Mario Azar has been named chairman and CEO of Overland Park, Kan.-based Black & Veatch, succeeding Steve Edwards who is retiring after 44 years of service. Azar, who joined the company in 2018, previously served as president of the company’s energy & process industries sector.
Joey Hudnall has been named president and CEO of Jackson, Miss.-based Neel- Schaffer. He replaces Hibbett Neel, who co-founded the company in 1983 and will continue to serve as the chairman of the board of directors and direct the firm’s vision and strategy. Hudnall, who joined the firm in 1995, previously served as the firm’s chief operations officer since 2009.
Tamara Johnson has been named president of Greenwood Village-based Merrick & Company, becoming the sixth president in Merrick’s history. Johnson most recently served as the firm’s senior vice president of highperformance facilities. With this transition, Christopher Sherry, who has served as president for the past five years, chief executive officer for four years, and was most recently elected chairman of the board, will continue as CEO and chairman, focusing on board governance, government/industry affairs, strategic growth, and mergers and acquisitions.
Amy Davis has joined Jacksonville, Fla.-based RS&H as its executive vice president and chief financial officer following the retirement of former CFO Holt Graves. Davis most recently served as chief financial officer for Michael Baker International.
New York-based STV announced the following appointments: Kim Vierheilig has joined the firm as its new president of buildings and facilities and will serve on STV’s executive leadership team. Vierheilig joins STV from AECOM where she served as vice president and managing principal of the New Jersey practice. Joe Marie has been named the firm’s Boston office manager. He recently joined the company as a senior vice president and senior program manager and has 35 years of experience in the rail and transit industry.
C.J. Chance has been promoted to chief operating officer of Georgia operations for Savannah, Ga.-based Hussey Gay Bell. Chance joined the firm in 2005 and previously served as principal and IT officer.
Marlon Starr has joined Jacksonville, Fla.-based RS&H as chief legal officer. Starr formerly served as senior vice president and general counsel of RentPath, a digital advertising and marketing company focused on the multifamily housing industry.
David S. Kim has joined New Yorkbased WSP USA as senior vice president and national transportation policy and multimodal strategy principal. Kim previously served as secretary of the California State Transportation Agency since 2019 and is based in the Washington, D.C., office.
Mahmoud Shouman has joined New York-based Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B) as the new Division Lead of its Building Intelligence (BI) division, where he will work throughout the industry’s major verticals and apply his expertise across building intelligence platforms and integrations with building systems and end-user technologies.
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