The Principals at Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates are pleased to announce that they recently conferred the title of Associate on four staff members, promoted several other staff members in both Boston and New York, and hired new staff for several key positions in the firm.

New Associates
The Principals designated Senior Civil Engineer Robert W. Hicks, P.E., Transportation Planner Scott W. Giering, Civil Engineer Daniel C. Nelson, and Transportation Engineer James M. Danila as Associates, recognizing their outstanding contribution to the firm’s success in the transportation consulting field.
“Rob, Scott, Dan, and Jim have been invaluable in enhancing HSH’s reputation for high quality work and responsiveness to clients and in promoting the growth of the firm through creative, effective marketing—two key elements of being an Associate at HSH,” remarked Founding Principal Jane Howard.
    Since joining HSH Boston in 2004, Rob Hicks has made a significant contribution, strengthening HSH’s work in civil engineering for highway, transit, and development projects.  He has taken the lead on numerous projects, including design engineering services for MassHighway’s Paul X. Tivnan Drive in Boylston/West Boylston and Main Street/Winter Street in Walpole, roadway design and civil engineering for The Fenn School in Concord, and civil engineering for the Boston College High School Master Plan.  “I’m excited,” Rob says, “to be an integral part of expanding HSH’s capabilities in the roadway and civil aspects of projects.  I look forward to continuing to guide our great technical staff in these areas.”
     Scott Giering, of HSH’s New York office, helps coordinate public meetings and conducts stakeholder interviews for public involvement projects.  For New York’s Dutchess County, Scott currently manages the public involvement efforts for three related projects along the CR 21 corridor.  He recently began project management of a truck stop study for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council and a bus circulation project for Hudson County in New Jersey.  Scott is excited about his new role as Associate and hopes to use his technological skills to enhance HSH’s public involvement capabilities.  He was also promoted to Transportation Planner III.
     In addition to transportation and civil engineering work on several key projects such as the Lowell Trial Courts consolidation and design assistance for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Master Plan and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Master Plan, Civil Engineer Dan Nelson has been a key player in training and working with junior engineers and co-op students in HSH’s Boston office.  Along with his new Associate title, Dan was promoted to Civil Engineer IV.
     Jim Danila has played several important roles in HSH’s work over the years, including reviewing all of the firm’s Synchro and SimTraffic simulations, managing railroad grade crossing projects for NJ TRANSIT, assisting with access management for Route 30 in New York, analyzing site access and traffic for the University of Maryland-Baltimore, traffic signalization assistance for the Andover Emergency Signal Preemption system, and developing mitigation for the transportation infrastructure related to the Columbus Center project in Boston.  Of his new role as an Associate, Jim says, “I hope to continue facilitating the in-house training sessions that keep our staff in the forefront of state-of-the-art techniques and technology.  I also want to carry on the HSH tradition of building new client relationships while expanding on existing ones through good project management.”

Promotions
 In recognition of significant accomplishments during the past year, 2006 promotions at HSH include the following:

New York Office

• Scott W. Giering—Transportation Planner III (see New Associates, above).

Boston Office

• Sarah Kurpiel—Transportation Engineer II.
• Adrien Lane—Transportation Engineer II.  Adrien and Sarah focus primarily on traffic impact studies for development projects in the Boston area.
• Elaine Lutz—Transportation Planner IV.  Elaine plays a key role in HSH’s public involvement work around the country.
• Daniel C. Nelson—Civil Engineer IV (see New Associates, above).

New Hires
     Recent new hires include positions in traffic engineering, public involvement, and human resources.
     Elizabeth N. Peart joined HSH Boston this summer as a Senior Transportation Engineer.  Liz has twenty years of experience in transportation planning and traffic engineering for projects in the Boston area and around the country.  Highly respected in the transportation field, she brings to clients her understanding of transportation issues related to new developments, local and regional access, highway and arterial operation, and transit and pedestrian activity.  Liz serves as Project Manager, supervising junior engineers on traffic impact studies and other projects in the Boston area.
     Melissa Toscano continues HSH Boston’s public involvement work on the 10-year Connecticut Department of Transportation I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing (Q Bridge) project.  As a Planning Coordinator, she maintains the project’s field office in Glastonbury, providing community outreach and keeping the public informed about the project’s progress.
     In a similar vein, Gregory C. Kisloff has rejoined the HSH New York staff to serve as Community Liaison for the New York State Department of Transportation’s reconstruction or replacement of several bridges along the I 287 corridor.  Greg is stationed full-time at the project’s field office in Harrison.
     Also in the New York office, Sara Hearn serves as the day-to-day point person for HSH's Tappan Zee Bridge Environmental Review project, responsible for coordinating meetings, materials, and outreach for the project’s Stakeholder Committee and the general public.
     As part of the company-wide administrative staff, Marianne C. Wisheart handles HSH’s Human Resources functions, including hiring and benefits.  Marianne has more than twenty years of experience in the field.