CEF Welcomes the 2019-2020 Leadership Team
Members of the 2019-2020 leadership at the 2019 Annual Meeting
Officers
President: Erik Cempel, Amtrak **
First Vice President: Rebecca Wingate, Cambridge Systematics
Second Vice President: Tom Riley, Riley Intellectual Property Law
Secretary: Michael Driscoll, USG Corporation
Treasurer: John Liston, Serra International
General Counsel: Patrick Burns, Greer, Burns & Crain
Immediate Past President: James B. Treleaven, Via Strategy Group
Board of Directors
Joe Avram, Primera Engineers
Paul Barter, Salas O’Brien
Sid Bennett, Brinks Gilson
Wendy Betts, Northern Trust
Joni Croll, Community Representative
Sharon Harmsworth, TTX Corporation
Deborah Hodges, Golden Square
Lisa Kennedy, Tompkins International
Michael J. Lev, TranSystems
Andrew Levenfeld, Andrew W. Levenfeld & Associates
Cosmin Lucaci, Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth
Michael Nauman, Microsoft
Thomas Penn, Community Representative
Steve Schlegel, Peck Ritchey
Erin Sibley, Mott MacDonald
Taylor Leahy, CDM Smith
Cyrus Walker, Data Defenders
Kelsey Watterworth, Jacobs Engineering
Kay Whitlock, Christopher B. Burke Engineering
William Williams, Ford Motor Company (retired)
Associate Committee
Kevin Banks, Hollister **
Pedro Cevallos-Candau, Primera Engineers (retired)
Victor Cueto, Focal Point **
Brian Goldman, Greeley Hansen
Stephen Hoover, Kemper Insurance (retired)
Paul Juettner, Greer, Burns & Crain
Sue Khalifah, Purdue University
Michael Kharouta, Presence Health **
Carissa Kloncz, Society of Women Engineers
Jennifer Kuether, Chicago Engineers
Patrick Maloney, ComEd **
Courtney Murtaugh, CBM Meetings Plus
David Neary, Sidley Austin
Alan Nguyen, Purdue University **
Martin Owens, CMK Companies
Martin Ross, TranSystems
Tess Russell, Northwestern University **
George Smith, Hewlett Packard (retired) **
Mark Smith, The Timken Company
George Thomas, Contemporary Controls
Evan Wind, McGuire Engineers
Karl Zimmerman, Steadfast
Emeritus Directors
Walter Farrell, Eskenazi & Farrell Associates
Terry Hendrickson, Chicago Title Insurance Company (retired)
Van Lear, retired
Anthony McGuire, Anthony McGuire Consulting
William Nissen, Sidley Austin
Don Pries, Harry O. Hefter-Associates (retired)
Nancy Ross, High Ridge Partners (retired)
David Whitehurst, retired
**Denotes CEF Incentive Award Alumni
Executive Director
Debbie Birrell
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