Board of Directors

Chief Operating Officer

SSOE

Catherine joined SSOE in July 2017 as the SBU Manager for the Advanced Technology SBU and now serves as Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Vice President responsible for the Advanced Technology and Building Design Group strategic business units (SBUs) at SSOE. Additionally, she is responsible for SSOE Systems, the firm’s construction management division. Prior to joining SSOE, she held the position of Senior Vice President for CH2M’s Industrial and Advanced Technology Business Group with responsibility for the semiconductor market—overseeing $200 million in annual revenue. More recently, Catherine had been the Director of Industry and Community Partnerships within the Donald P. Shiley School of Engineering at the University of Portland.

Catherine is a graduate of the University of Portland and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer. In addition to serving on SSOE’s Board of Directors, Catherine also serves on the board for a local organization in Portland, Oregon, where she resides and works.

Executive Director, Design & Construction

UCSF Health Capital Programs

James Pease is the Executive Director for Health Design and Construction at the University of California San Francisco.

Prior to joining UCSF, he spent 12 years with Sutter Health leading teams using Lean Integrated Project Delivery to build projects in excess of $650M. He develops ground-up medical centers, tenant improvements and mission critical infrastructure.

James is a past chairman of the Lean Construction Institute’s (LCI) Northern California Community of Practice. He is a keynote speaker, IPD coach, and executive editor of the IPD focused website leanipd.com.

James is a licensed CA general contractor and has a BS in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Executive Director

Lean Construction Institute

As LCI’s Executive Director since 2013, Dan Heinemeier is responsible to the Board of Directors for LCI’s programmatic, budgetary and organizational success. He brings to the organization over 30 years of experience in association management.

He has served the technology, government contracting and construction industries in programming and senior management roles, including President, COO and Executive Director positions.

Dan received his B.S. from Georgetown University.

MCPPO Director, Capital Programs Department

Massport

Leading project teams in innovative thinking and professional skills development.  Innovative, energetic and result-focused leader with demonstrated ability to lead cross-disciplinary teams on complex real estate, planning, design & construction projects.

Creative trendsetter with a “remarkable way of eliciting involvement and creating an environment in which others are encouraged to experiment and take risks.”

Extensive expertise in using emerging technologies and innovative processes to increase efficiency in project delivery and operation.

Chief Operating Officer

Lighthouse Electric Company

Coming soon!

Vice President of Field Operations

Linbeck Group, LLC

Joe Donarumo serves Linbeck as Vice President of Field Operations where he has been able to develop and lead high-performing field teams. He is responsible for improving the safety, production, and quality of field operations via Linbeck’s Lean Operating System. Joe has a unique passion for Lean implementation, continuous improvement, and a ruthless pursuit of waste elimination within his projects, teams, and our overall organization.

Joe is also the Co-Author to The Lean Builder, a business fable written for field leaders and last planners to help them begin their Lean journey with respect to Lean implementation at the field level.

Director of Project Management

Johnson & Johnson

Jennifer is a Director of Project Management in Johnson & Johnson’s Engineering and Property Services organization, leading the delivery of large value capital projects and strategies. She practiced architecture for more than 15 years, before embarking on a series of corporate roles to focus on the strategic integration of design, real estate, planning, construction, and data technology. She has worked across diverse design typologies and business categories with clients in pharmaceuticals, banking, media, and the public sector. She has a keen interest in transforming the value case for buildings through the reduction of waste in building design, leveraging technology, streamlined planning and lean construction methods. Since joining Johnson & Johnson in 2008, she partnered on projects to reimagine, optimize, and modernize laboratory, office and production environments for Pharmaceuticals, Medical Device, Consumer and Corporate business units. She has been a leader in the piloting of lean planning and delivery methodologies and active in the LCI community of practice for Owners and Manufacturers. She currently leads a Project Delivery initiative to pilot and broaden target value design and delivery practices across the global J&J portfolio.

Vice President, Business Acquisition

Balfour Beatty

Bevan has spent his entire 23-year career with Balfour Beatty and currently serves as vice president in the Mid-Atlantic for public and alternative delivery projects in addition to providing leadership to our marketing, construction technology and training teams. Bevan has served in various operations roles for large and unique construction projects including the NIH Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Air Force Memorial, Utah Data Center and East Campus Building #4. Bevan also spent seven years in a national operations role cultivating operational excellence, lean thinking and best practices with teams across the country. Bevan is a regular industry speaker and a member of the board of directors for the Lean Construction Institute; he was honored to receive its Chairman’s Award in 2017.

