
with their children and grandchildren and traveling. |
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VICE PRESIDENT (1ST YEAR)
Timothy Ross P.E.
George Butler
Associates, Inc.
9801 Renner Blvd
Lenexa
KS 66219
913-492-0400
Fax: 913-577-8395
tross@gbateam.com |
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Tim Ross is a
Senior Vice President with George Butler Associates, Inc. and serves on the
firm’s Board of Directors. He heads up GBA’s Transportation Department,
which includes the Bridge, Highways and Streets, Traffic Engineering, and
Railroad Groups, and also oversees the firm’s Survey and Buildings
Structural Groups. Tim received a BS degree in civil engineering from the
University of Kansas in 1978 and joined GBA the same year. He is a graduate
of ACEC’s Senior Executive Institute Class XII.
Tim is an active member
of the American Public Works Association and serves as a Director of the
Kansas City Metro Chapter, the Transportation Engineers Association of
Missouri, Heart of America Road Gang, National Society of Professional
Engineers, and Kansas Society of Professional Engineers. He is also an
active volunteer in the Kansas City community, raising funds for Ronald
McDonald House of Kansas City and Animal Haven, a shelter for abandoned
pets. He is a member of the City of Roeland Park’s Board of Zoning Appeals.
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VICE PRESIDENT (1ST YEAR)
Mike Hess
HNTB Corporation
7450 W 130th St Ste 400
Overland Park, KS 66213
913-491-9333
Fax:913-491-9337
mhess@hntb.com |
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Mike Hess is a Vice
President with HNTB Corporation and serves as the Office Leader for the
Overland Park and Denver Offices which includes a combined staff of over 110
professionals. HNTB Corporation provides architectural, engineering, and
planning services from over 60 offices nationwide with a total staff of over
3,500.
In addition to ACEC, Mike
is an active member of the following professional organizations: National
Society of Professional Engineers, Kansas Society of Professional Engineers,
and the American Public Works Association. He has served on several
committees within these organizations.
He earned both a B.S. and
M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas and is a licensed
professional engineer in Kansas, Colorado, and Virginia. Mike and his wife
Kathleen have one daughter. |
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TREASURER
Tom Swenson
TranSystems
2400 Pershing Rd Ste 400
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-329-8600
Fax: 816-329-8601
tgswenson@transystems.com
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Tom
Swenson is a Principal and Senior
Vice President with TranSystems, a national transportation consulting firm
headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.
Tom
graduated from the University of Kansas in 1977 with a degree in civil
engineering. He began his professional career with the Kansas Department of
Transportation in what is now the Bureau of Transportation Safety and
Technology. In 1984 he joined Johnson, Brickell, Mulcahy and Associates, a
consulting firm now known as TranSystems. He is a licensed Professional
Engineer (PE) and a certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE).
With
ACEC of Kansas, Tom has served on the KDOT Liaison committee, chaired the
Partnering Conference in 2007, and been on the PAC Fundraising committee for
the past three years. He has also had the opportunity to help distribute
state PAC funds and assess proposed legislation for its impact on
engineering and our businesses.
Tom is
also active in the National Society of Professional Engineers, belonging to
both the Kansas and Missouri state organizations. He served as an officer
for the Missouri Western Chapter (President in 2003-2004) and chaired
MATHCOUNTS for 14 years. He belongs to the Institute of Transportation
Engineers and is active with the Missouri Valley Section, having served as
President in 1996 and currently serving as Section Administrator and
Historian.
Tom
was raised in Leawood, Kansas and currently resides in Overland Park. |
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PAST
PRESIDENT
Clinton Robinson P.E.
Black & Veatch
8400 Ward Pkwy
Kansas City MO 64114
913-458-3999
Fax 913-458-3100
robinsonco@bv.com
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Clinton Robinson
has been with Black & Veatch Corporation for 23 years. He is currently an
Associate Vice President and provides engineering studies, design and
construction related services in both North and South America. He has been
involved in over 50 water projects from Minnesota to Argentina.
Along with ACEC, his civic and community activities reflect a
great interest and passion for education and economic development. He is
serving in his second term as a Board Member for the Blue Valley School
District and is currently the President. He also served on the Johnson
County Planning Commission and serves on the Greater Kansas City Chamber of
Commerce Johnson County Business Leadership Council. Mr. Robinson also
serves on the Board of Directors of Youthfriends.
He was, literally, a born Jayhawk: his great grandfather was
one of the first three professors at the University of Kansas. Mr. Robinson
is a fourth-generation KU graduate as is his wife Britton. Naturally then,
his community involvement includes generous service to his alma mater,
including the Kansas City KU Alumni Association, the advisory board to KU’s
School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and served as a
Founding Member and Chair of the Recent Graduates Advisory Board.
Mr. Robinson has been married for twenty years and also
serves in one of our community’s most challenging capacities: as parent to 3
daughters: Kirsten, 16, Remington, 13, and Karryn, 6. |
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NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Michael Olson P.E.
Kirkham, Michael &
Associates, Inc.
PO Box 4
Ellsworth
KS 67439
785-472-3163
Fax: 785-472-3817
molson@kirkham.com |
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Mike
Olson is
the Vice President and Chief Operations Office for Kirkham Michael. Kirkham
Michael is a civil engineering firm with 7 offices in five states and nearly
150 employees. Mike joined Kirkham Michael in 1991 after working eight
years with the Iowa Department of Transportation. Mike is a graduate of
Iowa State University and is a licensed Professional engineer in Kansas,
Iowa, and Oklahoma.
Along
with ACEC, Mike is actively involved in his community, church, and
profession. He has served as the president of Ellsworth County Economic
Development Corporation and recently completed a term on the parish council
board. Mike and his wife, Dawn, have four children, Jacob, Alexandra,
Zachary, and Rebecca.
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EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Scott Heidner
American Council of Engineering Companies of Kansas
825 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 500
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 357-1824
FAX (785) 233-2206
scott@acecks.org
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Scott Heidner, JD
has been with ACEC of Kansas since the summer of 2001,
after three years of serving as the legislative and policy analyst for the
Topeka City Council. Scott graduated from the University of Kansas
in 1994, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political
Science. Scott also received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1997 from
the University of Kansas School of Law. Scott serves as the Executive
Director of ACEC of Kansas.
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