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2009-2010 Board of Directors

Officers:

President

  Melissa Callaway, MBA, CPSM
  Brown and Caldwell
  919.424.1447

 

Melissa Callaway is a Marketing Coordinator III for Brown and Caldwell’s Raleigh office. She has worked in the A/E/C field since 2002 and has been an active member of SMPS, previously serving on the Board as the Director of Communications and President-Elect. Melissa recently earned her CPSM designation at the SERC in March 2009.

V.P./President-Elect

  Alma Kenner, CPSM
  Moffatt & Nichol
  919.781.4626

 

Alma Kenner is employed at Moffat & Nichol and has been in the A/E/C industry for over eight years and has been a member of SMPS for four years. She previously served on the Board for two years as Director of Education and Outreach and received her CPSM designation in 2007. In 2009, she served as Social Co-Chair for the SMPS Southeast Regional Conference.

Past President

  Brynn Dutton
 
RND Architects, PA
  919.490.1266

 

Brynn Dutton is the Marketing Director for Roughton Nickelson De Luca (RND) Architects in Durham, NC. She is responsible for RND’s corporate marketing and business development activities in the healthcare, municipal, higher education and commercial markets. Brynn has previously served on the SMPS Board as President, President-Elect, and Director of Education and Outreach. In 2009, she served as Social Co-Chair for the SMPS Southeast Regional Conference.

Secretary/Director at Large

  Pat Perkins
  O’Brien Atkins Associates, PA
  919.941.9000

 

Pat Perkins is the Marketing Coordinator for O’Brien Atkins Associates, one of North Carolina’s premier architectural and engineering design service firms. Pat is responsible for all the firm’s marketing activities including proposals, presentations, marketing communications and collateral as well as providing business development support. In 1998, Pas was named an Associate of the firm. Pat has been a member of SMPS for 15 years; she has served two two-year terms as the Chapter Secretary, most recently 2006-2008.

TREASURER

Meg Barham
Thorburn Associates, Inc.
919.463.9995 ext. 207

 

Meg Barham is the Marketing Coordinator for the Raleigh-Durham office of Thorburn Associates. Thorburn Associates provides integrated acoustical, audiovisual, security, structured cabling, and performance lighting systems design. Meg holds a Bachelors Degree of Communications Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been actively involved with SMPS since entering the industry, serving on the Social Planning Committee for the SMPS Southeast Regional Conference in 2009.

Directors

Director of Communications

Brandon Ives
RMF Engineering, Inc.
919.941.9876

 

Brandon Ives leads the Business Development and Marketing efforts for RMF Engineering, Inc. in their North Carolina office. RMF Engineering is a nationally recognized, full service consulting firm specializing in building systems and infrastructure engineering. Since entering the A/E/C industry, Brandon has remained actively involved with SMPS. Brandon is serving his second year as Director of Communications.

Director of Membership

Shan-te Johnson
MACTEC
919.831.8002

 

Shan-te Johnson graduated from North Carolina A&T University with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. She has been involved in the A/E industry for nearly a decade, mainly in marketing and business development. She currently serves as the MACTEC Raleigh office Business Development Manger. Shan-te is serving her second year as Director of Membership.

Director of programMING

  Lauren Smith
  Lappas + Havener, PA
  919.419.1199

 

Lauren Smith is the Marketing Coordinator for Lappas + Havener, PA. Lappas + Havener is a landscape architectural firm providing architectural site design, comprehensive master planning, urban design, community, and recreational planning. Lauren has been in the A/E/C industry and a member of SMPS for three years, and she served on the Programming Committee for the 2008-2009 program year.

Director at Large

  Beth Stout
  Froehling & Robertson
  919.719.1965

Beth Stout has been the Business Development Manager for the Raleigh Branch office of Froehling & Robertson, Inc. (F&R) for three years. F&R is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that provides clients a full range of services including construction materials testing and geotechnical and environmental engineering. Prior to joining F&R, Beth served as the Chief Environmental Consultant for Engineering & Environmental Science Company (E2S). She served on the Programming Committee for the 2008-2009 program year and as the Co-Chair of On-Site Logistics for the SMPS Southeastern Regional Conference.

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