Director, Design & Construction

Advocate Aurora Health

Excellent professional in his field.

Architectural Engineering

Penn State University

Dr. Messner is the Charles and Elinor Matts Professor in Architectural Engineering at Penn State. He teaches courses in construction, and the application of technology to improve the delivery of projects. His research interests include Lean construction, BIM, digital twins, project delivery methods, and globalization topics.

Preconstruction Executive

Southland Industries

Henry serves as the Preconstruction Executive for Southland Industries, after serving as the Sheet Metal General Superintendent for 13 years, and 34 years as a Union Sheet Metal Worker with Local 104 in Northern California. He was responsible for over 200 Sheet Metal Workers during his tenure and led Lean implementations on projects throughout Northern California on Southland projects. Henry’s strategy of field support included a mixture of a “boots on the ground” type of approach combined with practical theory and relationship building. This approach has allowed him to authentically build new Lean Champions within the company, and successfully strategize with crews by answering the number one question, “what’s in it for me”, which simply highlights how the ones closest to the work can actually benefit from Lean Practices. Henry also worked with Dr. Glenn Ballard to revise the Last Planner System® in 2019.

He currently sits on the National Board of Director’s for the Lean Construction Institute, (LCI) where he leads a task force designed to encourage the adoption of Lean practices from Trade Partners. Henry was the 2018 recipient of the prestigious LCI Pioneer Award. He is also the current Chair for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), National Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee. Henry is also the author of a new book called, “7 Principles|Creating Your Success in the Construction Industry”, which is designed to help people effectively navigate in the industry after entry through Pre-Apprenticeship programs.

Vice President, Learning and Development

Rosendin

Stephanie Roldan’s involvement in the electrical construction industry began over 20 years ago. She began her career as a journeyman apprentice, rising quickly through the ranks to her final field position as a foreman. She joined the Rosendin team in 2004 as an Assistant Project Manager and has risen through the ranks where she now serves as VP of Learning and Development. She has been an influential member of Rosendin’s leadership team as she has made Respect for people and Continuous improvement a focus of the enterprise. Stephanie is currently the acting chair for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for Rosendin, co-hosts the Construction DEI Talks podcast, and serves on the Board for The Rosendin Foundation and Lean Construction Institute.

Stephanie lives in Tempe, AZ with her husband and three children. She enjoys playing golf and can be found using hip hop lyrics as leadership lessons.

Director, Lean

KHS&S Contractors

Greg joined the carpenters union in 1977 and has worked in commercial construction throughout his career. Greg started at KHS&S in 2001 as General Superintendent. While at KHS&S, Greg has also served as Operations Manager and Regional Vice President of the Anaheim office. Over the last 9 years, Greg has spearheaded KHS&S’ Lean development as Director, Lean. Greg`s 42 years in construction and his knowledge of field and office made it a perfect fit to lead the Lean transformation at KHS&S.

Process Improvement Strategies Leader

HKS, Inc.

As the Process Improvement Strategies Leader for Health at HKS, Andrea Sponsel is responsible for leading and participating in internal process improvement projects, coaching project teams, and facilitating internal process improvement education.  She began her lean journey over ten years ago, and was immediately immersed in the philosophy of improving what we do every day, and eliminating waste to create value.  Since then, her passion has been teaching the technical side and people side of change to others, promoting a more inclusive and efficient delivery of design.

Andrea is an LCI Improved Instructor for many courses, speaks at local and national industry events, and is a founding member of the Central Indiana Community of Practice.

Principal

HMC Architects

Coming soon!

Vice President, Project Delivery

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

As Vice President of Project Delivery, Katie employs her expertise to support a department focused on driving a continuous improvement culture and collaborative project delivery. She strives to promote healthy team environments to unlock the potential for collaboration and innovation using Lean design and construction techniques, tools, and behaviors. Her previous experience in preconstruction and project management combined with her vast experience coaching and facilitating Lean IPD project teams allow her to better understand the areas in which she can affect positive change overall. Katie earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Building Science from Auburn University.

Senior Director

Education, Advancement and Credentialing - AGC of America

Meredith joined AGC in the education department over eleven years ago. As AGC’s Senior Director of Education, Meredith Woods is responsible for AGC’s Lean Construction Education Program and Certificate of Management- Lean Construction (CM-Lean) credential.

Meredith sits on the Board of Trustees for NCCER and is a participant for NCCER’s Workforce Development Committee.