02/21/2019

Rod Sommer nominated to serve as next Chair of the ACEC Ohio Board of Directors

Board accepts nomination committee report at February 2019 meeting

The Nominating Committee, led by Past Chair Fred Seling and Board Members Greg Heaton and Rod Sommer has recommended the following slate of officers.

Chair - Rod Sommer, CEO of LJB, Inc. in Miamisburg, Ohio. Rod currently serves as Vice Chair of the ACEC Ohio Board of Directors and previously served as Secretary - Treasurer.

Other nominations proposed by the Council's Nominating Committee are:

Vice Chair - Jay Muether, Vice President of ARCADIS in Columbus, Ohio. Jay currently is serving as the Secretary-Treasurer on the ACEC Ohio Board of Directors.

Secretary-Treasurer – Rick Allen, President of Bowser-Morner, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio.  Rick currently is serving as the Northwest Ohio Director on the ACEC Ohio Board of Directors.

National Director (2-year term) - Lynn Miggins of President, KS Associates, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio. Lynn currently is serving as ACEC Alternate Director on the ACEC Ohio Board of Directors.

At-Large (2-year term) - Al Biehl, Vice President of TranSystems, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio.

At- Large (2-year term) - Shyam Rajadhyaksha, CFO of DLZ Inc. in Columbus, Ohio.

At- Large (1-year term) - Monica Mosure, Vice President of Global Marketing, ms consultants, inc. in Columbus, Ohio. Monica currently is serving as At-Large Director (2017-2019) on the ACEC Ohio Board of Directors. 

NE Chapter Representative (2-year term) - Peter Lee, Resource International, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio. Peter currently is serving as the Chair of the ACEC Ohio NE Chapter.

NW Chapter Representative (2-year term) - Laurie Adams, Principal of DGL Consulting Engineers, Ltd. in Maumee, Ohio.

ACEC Ohio bylaws provide that nominations for any or all of the above positions may be submitted by the membership. Such nominations must bear the signatures of principals of 15-member companies and must be submitted to the ACEC Ohio office, in Columbus, by April 1, 2019.

If no nominating petitions are submitted, the candidates proposed by the Nominating Committee shall be considered duly elected. If, however, one or more valid nominating petitions are submitted, a formal ballot will be provided to each member company no later than May 1 and such ballots must be returned no later than June 1.

All newly elected officers and directors shall take office on July 1.